Label Use Cases

Metropolitan Museum of Art / Costume Institute

Scenario: Making a label for a cabinet of hats (which lists all the objects inside).

  • Perform query in CMS
  • Run report based on location
  • Export to Excel
  • Delete components that are not in the desired location
  • Copy column of accession numbers
  • Open label template (Word document)
  • Enter location name, object type and date range
  • Paste numbers
  • Format label
  • Convert table to text
  • 1.5 line spacing
  • Adjust columns if necessary
  • Print