Avery Barcode & QR Code Generator Guide

Open Avery Design & Print and click the blue Start button to open.

The fastest way to find a template is to enter your product's software code in the Quick Search box. You can also search by product description, click on the column headings to sort by size, product description, colour or layout.

Click the green Select this Product button to move forward.

On the Choose Design tab, you will find the blank and pre-designed templates available for your chosen Avery product. You can narrow your choice by selecting a design category from the list on the left.

Click on the design you’d like to customise and a green Select this design button will appear. Click that button to continue.

You are now on the Customise Screen, where you can edit and personalise your product.  On the left hand side of the screen are your item tools.  This is where you can choose to add text, images and other objects to your design.

When you select a tool an additional set of options will appear. There will be different options, depending if you select Text, Image or Shape.

When you are ready to add your barcode, click the QR and Barcodes icon on the left hand side.  From the toolbar that appears, you can then select which barcode type you would like to create from the drop down list.

Once you have selected the barcode type, click on either:

• Create to generate a single barcode from a code that you have or
• Merge if you would like to generate a number of barcodes from an excel list of code numbers.

If you have clicked Create, the above screen will appear. Enter your barcode’s number into the box and press the green refresh arrow to see your generated barcode.  Then click Finish.

Please note: Avery are not barcode experts; we offer free software which will turn barcode numbers into scannable barcodes.  We recommend that you obtain barcode requirements from the appropriate authorities to ensure you are creating the barcode to specification. https://www.gs1uk.org/ is a good place to start.

Our Barcode Merge tool is incredibly useful, but might be easier to explain via video demonstration. Click to view How to Upload Multiple Barcodes in Design & Print

If you clicked to provide your barcode data by Spreadsheet, you will be asked to browse for your barcode file on your computer. Once selected, you will be taken to the above screen to select which information from your spreadsheet you would like to add to your barcode.  Only tick the column with the barcode numbers/URLs , then click Next.

On the next screen, your barcodes field will be on the left. Drag and drop this to the box in the middle of the screen to add your fields to design. Click Finish to see the merged labels on the design canvas.

Test Your Barcode: Using a barcode scanner (you’ll find several free barcode scanner/reader apps available for download right to your smartphone), point it at the barcode on your screen to make sure it works.

When you’re happy with all of your labels, click Save and choose to save your labels to your Avery Account (so that you can access it from any computer connected to the Internet) or to your computer.  

Once saved, click Print and Design & Print will generate a PDF. You can now print directly onto your labels or save your PDF to print later.

If you would like some more help with using the Merge Function in Design & Print, click to see our detailed How to Use Mail Merge Step by Step.

Alternatively, we also have a dedicated help video on barcode creation, which you can view.

In addition, our consumer centre are always on hand to help if you get stuck:
0800 805020
consumerservice-uk@avery.com