Adding two envelopes to a single document without using mail merge

Question

I use Abacus Law in my law firm. Within abacus forms can be created from either Word Perfect or Word. I have created a document and within the document are two envelopes and the data for the address is pulled from the Abacus Law Program including the forwarding and return address. What I am trying to accomplish is adding two blank envelopes so that I can add the fields that Abacus will use to include on the envelopes. When I use the mailings function it gives the option to add an envelope into the document, but it does not give the option to add two envelopes. Is there a procedure to accomplish this.

Answer 1

Word’s built‑in Envelopes feature only supports inserting a single envelope into a document at a time. There is no option to add two envelopes in one step.

To get two envelopes in the same document for use with Abacus fields:

1. Use Mailings → Envelopes (or Tools → Envelopes, depending on version) to create and insert the first envelope into the document.
2. Repeat the same Envelopes command a second time and again choose to insert into the current document. This creates another envelope page in the same file.
3. Position the insertion point on each envelope page and add the Abacus merge fields/placeholders where needed.

If the Envelopes dialog is inserting the envelope into an existing letter page, ensure the option to “Insert the envelope into the current document” (or similar wording) is used only when desired, and then use the Print dialog to print only the envelope pages as needed.

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References:

• Use mail merge for bulk email, letters, labels, and envelopes
• Envelope address positions not retained between Word documents
• How to use the Mail Merge Manager to create mailing labels or envelopes in Word 2008 for Mac
• How to print a single envelope on a Mac in Word? - Microsoft Q&A

Answer 2

Hi @William Tilton,

According to your concern, Word doesn't provide an option to offer 2 envelopes at once since the Mailings > Envelopes feature only allows inserting one envelope at a time. The workaround to add multiple envelopes into Word is to create the first envelope, then separate it with a section break and insert the next envelope.

You can try the following steps:

• Open the Word document that Abacus uses and go to Mailings > Envelopes
• Customize your Envelope and click Add to Document (Word will insert the envelope as the first page/section of the document)
• After adding the first envelope, press Ctrl+Home to ensure you are in the top of the document then go to Layout tab > Breaks > choose Next Page under Sections Break
• Press Ctrl + Home to go back to the top and add your second envelope. For the second afterward, the prompt can be changed to "Change Document" instead of "Add to Document" but it still allows you to add another envelope into Word document

For more detailed information, you can refer to Multiple Envelopes in One Document (Microsoft Word)

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