How to print Avery® 5164 labels in Canva
Canva has no snap-to-label sheet for Avery 5164: make an 8.5 × 11 in design and add guides at the 6 label positions (4 in × 3.333 in), then print the PDF at 100 %. For text labels, the designer below is quicker.
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In Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers: select the cells with the header row, copy, and paste here. The sample rows are replaced.
Text auto-fits at 26.3 pt.
Print at 100% / Actual size, not “Fit to page”. Paper: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in).
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Print the alignment test sheet on plain paper, hold it over a label sheet, and nudge: positive moves everything right / down.
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Avery 5164 in Canva, step by step
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Create a sheet-sized design
Canva works per design, not per label, so start with Create a design › Custom size 8.5 × 11 in, the full US Letter sheet that holds 6 Avery 5164 labels.
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Show rulers and guides
Turn on rulers and guides (under File or View settings, depending on your Canva version), then drag vertical guides from the ruler to the left label edges at 0.156 in, 4.344 in; zoom in to place them precisely (each label is 4 in wide).
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Add the row guides
Drag horizontal guides to the top label edges at 0.5 in, 3.833 in, 7.167 in (each label is 3.333 in tall).
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Design inside the boxes
Keep text at least 0.125 in inside every 5164 label edge; Canva has no snap-to-label, so check each of the 6 copies against the guides.
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Export a print PDF
Download the 5164 sheet (Share › Download) as PDF Print with crop marks and bleed turned off, then print at 100 % (“Actual size”) on US Letter paper.
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Or lay out the sheet with LabelGrid
Text-only 5164 labels are quicker in the designer above: it places all 6 positions for you. Images on labels are part of LabelGrid Pro.
Worked example: 48 beer bottle labels on 5164
48 labels on Avery 5164 need 8 pages of 6: duplicate the finished page 7 times, change the text on each copy and make sure the guides at 0.156 in and 0.5 in are on every page.
In the LabelGrid designer the same 48 rows go into merge mode; the free version prints the first 6 (one full 5164 sheet) and Pro removes the limit. To reuse a part-used sheet, set the start position to the first empty label.
The Canva numbers for Avery 5164
| Custom design size | 8.5 × 11 in |
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| Label box | 4 in × 3.333 in, 6 boxes |
| Vertical guides (left edges) | 0.156 in, 4.344 in |
| Horizontal guides (top edges) | 0.5 in, 3.833 in, 7.167 in |
| Safe inset | 0.125 in |
When 5164 labels print out of line in Canva
- The 5164 page shrinks when printed from the browser tab: print the downloaded PDF from a PDF viewer at Actual size instead.
- Designs sit a little off the 5164 die-cuts: snapping moved an element; zoom in and check it against the 0.156 in and 0.5 in guides.
- In Canva, 5164 labels that drift more the lower they are mean the page was scaled: at 97 % row 3, 10.5 in from the top, lands about 0.315 in off. Print at 100 %.
About the Avery 5164 sheet
Avery® 5164 (shipping labels) has 6 labels of 3 1/3″ × 4″ per US Letter sheet. The same layout is sold under other Avery codes too (5264, 5514, 5524, 6464, 6499, 8164 and more), so these settings work for them as well.
Common jobs for 5164: Halloween party favor labels, Christmas gift tag labels, New Year labels, shipping labels and name badge labels. Avery® 5164 is named only to identify compatible sheets; LabelGrid is not affiliated with Avery.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I make Avery 5164 labels in Canva?
Yes, with an 8.5 × 11 in custom design and guides at the label edges listed above; export as PDF and print at 100 %. Canva does not align text to labels for you.
What are the measurements of Avery 5164?
6 labels of 4 in × 3.333 in on US Letter, 2 across and 3 down. In Canva the first label box starts at 0.156 in from the left and 0.5 in from the top.
Why do my 5164 labels from Canva drift down the page?
Either a guide is off or the PDF was printed with “fit to page”; at 97 % the last row moves about 0.315 in. Print at 100 %.
Can I skip Canva entirely?
Yes. The LabelGrid designer at the top of this page is set to Avery 5164: type one label or paste a list and download a PDF aligned to all 6 positions, free and in your browser.