Follow Sonia's advice if you have Word and are comfortable with it. If
you hate Word and are more comfy with PPT (y'all know who you are ;-),
then try this:
On a new slide, make a grid of lines or boxes that match the
perforations of your stock business card paper. Print the slide on
plain paper. Hold it up against the stock paper and view both through a
light or against a window. Note where you need to adjust your lines,
make the adjustments, and print again. Repeat until lines and
perforations match up. Group your lines and cut and paste them into the
slide master. Design your business card in slide view, group the
elements for one card, duplicate it ten times, and fit the ten groups
into the grid defined by the guidelines you made.
When you're ready to print, delete your guide lines from the master (or
set them to the background color), and then print onto your stock.
A few caveats:
1. Paper going through any printer will drift and skew; not every sheet
passes through exactly the same. This will become very evident if you
have straight lines or text near the edges of your card and the stock
comes through your printer even a tiny bit crooked. Keep stuff away
from the perforations.
2. Bleeding images off the edge of the card looks nice, but use a stock
that has a strip between cards if you're going to do this.
3. Glossy stock looks nicer than matte, IMHO. Especially if you have
photo-based images on the card. Good stock can be pricey, though.
4. Even with today's micro-perforated edges, a homemade card is still a
homemade card. Some people notice the perforations, crooked printing,
inkjet smudges, poor design, etc. Many also notice engraving,
embossing, foil, coatings, diecutting, and all the other things that
separate a professional card from homemade. Depending on the number of
hours you will be putting into this, and what dollars those hours are
worth, consider spending those dollars toward a pro.
I made my own cards for over a year. Liked em a lot. Business grew and
I got real busy. Sent them out for a pro to do and was amazed at the
difference. I will never, ever go back.
May you have a similar experience, only faster.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony Ramos
Specialist in PowerPoint Presentation Design
http://tonyramos.com