How to set up label/mail merge to print vertically?

[sccatholic]

I have set up a merge document for labels for a bulk mailing. My labels must
be listed in order by zip codes for easier mail sorting. New Avery labels
are set up to tear the sheet into 3 columns and easily peel off each label.
Problem is that my label set up only wants to print in rows - horizontally
not in columns (vertically). How do I reconfigure the set up to arrange the
label information to list and print vertically?

 

[Graham Mayor]

This is not possible from Word, however fellow MVP Doug Robbins posted the
following workarounds recently:

If the data is in Access, the label wizard in Access can do it that way.

If the data source is a Word document, the following macro will sort the
data so that the labels print that way.

' Macro to assign numbers to data source so that it can be sorted to cause
labels to print down columns
Dim Message, Title, Default, labelrows, labelcolumns, i As Integer, j As
Integer, k As Integer
Message = "Enter the number of labels in a row" ' Set prompt.
Title = "Labels per Row" ' Set title.
Default = "3" ' Set default.
' Display message, title, and default value.
labelcolumns = InputBox(Message, Title, Default)
Message = "Enter the number of labels in a column" ' Set prompt.
Title = "Labels per column" ' Set title.
Default = "5" ' Set default.
labelrows = InputBox(Message, Title, Default)
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Columns.Add
BeforeColumn:=ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Columns(1)
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(1).Range.Cut
k = 1
For i = 1 To ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows.Count - labelcolumns
For j = 1 To labelrows
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Cell(i, 1).Range.InsertBefore k + (j - 1) *
labelcolumns
i = i + 1
Next j
k = k + 1
i = i - 1
If k Mod labelcolumns = 1 Then k = k - labelcolumns + labelcolumns *
labelrows
Next i
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Sort FieldNumber:="Column 1"
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(1).Select
Selection.Paste
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Columns(1).Delete

If the data source is not in Word, you can use a Catalog or Directory type
mail merge to get the data into a Word document so that the above macro can
be used.

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