How to Create Family Workgroup Mailing Labels

Your family workgroups address data can be used to create mailing labels. This topic shows you how to use the Quick Reports wizard to create mailing labels for a mass mailing to families in a selected workgroup.  


Creating Family Workgroup Mailing Labels

Troubleshooting Misaligned Mailing Labels

Chrome Browser

Internet Explorer Browser

Creating Family Workgroup Mailing Labels

  1. Click to display the Family Workgroups page.

  2. If you manage multiple organizations, select the desired organization from the Organization list.

  3. In the Workgroups section, select the desired workgroup to display its member families.

In the following example, the Festival Committee workgroup is selected. Its member families are displayed in the right panel.

  1. In the right panel, select the families you want to create mailing labels for. Choose one of these methods:

The filters enable you to create a select list of families. If you do not set up any filters, all of your families in the workgroup will be selected. For help using the filters, see How to Filter Records.

  1. From the List of Quick Reports menu, select the Family Workgroup Mailing Labels option, as shown in this illustration:

The mailing labels are displayed in the Report Viewer.

In the following illustration, the H filter was applied to generate a mailing list of families whose last name begins with the letter H:

To print or save the labels, see How to Print, View, and Save Reports.

Troubleshooting Misaligned Mailing Labels

If you experience a problem with misaligned labels when printing from Chrome or Internet Explorer, choose a different browser or try one of the following methods to fix the problem:

Chrome Browser

When you print directly from Chrome, the Fit to Page control button is automatically selected by default, as shown in the following illustration:

The Fit to Page control button is visible after the labels load in the Report Viewer and after you click one of the printer buttons at the top of the viewer. If you do not see the button, move your cursor to the bottom corner of the browser window to activate it.

 

To fix the problem, disable the Fit to Page control button by clicking one of the zoom buttons. For example, click . Then, print your labels.

Internet Explorer Browser

When you print directly from Internet Explorer, the Fit option is selected by default in the Print window:

To fix the problem, select the Actual size option. Then, click .

 

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