Adress book label printing

a simple question...... how do i print labels with both the company name and contact name. currently only the contact name is printing. thanks

I logged on to Apple forums this morning to find a solution to this very problem!
I then found this thread and initially thought, "that's great! Someone else has had the same problem and there are responses listed on how to fix."
I'm so disappointed. Apple has failed on this one because it looks like no one has a solution (other than NOT using Address Book to store professional contacts in the hopes of ever using it to correspond via US mail).
Apple should have got this correct in the first place. But secondly, why wouldn't Apple give the end user the power to customize which data fields we want to print on the Avery labels? Strike two Apple.
You design Address Book, then give us iWork to produce professional documents and spreadsheets putting the power of design and templates into the hands of individuals and small business owners. Then you give us no possible way to mail our creations to an individual at a company with a professional mailing label?
Boo to you Apple for missing this boat on what is a simple concept.

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