If you’re looking for a FREE alternate to Microsoft Office, give OpenOffice a try. They’ve just come out with version 4.0 under the ownership of Apache software. It’s got a Word Processor, Spread Sheet, Database, Drawing program, and a Formula program. So if you need Label Software, you don’t need to open your wallet, use Open Office Word Processor to create you label templates. Just download it, and poke around. You’ll be glad you did.

If you happen to need a template for ML-1425 address labels, don’t go looking too far. They have exactly the same layout ast the ML-1400 address labels. You could also use the equivalent Avery template, Avery 5162. The only difference between the ML-1425 and the ML-1400 is that the ML-1425 is packaged differently. The ML-1425’s are packed in 25 sheet packs, whereas the ML-1400’s are packed in 100 sheet boxes. Click on the Picture below to download the ML-1400 template. (……..Psst, remember,it’s the same as the ML-1425 template)

Here’s an update on our Holiday lights on an ML-3000 template. It’s the same layout as the Avery 5160 label. These graphics are SVG graphics. They’ll look clean and sharp when you print them out, even when you scale them.

We’ve had so many calls for this template so we finally made one. This is the MS-620. Be aware that that this label was originally designed for hand application, and they are removable labels. Add that to the small sheet size, and there is a chance that these labels might come off in your printer. Although many of our customers have used these labels in their printers, we do not recommend using them in laser or inkjet printers. If you decide that you are going to go ahead and print with the MS-620 anyway, another thing to consider is the direction of the text which you will type in each cell of the label. Instead of trying to print landscape, just change the orientation of the text in each cell to run vertically. Right click in any cell. A dialogue menu will pop up. Select “Text Direction”, and select one of the two vertical text options (on the left select text that is read from bottom to top, on the right, select text that is read from top to bottom)

Thanks to Colette for pushing us to upload this M-5351 address label template used to produce mailing labels. It’s the same layout as the Avery 5351. When we sent this address label template to Colette, she said there was a problem. She said the template was blank. Well, we told her, the document was not blank, it’s just that she wasn’t seeing the cell grid lines. Her copy of Microsoft Word by default was not set to display them. For help in getting your table cells to display, read our other blog posting on. Seeing the table cell grid lines

Thanks to Diane for asking us to create this MS-2448 template. Click on the picture below to download the template. If you’re not experienced using Microsoft Word, or any other Word Processing program for that matter. There is a lot to learn. Now that you’ve got a landscape label, printing it can be tricky. You might have to select portrait, or landscape within your printer properties (not in Word), check with your printer’s instruction documents for details. This product was originally designed for hand application, and is removable. While many customers have printed on these labels with no problems, we do not guarantee this labels performance in any printer. – MacoLabels.com

Thanks to Theresa for asking for a template for our MS-6448 labels. They come on a small sheet, about 4.125″ X 6.19″ The template can be downloaded by clicking the picture below. As always, be sure that your printer can handle these labels. They were originally designed to be for hand applications, and they’re removable. Some printers have very tight paths over the rollers and these labels might come off of the sheet and damage your printer. Also, some laser printers run very hot, and could also cause the labels to come off in the printer. Other issues with printing on these small sheets is that your printer might have large margins so that the printable area will be smaller than you think on the top and bottom labels.

If you haven’t got Linsanity, you either hate the Knicks or you have not been paying attention. We’ve got Linsanity, and it’s showing.

This is the cheap way to give a dozen roses on Valentines Day. Use this svg rose and our MR-1212 template to print roses by the dozen.

Here’s a little heart with an arrow through it that we whipped up in Inkscape. Download Inkscape and play around with this image. One of the neatest features in Inkscape Software is the ability to draw text on a curve. This is especially useful for creating business logos, or if you like to create quirky designs for your labels. There’s no limit to what you can do, it all depends on how creative you are.  

Valentines day is coming up. For those of you with a who need a gift idea, and who like to put things on CD’s or DVD’s, here is a template for Valentines Day. Maybe you’ve got a bunch of romantic songs that the both of you like that you could put on a CD, or maybe you’ve got a bunch of videos on your iPod or iPhone that you can put on a DVD. We had a similar template in 2010, but reworked the heart to be sharper using an in house SVG heart made in the free program Inkscape.

Once again, we have a call to create a template for the MS-1216 label. It’s a removable label on a small sheet. Disclaimer: While many of our customers have no problem printing on these labels, these labels were originally designed for hand application, and are also designed to be removable. So there is the possibility of one or more of these labels coming off inside your printer. Use these labels in your printer at your own risk.