December is a month when we spend a lot of time addressing and posting our Christmas cards. Many of you contacted us last year to say how helpful your found December 2001's Hints & Tips when we explained how to type your addresses in Excel and use Word to print labels for your Christmas cards. It saves a lot of time, and if your followed last year's hints & tips you should really be reaping the benefits this year.

A couple of your asked how you could make your labels look a bit more seasonal and the following suggestion for printing a Christmas Clipart picture on each label comes from Rosemary Siggers of Gravesend, Kent. Thank you Rosemary.

Start by choosing a new blank label page. Go to the Tools menu and choose Envelopes and Labels, click the Labels tab at the top of the dialog box. If you have already used the labels feature the label you use should be displayed at the bottom right-hand side of the dialog box. i.e. Avery A4 and A5 sizes, L7160. To choose another label, click the Options button and make sure the Label Products list box says "Avery A4 and A5 sizes", choose your new Avery label and choose OK. Choose New Document and a blank label sheet will appear on your screen.