Everyone should have their own business card. With Microsoft Word, they are easy to create and you can personalize them. Add photos, color, lines and other objects.
You can easily design a card with more then business in mind. Any office supply store will have different cards to print on, and some that coordinate with letterhead paper. For this article use Avery #5371. They tear apart easily.
- Open Microsoft Word, Click on Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
- Click on TOOLS, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels
- Click on the "Labels Tab"
- Click on "Options"
- Click on "Product number 5371," click on OK
- In the Address box, press ENTER 1 time to put in a blank line
- Type your first and last name, ENTER
- Type your address, ENTER
- Type your city, state and zip, ENTER
- Type your phone number, ENTER, ENTER
- Type your email address
- Click on "New Document"
- Save the document as "Business Cards"
- Click on EDIT, Select All
- Change the font to "Pristina," Regular, size 14, click on OK, unselect all the words
- Click on EDIT, Find, in the box, type your first and last name (the same as in your card), click on No Formatting
- Click on Replace, Type your first and last name again, select your name, click on More, Format, Font
- Change the Font to "Comic Sans MS," bold, size 20
- Change the Font Color to "any" other color
- Change the Underline Style to "words only"
- Change the Underline Color to "any" other color, click OK
- Click on "Replace All" (there should be 10 replacements), Close
- Add a picture
- Click in INSERT, Picture, Clipart, "Clip art on Office Online"
- Choose any picture and insert
- Format the picture
- Click on the picture to turn in on
- Click on FORMAT, Picture
- Change the Format to in front of text
- Change the Size to about 1 inch (depends on your picture)
- Move the picture to the right side of the card
- Copy and Paste the picture to all of the cells in your table
- Click on Print Preview, make sure it looks correct and print when ready
Other Ideas
- Child Identification
- Medical Information
- Playing cards
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