How to print Avery® 5163 labels in Canva
Canva has no snap-to-label sheet for Avery 5163: make an 8.5 × 11 in design and add guides at the 10 label positions (4 in × 2 in), then print the PDF at 100 %. For text labels, the designer below is quicker.
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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 19.8 pt.
Print at 100% / Actual size, not “Fit to page”. Paper: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in).
Free prints one full sheet.
Font, style, colours, start position and printer offset
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 5163 in Canva, step by step
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Create a sheet-sized design
Canva works per design, not per label, so start with Create a design › Custom size 8.5 × 11 in, the full US Letter sheet that holds 10 Avery 5163 labels.
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Show rulers and guides
Turn on rulers and guides (under File or View settings, depending on your Canva version), then drag vertical guides from the ruler to the left label edges at 0.162 in, 4.35 in; zoom in to place them precisely (each label is 4 in wide).
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Add the row guides
Drag horizontal guides to the top label edges at 0.5 in, 2.5 in, 4.5 in, 6.5 in, 8.5 in (each label is 2 in tall).
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Design inside the boxes
Keep text at least 0.125 in inside every 5163 label edge; Canva has no snap-to-label, so check each of the 10 copies against the guides.
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Export a print PDF
Download the 5163 sheet (Share › Download) as PDF Print with crop marks and bleed turned off, then print at 100 % (“Actual size”) on US Letter paper.
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Or lay out the sheet with LabelGrid
Text-only 5163 labels are quicker in the designer above: it places all 10 positions for you. Images on labels are part of LabelGrid Pro.
Worked example: 50 shipping labels on 5163
50 labels on Avery 5163 need 5 pages of 10: duplicate the finished page 4 times, change the text on each copy and make sure the guides at 0.162 in and 0.5 in are on every page.
In the LabelGrid designer the same 50 rows go into merge mode; the free version prints the first 10 (one full 5163 sheet) and Pro removes the limit. To reuse a part-used sheet, set the start position to the first empty label.
The Canva numbers for Avery 5163
| Custom design size | 8.5 × 11 in |
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| Label box | 4 in × 2 in, 10 boxes |
| Vertical guides (left edges) | 0.162 in, 4.35 in |
| Horizontal guides (top edges) | 0.5 in, 2.5 in, 4.5 in, 6.5 in, 8.5 in |
| Safe inset | 0.125 in |
When 5163 labels print out of line in Canva
- The 5163 page shrinks when printed from the browser tab: print the downloaded PDF from a PDF viewer at Actual size instead.
- Designs sit a little off the 5163 die-cuts: snapping moved an element; zoom in and check it against the 0.162 in and 0.5 in guides.
- In Canva, 5163 labels that drift more the lower they are mean the page was scaled: at 97 % row 5, 10.5 in from the top, lands about 0.315 in off. Print at 100 %.
About the Avery 5163 sheet
Avery® 5163 (shipping labels) has 10 labels of 2″ × 4″ per US Letter sheet. The same layout is sold under other Avery codes too (5263, 5513, 5523, 5795, 5923, 5963 and more), so these settings work for them as well.
Common jobs for 5163: Halloween address labels, Halloween treat bag labels, Thanksgiving labels, Christmas address labels and Christmas gift tag labels. Avery® 5163 is named only to identify compatible sheets; LabelGrid is not affiliated with Avery.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I make Avery 5163 labels in Canva?
Yes, with an 8.5 × 11 in custom design and guides at the label edges listed above; export as PDF and print at 100 %. Canva does not align text to labels for you.
What are the measurements of Avery 5163?
10 labels of 4 in × 2 in on US Letter, 2 across and 5 down. In Canva the first label box starts at 0.162 in from the left and 0.5 in from the top.
Why do my 5163 labels from Canva drift down the page?
Either a guide is off or the PDF was printed with “fit to page”; at 97 % the last row moves about 0.315 in. Print at 100 %.
Can I skip Canva entirely?
Yes. The LabelGrid designer at the top of this page is set to Avery 5163: type one label or paste a list and download a PDF aligned to all 10 positions, free and in your browser.