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The label is not created, and you receive an error message when you try to create a label or to add a label to a document in Word 2007

Symptoms

You try to create a label in Microsoft Office Word 2007 in a mail merge. Alternatively, you try to add a label to a document. When you do this, the label is not created.

Additionally, you receive one of the following error messages:
The number must be between 1 and 31.
The margins, label size, and number across or down values produce a page that is larger than the label page size.

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Workaround

To work around this issue, create a custom label that matches the label sheet that you have.

To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Start Word, and then open a new document.
  2. Click the Mailings tab.
  3. In the Create group, click Labels.
  4. On the Labels tab, click Options.
  5. Click the name of the vendor of your label in the Label vendors box. In the Product number box, click the product label number that most closely matches your labels, and then click New Label.
  6. Use the label preview and a ruler to measure your label sheet according to the preview, and then type the measurements in the appropriate boxes in the Label Details dialog box.

    Note Make sure that you type a new name for your custom label in the Label name box.
  7. Click OK to close the Label Details dialog box.
  8. To locate your new custom label, click Other/Custom in the Label vendors box. This box is in the Label Options dialog box.

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More Information

The following table lists the label types that experience the issue that is described in the "Symptoms" section.
Label vendorProduct number
MicrosoftBusiness Card
MicrosoftPost Card
APLIAPLI 01591
APLIAPLI 01592
APLIAPLI 01593
APLIAPLI 01594
APLIAPLI 01783
APLIAPLI 02291
APLIAPLI 02427
APLIAPLI 02520
APLIAPLI 03135
APLIAPLI 03287
APLIAPLI-AGIPA 119008
APLIAPLI-AGIPA 119016
APLIAPLI-AGIPA 119061
APLIAPLI-AGIPA 119063
APLIAPLI-AGIPA 119065
MACTac Starliner LabelsSR6745
Sigel GmbHSigel LA323
Sigel GmbHSigel LP701

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Keywords: kbentirenet, kbtshoot, kbmerge, kberrmsg, kbexpertisebeginner, kbprb, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 926365
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 10/15/2007
Exists online : False
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