User's Manual - Drake Software

Drake Software User’s Manual
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3. Select a label type from the Select Label list. Label selections are described in
Table 11-3. Items with an asterisk (*) may require filtering of data before printing.
Table 11-3: Label Selections Available in Drake
Label
Client addresses*
Single client address
Birthday addresses
Firm address
EF service centers
IRS ‘mail to’ address
State ‘mail to’ address
User defined
Labels for folders*
Prior year clients*
Description
Print a batch of client address labels.
Print a label for a single client address.
Print a batch of address labels for clients whose birthdays fall
within a specified range.
Print one or more address labels for a firm.
Print address labels for e-filing service centers.
Print labels for IRS mailing addresses.
Print labels for state mailing addresses.
Print user-defined mailing labels.
Print labels for folders.
Print address labels of prior-year client addresses.
Recommended
labels are three
across and ten
down (Avery 5160
or 8160)
4. Enter the requested information (if necessary), and then click Next.
5. (If the Filter Selection dialog box is opened) Set desired filters and click Next.
(See “Filter Manager” on page 319 for more on filtering.) Select any Basic
Search Options and click Continue. (For more on search conditions, see “Search
Conditions” on page 319.)
6. Position the mailing labels as needed. Options are described below.
• Print to a label printer — Select to print to a label printer.
• Number of copies of this label (This option is available only when printing a
single label.) — Number of labels to be printed. For example, if you enter a
“5,” five labels will be printed.
• Position of the first available label — Position of first label on the available
sheet. If the first label is missing, you can enter “2” to have printing begin in
the position of the second label.
• Vertical adjustment — Enter a positive number. Each number refers to a
row. If you enter “2,” printing will begin two rows into the label.
• Horizontal adjustment — Enter a positive number. Each number refers to a
column. If you enter “2,” printing will begin two columns into the label.
• Name format — From the drop list, select the name format to use.
7. Click Finish. The Client Labels dialog box is opened if you selected Print to a
label maker in Step 6. If so, make the following selections:
• Choose the clients from the list on the left whose labels will be printed. Click
to highlight one name, press CTRL and then click names to choose multiple
clients, or click Select All.
• In the Other Selections section, choose to:
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