If you just need to create one or two envelopes, then you may want to use the Envelopes and Labels tool. You can get to this tool by clicking the Tools menu, choosing Letters and Mailings, and clicking Envelopes and Labels.

That command will open the Envelopes and Labels dialog box. This tab has two tabs, Envelopes and Labels; we’ll look at the Envelopes tab first.

You can use the first part of this box to specify the delivery address; clicking the address book icon () will allow you to choose a name from your Outlook contacts. You can also check the button below this box to add electronic postage.

At the bottom of the box, you can enter the return address. Once again, we have an address book icon to pick from your Outlook contacts, or you can choose to omit the return address. Beside this option is a preview of your envelope and the printer feed process it will use.

Once you’re done setting up your envelope, you can use the options on the right to print the envelope, add the envelope to the document, cancel the operation, set envelope options, or set e-postage properties.

Now let’s look at the other tab in this dialog: Labels.

You can type the address in the text box provided, or you can click the address book icon to pick an address from your Outlook contacts. You can also check the box “Use return address” to create a label from the return address in the Envelopes tab.

In the Print section at the bottom of the screen, you can choose how many labels to create. Next to this option, you’ll see a preview of your labels.

You can also use the options on the right-hand side to edit label options, edit e-postage settings, or print the labels (to paper or to a new document). You can also cancel out of the dialog to discard your changes.

You can still perform a mail merge using this tool (by adding the labels or envelopes to the document and then inserting merge fields) but it’s complicated and messy.