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Print name tags from an Excel guest list

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Free label maker: app.mylabelmaker.com — no signup. Native barcodes, Excel/Sheets batch, export or Zebra print. Related: barcodes from Excel · Google Sheets · all guides.

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The actual question people ask

Event and school staff ask for name tags from a roster, not a Canva one-off. First name huge, last name / company smaller, optional QR to a vCard URL you paste. Open the free maker · label maker hub.

Honest scope: Follow your event’s PII rules. Skip home addresses and student IDs on a badge that gets photographed.

Steps that match the query

Same-day adds

Type one new row into the CSV and print a single badge. Faster than opening ZebraDesigner for a walk-up.

Batch from Excel or Google Sheets

Map column tokens into text, barcodes, or QR. Paste CSV, upload a file, or load a published Google Sheet. Preview rows, then print quantity 1 before the stack. Guide: mail merge · CSV mail merge.

Print or export

Zebra thermal: Browser Print at the printer’s DPI. Everyone else: Options → PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, or ZPL. JSON saves the editable master.

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Browser canvas · native barcodes · Excel batch · export or Zebra print. No account.

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