How to print Avery® 5168 labels in Canva
Canva has no snap-to-label sheet for Avery 5168: make an 8.5 × 11 in design and add guides at the 4 label positions (3.5 in × 5 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 25.5 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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Pro tools
Avery 5168 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 4 Avery 5168 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 0.5 in, 4.5 in; zoom in to place them precisely (each label is 3.5 in wide).
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Add the row guides
Drag horizontal guides to the top label edges at 0.5 in, 5.5 in (each label is 5 in tall).
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Design inside the boxes
Keep text at least 0.063 in inside every 5168 label edge; Canva has no snap-to-label, so check each of the 4 copies against the guides.
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Export a print PDF
Download the 5168 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 5168 labels are quicker in the designer above: it places all 4 positions for you. Images on labels are part of LabelGrid Pro.
Worked example: 50 shipping labels on 5168
50 labels on Avery 5168 need 13 pages of 4: duplicate the finished page 12 times, change the text on each copy and make sure the guides at 0.5 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 4 (one full 5168 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 5168
| Custom design size | 8.5 × 11 in |
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| Label box | 3.5 in × 5 in, 4 boxes |
| Vertical guides (left edges) | 0.5 in, 4.5 in |
| Horizontal guides (top edges) | 0.5 in, 5.5 in |
| Safe inset | 0.063 in |
When 5168 labels print out of line in Canva
- The 5168 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 5168 die-cuts: snapping moved an element; zoom in and check it against the 0.5 in and 0.5 in guides.
- Text cut off on the first or last 5168 row: many printers leave about 1/4″ (6 mm) unprinted, and 5168 has 0.5 in at the top and 0.5 in at the bottom, so keep Canva text 0.063 in inside each label.
About the Avery 5168 sheet
Avery® 5168 (shipping labels) has 4 labels of 3 1/2″ × 5″ per US Letter sheet.
Common jobs for 5168: shipping labels, wine bottle labels and moving box labels. Avery® 5168 is named only to identify compatible sheets; LabelGrid is not affiliated with Avery.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I make Avery 5168 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 5168?
4 labels of 3.5 in × 5 in on US Letter, 2 across and 2 down. In Canva the first label box starts at 0.5 in from the left and 0.5 in from the top.
Why do my 5168 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 5168: type one label or paste a list and download a PDF aligned to all 4 positions, free and in your browser.