Guides

What to put on a badge, what size to print it, and the settings that stop a sheet coming out three percent too small. Each guide ends at the tool that does the job.

• 5 minHow to print name badges from ExcelYou have a spreadsheet of names and you need badges by tomorrow. Here is the short way, without a Word mail merge.6 sections
• 10 minHow to make name badgesSizes, what to put on a badge and what to leave off, type big enough to read, and getting the sheet out of the printer straight.7 sections
• 8 minHow to print name tagsThe half of the job that happens after the design is finished: paper, margins, scaling, and a test page that saves the rest of the card.7 sections
• 6 minHow to import a CSV for name badgesWhat the importer needs, what the mapping screen is asking you, and the four things that make a good file import badly.7 sections
• 12 minHow to make conference badgesPortrait badges on lanyards, colour-coded roles, QR codes worth the space they take, and a plan for the people who register on the door.7 sections
• 15 minHow to make ID cardsEmployee and student IDs at credit-card size: photographs, numbers, what belongs on the card, and how to print one without a card printer.7 sections