Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated May 31, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Word includes an Envelopes feature that makes it pretty easy to create your own professional-looking envelopes. The feature makes certain assumptions about where different parts of the envelope should be printed, but what if you want to change the positioning of the return address?
The Envelopes and Labels tool in Word depends on a predefined style when creating an envelope. The style used for the return address, appropriately enough, is named Envelope Return. When you click on either the Print or Add to Document buttons in the Envelopes and Labels dialog box, this style is grabbed and used for the return address area itself.
The style is defined to use a frame, and that frame is defined to appear at a very specific location on the envelope. If you want to change where the return address appears, simply change where the frame is defined to appear. To do this, use these steps:
Figure 1. The Modify Style dialog box.
Figure 2. The Frame dialog box.
Now, when you save your document or close Word, you are asked if you want to save your changes to the template. Make sure you do this. Your envelopes, when created in a document that uses this template, should now have your return address exactly where you specified.
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (12437) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Changing the Return Address Location.
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2018-10-18 17:58:47
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Both images are the same. The frame dialog box isn't shown.
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