Mike,
If you haven't gone to that website try the following:
1. With a new document find "Letters and Mailings" in the Tools menu.
2. Single-click "Envelopes and Labels..."
3. Click the Labels Tab in the Envelopes and Labels window.
4. Click Options and find the product number that matches the template
number on the package of your business card paper. (The package will have
somthing like "Use template 8371.") Your number may be different than mine
depending on whcih type of paper you purchased.
(TIP: A quick way to get to your products number without having to scroll
through every number in the list is to select the first item by
single-clicking it and then type the first digit of the template number. In
this case, mine would be "8". This causes the selection highlighter to jump
to the products starting with the first digit of your template number making
it quicker to find your product #.)
5. Once you've located your product #, double-click it.
(Note: After this you will return to the Labels tab in the Envelopes and
Labels window. Do not put anything in the area labeled "Address". If you do,
it will be hard to insert your graphic and then you'll have do it over
because word adjusts the margins of each cell to fit anything put in the
address section when creating the cards.)
6. Make sure that the "Full page of same label" option is selected and then
click New Document.
(TIP: When you are selecting your graphic you may want to save it as a file
with the ".jpg" file extension and then resize it using Microsoft Photo
Manager (I think that's what it's called.) or some other imaging program.
Keep in mind that the larger your image is, the less room you have for text.
Word tends to enlarge the image somewhat when you insert it. Therefore, If
you don't shrink the image, one of three things can happen; 1) Part of the
image will be printed on the edge of the page & on the perferation lines of
the card causing you to loose part of your graphic, 2) Part of your text will
be lost and you'll end up with part of it on the other business cards that
are on the right of the first card or 3) You might loose part of both the
graphic and text. You might want to make a few copies of the test page that
is usually provided with the business cards so that you can adjust the
alignment and image size if need be before doing an actual print on the
business cards. When you run a test print it is a good idea to only print
only one buisness card on the test sheet(s) if Word will let you. That way
you can run multiple alignment tests on one test sheet. Also, try testing in
black/white since you are just checking to see how the graphics and text will
fit on the business card. Doing a test print will save you time and ink in
the long run.)
If you'd like to share your email address with me I can send you a template
that I made for my business cards so that you'll have an example to follow.
That way you can see how big my graphic is.
I hope this information helps you out. Please feel free to let me know if
you don't understand something or if you needany more help. Have a nice day.
John R. L.
