Name badges, minus the mail merge

Event Badge Builder

Keep the badge template you already print from. Paste the attendee list straight out of Excel, tidy it in place, and take back a Word file or a print ready PDF with every sheet filled.

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Name this run

Whatever you would call it out loud, like Glean London October. Your files come out named after it, and it stays on this computer so you can pick it up again later.

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Your badge template

A Word file laid out as a sheet of badges with merge fields in it, like «First» «Last» «Company». The artwork, fonts and badge size stay exactly as they are. No design for this one? Take blank badges or UNGA Branded, or one of the two built in styles and let it take its colours from your brand.

Drop a .docx here your own badge design
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Paste your people

Copy the columns out of Excel and paste. Company and name in either order, or separate first and last name columns. After the check you can edit any cell, and the paste box and the preview follow along.

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Build the sheets

Every badge on the sheet gets filled, then a new sheet starts. Leftover slots on the last sheet are left blank.

Waiting on a template and a list
How it prints A name or company too wide for its badge is stepped down a size, never more than a touch, and only wraps to a second line if it still will not fit. The Word file is your template untouched apart from the names. The PDF is drawn from that same file's own measurements, page size, badge grid, artwork rectangles, fonts and point sizes, so it prints at the same size. Print at 100 percent rather than Fit to page.
Sheet preview
example
An example sheet, so you can see the shape of it. Load your template to see your own.
Walk ins: one sheet carrying the theme with the names left off, to fill in by hand.
Some print shops want each badge on its own trimmed page rather than a sheet of six.