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Hi,

I'm trying to display a custom data field on the mailing labels, but I can't seem to find the proper token to use.  On a mail-merge, I would use something like this "{contact.custom_4}", but that doesn't work for the mailing address labels.  Does anybody know how to get custom data to work in mailing labels?

Thanks!

Josh

I created a custom field which contained the organizations that the individuals worked for.  We need our mailing labels to have the individuals' names in addition to their employers' names.  I know that that field will be a built-in option in 1.8.  But it still seems that since it is not associated with the address table, that it will not be able to be used in mailing labels (am I correct in this assumption?)

I would be interested in implementing the feature, however, I am bogged down with this current CiviCRM customization right now, and won't be able to do anything on the side for the next few months.

I know this is a very old thread, I just want to make sure that other users who might search for 'civicrm "Address Settings" custom fields' in a search engine find out that this is now possible.

You can find your accessible tokens by searching for some contacts, select "Print PDF Letter for...", insert the desired tokens, and copy them over to the edit screen for Address Labels, "Address Settings".
Make sure you don't have a trailing white space after the end of your tokens, they will act funny if there is no token value.

Working example of Address labels:

{contact.first_name} {contact.last_name}
{contact.custom_4} {contact.custom_5}
{contact.supplemental_address_1}
{contact.street_address}
{contact.supplemental_address_2}
{contact.postal_code} {contact.city}
{contact.country}