# Free/cheap address book/label software

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cheap-address-book-label-software/607760>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 29, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cheap-address-book-label-software/607760 "2011-12-29T21:28:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cheap-address-book-label-software/607760/1 "2011-12-29T21:28:03Z")

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My (somewhat computer literate) mother likes to use her computer to print out mailing labels for her Christmas cards, and thinks of that sort. She had a piece of software that I bought and set up for her 5 or 6 years ago (A-book by Xeletrix) that she happily used on her old computer. But now she’s gotten a new computer, and Xeletrix doesn’t seem to actually still exist (their website lies and claims they do), so we can’t figure out how to get A-Book running on her new PC without an activation code that we don’t have, despite the fact that we paid for it.

So… anyone have a recommendation for software that does basically that type of thing? I had thought that she should put her addresses into her contacts on google mail, but I couldn’t find a way to take google mail contacts and (for instance) print out subsets of them on mailing labels, or anything like that.  
[This](http://www.allprosoftware.com/am/) is well-reviewed on Amazon, but $30 seems like more than one ought to pay for software of this sort… but I guess that can be a fall-back position if nothing else.  
Ease of use is definitely paramount here.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cheap-address-book-label-software/607760/2 "2011-12-29T21:51:08Z")

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If I understand your question, you can do that through Microsoft Word using the “Mailings” menu.

Failing that, you can find just about any software you want (usually for free) at [download.cnet.com](http://download.cnet.com).