Please help me! I need to know how to do something!

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<p>Hi,
I’m taking a college class for which I have to make a mock-resume, including the resume being printed on professional paper and sealed in an envelope with a typed address and return address.</p>

<p>I need to know…how do you type on an envelope? I made labels once for my summer job and I couldn’t figure out how to space the writing evenly on each label without it printing weird.</p>

<p>I thought I should post this here since probably most parents have some knowledge of professional envelope stuff…at least a lot more than college kids lol</p>

<p>Help would be appreciated, the project is due Monday, thanks, and sorry if this is corny</p>

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<p>Can we assume you have a printer hooked up to your computer?</p>

<p>If so, there should be instructions on how to place your blank envelope in the printer’s feeder slot. Then you’ll need to open a Microsoft Word document and locate the place on the tool bar that allows you to enter information needed to address an envelope. Once you fill in the pertinent information (somewhere in the envelope/address function is a place where you can choose your envelope size so that the address and return address are printed in the correct place.</p>

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<p>Do you have Microsoft Word? If yes, look at the mailmerge feature. There should be a box to print one envelope. Go to Tools…letters and mailings…envelopes and labels…click on the envelope tab and follow instructions. You’ll need to load an envelope in the manual feed of your printer. Practice with a plain envelope first (if you are using matching envelopes and paper, you don’t want to mess up the good one.) </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>Cross-posted with Terwitt! Dang, we’re goooood.</p>

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<p>yep!! we are</p>

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<p>Thanks! I’ll try that right now and post back if I have any more questions.</p>

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<p>Crud I need more help. I found out how to type in addresses and stuff for envelopes on Word, and put in the address and practiced printing it on a regular piece of paper. It worked wonderfully, so I put in a piece of the good paper, and printed it. Both the good envelope and a piece of printer paper went through, and the address was on the piece of paper, which the envelope came out totally blank. I am positive that I inserted the envelope the correct way. I’m so frustrated.</p>

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<p>I know what happened, I think. Check how far down your letter starts on the page. If both your ‘special’ paper <em>and</em> a piece of reg. paper went through, the computer is thinking that your letter is running to a second page. Check both how far down you’ve started your first line and how many line are at the end.</p>

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<p>I know what happened - I had my envelope on the left side of the printer instead of the right side where it was supposed to go.</p>

<p>I just did it, IT WORKED!</p>

<p>Thanks a TON! So much stress off my shoulders…</p>

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<p>Have a good night, DramaKitty. And good luck!</p>

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<p>There’s this archaic thing – it was called a typewriter?</p>

<p>You’d be amazed at how many offices still keep one around just for typing envelopes.</p>

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<p>I can’t imagine typing an envelope on a typewriter when you have a computer.</p>

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Only until they run out of ribbon - not too many places to buy typewriter ribbons anymore!</p>