How to print Avery® 5160 labels in Microsoft Word
In Word, open Mailings › Labels › Options and pick 5160; if it is missing, click New Label and enter a 0.5″ top margin, 0.188″ side margin, 2.625″ × 1″ labels, 3 across and 10 down. Or skip Word: the designer below prints 5160 sheets directly.
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In Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers: select the cells with the header row, copy, and paste here. The sample rows are replaced.
Text auto-fits at 14 pt.
Print at 100% / Actual size, not “Fit to page”. Paper: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in).
Free prints one full sheet.
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Print the alignment test sheet on plain paper, hold it over a label sheet, and nudge: positive moves everything right / down.
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Avery 5160 in Microsoft Word, step by step
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Open the Labels dialog
For 5160 labels, open a blank Word document, go to the Mailings tab and click Labels, then Options. Set the printer type (page printers covers laser and inkjet) before you look for 5160.
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Pick 5160 from the list
Under Label vendors choose “Avery US Letter” and select 5160 in Product number. Label information should read 1″ high and 2.625″ wide, and Details shows 3 across × 10 down; product lists differ between Word versions.
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Or create 5160 as a new label
If 5160 is not listed, click New Label, name it “5160 LabelGrid” and enter: Top margin 0.5″, Side margin 0.188″, Vertical pitch 1″, Horizontal pitch 2.75″, Label height 1″, Label width 2.625″, Number across 3, Number down 10, Page size Letter (8.5 × 11 in). Word keeps the custom label for next time (in current versions it appears under the Other/Custom vendor).
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Fill the labels
Back in Labels, type the 5160 text once and pick “Full page of the same label” for 30 copies, or click New Document to get an empty 3 × 10 table of 30 cells to fill one by one.
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Mail merge a list onto 5160
For a list, use Mailings › Start Mail Merge › Labels with the same 5160 settings, then Select Recipients › Use an Existing List (an Excel or comma-separated file), insert the merge fields in the first 5160 label, click Update Labels to copy them to the other 29 and Finish & Merge.
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Print 5160 at 100 %
Print on US Letter paper with no “scale to paper size” option, then hold a plain-paper test behind the 5160 sheet against a window: all 3 columns should sit 0.188″ from the edge.
Worked example: 60 Halloween address labels on 5160
Your list has 60 rows, so Finish & Merge fills 2 pages of 30 Avery 5160 labels, with no label left over.
In the LabelGrid designer the same 60 rows go into merge mode; the free version prints the first 30 (one full 5160 sheet) and Pro removes the limit. To reuse a part-used sheet, set the start position to the first empty label.
The Microsoft Word numbers for Avery 5160
| Top margin | 0.5″ (1.27 cm) |
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| Side margin | 0.188″ (0.48 cm) |
| Vertical pitch | 1″ |
| Horizontal pitch | 2.75″ |
| Label height × width | 1″ × 2.625″ |
| Number across × down | 3 × 10 (30 labels) |
| Page size | Letter (8.5 × 11 in) |
When 5160 labels print out of line in Microsoft Word
- Word may warn that the 5160 margins are outside the printable area of the page. Continue without letting Word fix the margins (the button names differ between versions): the 0.188″ side margin is narrow, but the 2.625″ labels sit inside it.
- A blank second page appears after the 5160 table: Word always keeps a paragraph mark after a table; select it and set its font size to 1 pt so all 10 rows stay on one page.
- In Microsoft Word, 5160 labels that drift more the lower they are mean the page was scaled: at 97 % row 10, 10.5 in from the top, lands about 0.315 in off. Print at 100 %.
- 5160 sheets are made for laser printers: keep inkjet-only sheets such as 8160 out of a laser printer's heated fuser, and use the manual or rear feed if your printer has one so the 30-up sheet stays flat.
About the Avery 5160 sheet
Avery® 5160 (address labels) has 30 labels of 1″ × 2 5/8″ per US Letter sheet. 5160 is the laser-printer version; 8160 is the inkjet version with the same layout. The same layout is sold under other Avery codes too (5260, 5510, 5520, 5560, 5810, 5920 and more), so these settings work for them as well.
Common jobs for 5160: Halloween address labels, Halloween return address labels, Thanksgiving labels, Christmas address labels and Christmas card address labels. Avery® 5160 is named only to identify compatible sheets; LabelGrid is not affiliated with Avery.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Word have an Avery 5160 template?
Word's built-in list normally has 5160 under the “Avery US Letter” vendor in Mailings › Labels › Options, but the list differs between versions. If yours does not, New Label with 0.5″ top margin, 0.188″ side margin and 3 × 10 labels gives the same layout.
What are the measurements of Avery 5160?
30 labels of 2.625 in × 1 in on US Letter, 3 across and 10 down. In Word's New Label dialog that is a 0.5″ top margin, 0.188″ side margin and 2.75″ × 1″ pitch.
Why do my 5160 labels from Microsoft Word drift down the page?
Either the Vertical pitch is not 1″ or the print dialog scaled the page; at 97 % the last row moves about 0.315 in. Print at 100 %.
Can I skip Microsoft Word entirely?
Yes. The LabelGrid designer at the top of this page is set to Avery 5160: type one label or paste a list and download a PDF aligned to all 30 positions, free and in your browser.