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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / May 2004Designing A Business Card
What would be the best way to design a business card? i.e. Laying out in different size type and perhaps fonts; being able to move stuff around to see how it looks... Hi Tom To quote http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm, "As far as Word is concerned, business cards and postcards are essentially mailing labels, so whether you use the envelope/label wizard and/or mail merge to labels, the problem and its solution are essentially the same." That article will get you started. Depending on your version of Word, you will have more or less trouble getting graphics into place. Type faces and sizes are very easy to change and rearrange. You can use any font that's installed on your PC (use Google to search for more if you need them). You aren't limited to the sizes listed in the dropdown; you can type in any size from 1 pt to 1638 pt in 0.5 point increments, and press Enter to make it take effect. Look at as many examples of business cards as you can collect. There are many styles, some of which are more appropriate for certain kinds of businesses than others. They range from the pure traditional through the semiformal to informal, with variations on artsy, humorous, photographic, etc. When you come up with two or three designs that you think fit your business, show them to people who could be your clients/customers to see whether they agree on the first impressions they give. >What would be the best way to design a business card? >i.e. Laying out in different size type and perhaps fonts; >being able to move stuff around to see how it looks... -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word I would second everything that Jay has said but add that, if you have Publisher, you will find it *much* easier to design business cards in that application, as you need do it only once (then print 10 to a sheet, assuming you're printing to sheets of perforated or die-cut labels). Publisher is much more suitable for handling layout of text and graphics (including rotated text). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word)  SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Hi Tom > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Having been responsible for the web page in question, I would still agree with Suzanne on this. Word is not the best application for producing business cards that contain graphics. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > I would second everything that Jay has said but add that, if you have > Publisher, you will find it *much* easier to design business cards in [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word |
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