How To Print Envelopes in Google Docs? [Pictorial Guide]

Are you an event organizer business looking to prepare, edit, and send digital invites to a long list of clients, vendors, and stakeholders? Or, are you an individual content creator sending newsletters to your subscribers?

Wondering if it is possible to print copies of envelopes directly from Google Docs? Yes, you can. All you need is an add-on, which helps you save a great deal of time. So, without further delay, let’s get in!

Printing Envelopes in Google Docs

Prepare your mailing list in a Google Sheet. Once finished, follow the steps below:

1. Open Google Docs.
2. In the menu, click on the Extensions > Get Add-ons. This will take you to the Google Workspace marketplace.
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3. Go to the search window, type “Mail Merge”, and hit enter.
   
4. In search results, look for a mail merge add-on from Quicklution or Avery.
5. Click on the “Install” button.
   
6. This will ask for a Google account to connect. Choose and hit “Continue”.
   
7. This will ask for permission to access your Google account, click “Allow”.
   
8. Once the installation is complete, you will find a new menu item under the Extensions menu.
9. Go to Mail Merge extension and choose envelopes. This will take you to the dialogue box, where you can set the envelope size. Mail Merge > Envelopes”>
10. Choose the desired size and click on “Save”. You can choose from the pre-determined sizes or create a custom size of your choice.
    
11. Edit the blank page and fill it with the necessary details, which remain fixed.
12. Next, select the “from Google Sheets” option on the Mail Merge dialogue box on the right. This will fetch you the spreadsheets from your Google account.
    
13. Choose the sheet with all the details of the mailing list.
14. Click on the insert merge field and select the details you want to merge.
15. Once done, click on “Start Mail Merge” in the dialogue box.
16. Once the merge is done, you click on the open document in Word or PDF.
17. Click on “File” and Choose “Print”. Set your margins and color settings and click print.
18. You will have printed envelopes for the entire mailing list from the spread shit.

Things To Consider

Before you complete the mail merge, you have to make sure that all the required information is added to the document.

• Ensure the fonts and font size are uniform.
• Fix your text alignments.
• Don’t miss out on the company logo.
• You can also make it more interesting with photos or graphic design.

Did you know? You can also print double sided on Google Docs. Click on the link to learn more.

Frequently Asked Questions

Wrap Up!

Hope this article made your job easier. The tools in the Google Cloud platforms like Docs and Sheets can do wonders and simplify your work. You can use Google Sheets to create labels and get them printed in one go. This will further help you get the job done faster.