Although many people dont realize this, its easy to print mailing labels on standard label stock using the Contacts app on the Mac.

You can even add a personal touch by including a graphic and using a custom color and font choice.

Note that you have to click and hold briefly before Contacts lets you start dragging a contact; if you drag too soon, Contacts assumes you want to select more contacts.

You can drag contacts one at a time or select several at once and drag the entire selection.

This doesnt move contacts out of All Contactsyoure just adding them to the Holiday Cards group, which functions much like an iTunes playlist.

You also need to see the special controls for Contacts, so make sure Contacts is chosen from the pop-up menu underneath the page range fields.

Home is likely the most appropriate; if you choose All, Contacts will print both Home and Work addresses if available.

You can also choose to print company and country here, and if you print country, you can exclude your own country, which makes it easy to include overseas friends and relatives without printing the country for most people.

Youll use this draft for two thingschecking the addresses for accuracy and verifying that the labels will print properly on the label stock.

You should be able to see whether the positioning is rightit should be in most cases.

If not, make sure youve chosen the right label in the Print dialog, and if all else fails, create a custom label with your own margins and gutters to make it work.

Outlook For Mac Contacts Print Labels