Last Minute Holiday Mailings Made Easier With Avery Products

BREA, Calif., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- With the U.S. Postal Service estimating that over 275 million cards and letters will be processed on Monday, December 17, the busiest mailing day of the year, one office products company is offering solutions to make it easier and faster to complete those last-minute holiday mailings.

Addressing holiday cards will be easier and faster because, as the name implies, Avery(R) Easy Peel labels are easier to peel off the paper backing. The labels allow for the columns of labels to be separated after the sheet is run through the printer. Separating the columns exposes the label edges for easier, faster peeling.

The Avery Easy Peel labels are available in clear and white for both laser jet and ink jet printing, and are in stores nationwide. The labels are offered in the most common sizes used, which include 1/2"x1-3/4", 1"x2-5/8", and 1"x4".

"Consumers use printable mailing labels to send holiday cards and packages because it's easier than writing out address labels by hand," said Michelle Canellopoulos, Group Product Manager, Labels Marketing for Avery Dennison. "Combined with the new Avery Wizard Holiday Edition software, not only can your addressing tasks be done faster, consumers can incorporate family photos and holiday graphics onto the labels to give them a truly personal and festive touch."

Avery Wizard Holiday Edition, the newest version of the add-in software to Microsoft(R) Office for Windows(R), comes with pre-designed holiday-themed templates that are easy to use. The free software can be quickly downloaded from http://www.avery.com and guides users step-by-step to create not only holiday address labels, but also greeting cards, CD labels and more, all from within Microsoft(R) Word.

Avery Wizard has been designed to easily walk users through mail merges to effortlessly import address lists or other data from Microsoft Excel(R) and other popular database programs.

"Consumers have appreciated the ease of using our Easy Peel Labels. Now with the new Holiday Edition of the Avery Wizard software, labels can be quickly personalized, making Avery the clear label choice for everyone's holiday mailing needs," said Canellopoulos.

Avery Easy Peel labels are available from office product stores nationwide.