Creating custom Avery Business Cards

[Jack_Sprat]

I am trying to create a custom business card based on the Avery 8371 form. I
notice that there are many pre-designed forms available to download from the
MS site, but I cannot modify them to suite my needs. Some have graphics, and
place-holders for text, but I am SOL if I wish to make any modifications to
these templates, such as moving or removing the graphics and/or text
placeholders.

Is there a way I can either modify a template, or create my own? Of course,
as this is a business card template with 10 cards to the page, I really only
want to make changes to one card and have these changes replicated onto the
remainder of the 9 other cards on the form.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Go into the Envelopes and Labels feature, select the Avery business card,
and tell it that you want a new document based on that. You'll have a full
sheet of blank labels to work with.

 

[Jack_Sprat]

JoAnn.. thanks for the reply..

I did this, and it seems to work ok, with the exception that I have to
manually copy over the information from the first card, into the cells for
the remaining cards. I can live with this, but would rather have one card
designed so that the remainder of the form is populated identically from the
first card.

Also, I would like to insert a placeholder for some text on the form, in
effect, creating my own template so that when given to others, they can
simply replace the placeholder text in the first card, and it will
automatically populate the remaining cards on the form.

I am sure this is possible, since all the templates provided by MS use this
technique.

btw.. I am using Word 2007 ( it was suggested I use Publisher in another
post, but I do not have that program.. only Word 2007)

Thanks!!

Go into the Envelopes and Labels feature, select the Avery business card,
and tell it that you want a new document based on that. You'll have a full
sheet of blank labels to work with.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I am trying to create a custom business card based on the Avery 8371 form.
I
notice that there are many pre-designed forms available to download from
the
MS site, but I cannot modify them to suite my needs. Some have graphics,
and
place-holders for text, but I am SOL if I wish to make any modifications
to
these templates, such as moving or removing the graphics and/or text
placeholders.

Is there a way I can either modify a template, or create my own? Of
course,
as this is a business card template with 10 cards to the page, I really
only
want to make changes to one card and have these changes replicated onto
the
remainder of the 9 other cards on the form.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I too was going to suggest Publisher.

Copy and paste isn't that difficult and you can maintain a text box for the
text you want to be able to change.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

JoAnn.. thanks for the reply..

I did this, and it seems to work ok, with the exception that I have to
manually copy over the information from the first card, into the cells for
the remaining cards. I can live with this, but would rather have one card
designed so that the remainder of the form is populated identically from
the
first card.

Also, I would like to insert a placeholder for some text on the form, in
effect, creating my own template so that when given to others, they can
simply replace the placeholder text in the first card, and it will
automatically populate the remaining cards on the form.

I am sure this is possible, since all the templates provided by MS use
this
technique.

btw.. I am using Word 2007 ( it was suggested I use Publisher in another
post, but I do not have that program.. only Word 2007)

Thanks!!

Go into the Envelopes and Labels feature, select the Avery business card,
and tell it that you want a new document based on that. You'll have a
full
sheet of blank labels to work with.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I am trying to create a custom business card based on the Avery 8371
form.
I
notice that there are many pre-designed forms available to download
from
the
MS site, but I cannot modify them to suite my needs. Some have
graphics,
and
place-holders for text, but I am SOL if I wish to make any
modifications
to
these templates, such as moving or removing the graphics and/or text
placeholders.

Is there a way I can either modify a template, or create my own? Of
course,
as this is a business card template with 10 cards to the page, I really
only
want to make changes to one card and have these changes replicated onto
the
remainder of the 9 other cards on the form.

 

[Jack_Sprat]

Ok.. let's backstep a bit..

There are numerous business card templates on the MS site available for
download and they make use of placeholders for text. The user just has to
enter the information into the first card, and it is automatically populated
into the remainder of the cards on the page.

How do I create my own business card template? Is there a tutorial or
something online for doing this with MS Word 2007?

I too was going to suggest Publisher.

Copy and paste isn't that difficult and you can maintain a text box for the
text you want to be able to change.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

JoAnn.. thanks for the reply..

I did this, and it seems to work ok, with the exception that I have to
manually copy over the information from the first card, into the cells for
the remaining cards. I can live with this, but would rather have one card
designed so that the remainder of the form is populated identically from
the
first card.

Also, I would like to insert a placeholder for some text on the form, in
effect, creating my own template so that when given to others, they can
simply replace the placeholder text in the first card, and it will
automatically populate the remaining cards on the form.

I am sure this is possible, since all the templates provided by MS use
this
technique.

btw.. I am using Word 2007 ( it was suggested I use Publisher in another
post, but I do not have that program.. only Word 2007)

Thanks!!

Go into the Envelopes and Labels feature, select the Avery business card,
and tell it that you want a new document based on that. You'll have a
full
sheet of blank labels to work with.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


I am trying to create a custom business card based on the Avery 8371
form.
I
notice that there are many pre-designed forms available to download
from
the
MS site, but I cannot modify them to suite my needs. Some have
graphics,
and
place-holders for text, but I am SOL if I wish to make any
modifications
to
these templates, such as moving or removing the graphics and/or text
placeholders.

Is there a way I can either modify a template, or create my own? Of
course,
as this is a business card template with 10 cards to the page, I really
only
want to make changes to one card and have these changes replicated onto
the
remainder of the 9 other cards on the form.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Ok.. let's backstep a bit..

There are numerous business card templates on the MS site available for
download and they make use of placeholders for text. The user just has to
enter the information into the first card, and it is automatically
populated
into the remainder of the cards on the page.

How do I create my own business card template? Is there a tutorial or
something online for doing this with MS Word 2007?

I too was going to suggest Publisher.

Copy and paste isn't that difficult and you can maintain a text box for
the
text you want to be able to change.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

JoAnn.. thanks for the reply..

I did this, and it seems to work ok, with the exception that I have to
manually copy over the information from the first card, into the cells
for
the remaining cards. I can live with this, but would rather have one
card
designed so that the remainder of the form is populated identically
from
the
first card.

Also, I would like to insert a placeholder for some text on the form,
in
effect, creating my own template so that when given to others, they can
simply replace the placeholder text in the first card, and it will
automatically populate the remaining cards on the form.

I am sure this is possible, since all the templates provided by MS use
this
technique.

btw.. I am using Word 2007 ( it was suggested I use Publisher in
another
post, but I do not have that program.. only Word 2007)

Thanks!!

:

Go into the Envelopes and Labels feature, select the Avery business
card,
and tell it that you want a new document based on that. You'll have a
full
sheet of blank labels to work with.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


I am trying to create a custom business card based on the Avery 8371
form.
I
notice that there are many pre-designed forms available to download
from
the
MS site, but I cannot modify them to suite my needs. Some have
graphics,
and
place-holders for text, but I am SOL if I wish to make any
modifications
to
these templates, such as moving or removing the graphics and/or text
placeholders.

Is there a way I can either modify a template, or create my own? Of
course,
as this is a business card template with 10 cards to the page, I
really
only
want to make changes to one card and have these changes replicated
onto
the
remainder of the 9 other cards on the form.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Help here
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm


--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

Ok.. let's backstep a bit..

There are numerous business card templates on the MS site available for
download and they make use of placeholders for text. The user just has to
enter the information into the first card, and it is automatically populated
into the remainder of the cards on the page.

How do I create my own business card template? Is there a tutorial or
something online for doing this with MS Word 2007?

I too was going to suggest Publisher.

Copy and paste isn't that difficult and you can maintain a text box for the
text you want to be able to change.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

JoAnn.. thanks for the reply..

I did this, and it seems to work ok, with the exception that I have to
manually copy over the information from the first card, into the cells for
the remaining cards. I can live with this, but would rather have one card
designed so that the remainder of the form is populated identically from
the
first card.

Also, I would like to insert a placeholder for some text on the form, in
effect, creating my own template so that when given to others, they can
simply replace the placeholder text in the first card, and it will
automatically populate the remaining cards on the form.

I am sure this is possible, since all the templates provided by MS use
this
technique.

btw.. I am using Word 2007 ( it was suggested I use Publisher in another
post, but I do not have that program.. only Word 2007)

Thanks!!

:

Go into the Envelopes and Labels feature, select the Avery business card,
and tell it that you want a new document based on that. You'll have a
full
sheet of blank labels to work with.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


I am trying to create a custom business card based on the Avery 8371
form.
I
notice that there are many pre-designed forms available to download
from
the
MS site, but I cannot modify them to suite my needs. Some have
graphics,
and
place-holders for text, but I am SOL if I wish to make any
modifications
to
these templates, such as moving or removing the graphics and/or text
placeholders.

Is there a way I can either modify a template, or create my own? Of
course,
as this is a business card template with 10 cards to the page, I really
only
want to make changes to one card and have these changes replicated onto
the
remainder of the 9 other cards on the form.