trying to set up postcard and reduce printed area to 5'X5.5' ?

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LenH - 29 Oct 2005 17:36 GMT

Postcard is 8.5'X5.5' so I am trying to reduce my existing text on 8.5'X11'
to fit and be readable on 1/2 of the back of postcard or approx 4.5' X 5'
which I will then convert to a PDF for printing the cards?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 29 Oct 2005 18:31 GMT

Not really sure what you are trying to do, but how about leaving your text
as it is and print 4 pages to a sheet. That will reduce your text to fit in
4.25 x 5.5.

Or maybe you should be using Word's label facility.

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> Postcard is 8.5'X5.5' so I am trying to reduce my existing text on
> 8.5'X11'
> to fit and be readable on 1/2 of the back of postcard or approx 4.5' X 5'
> which I will then convert to a PDF for printing the cards?

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LenH - 30 Oct 2005 16:03 GMT

Sorry for no reply but I was unable to figure out how to do what you
suggested.Can you give me a step by step how to do? Thanks.

> Not really sure what you are trying to do, but how about leaving your text
> as it is and print 4 pages to a sheet. That will reduce your text to fit in
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> > to fit and be readable on 1/2 of the back of postcard or approx 4.5' X 5'
> > which I will then convert to a PDF for printing the cards?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 30 Oct 2005 18:10 GMT

As I said, I am not really sure what you are trying to do, especially where
or why the .pdf comes into it.

Are you actually printing directly onto individual cards or do they come in
the form of a label, such as an Avery 3611?

Probably in both cases, you should forget about trying to reduce the text
from 8.5 x 11. Rather, with the former, you should probably define a custom
page size that matches your post cards and then set the left and right
margins so that the text is confined to the area in which you want it to
appear. With the label post card option, you should define the paragraph
indents so that, once again, the text is confined to the area in which you
want it to appear.

If you are using individual cards, are you sure that your printer can handle
them?

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> Sorry for no reply but I was unable to figure out how to do what you
> suggested.Can you give me a step by step how to do? Thanks.
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>> > 5'
>> > which I will then convert to a PDF for printing the cards?

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LenH - 31 Oct 2005 03:11 GMT

Thanks for your help. I am trying to set up a Marketing Postcard that after
it is sized properly I will create a PDF file which goes to an on-line
printing company who will produce 1000.s of cards for me. The idea is that on
one side of the card you can only put your message on about 1/2 of the area
since you need the balance to put the clients mailin label and your postage.
The card itself is 8.5'X5.5' so the pring area is about 4.25'X5.5' or so. The
4.25 could probably go to 5'. The message is set up on a std 8.5'X11' so I am
trying to create this to fit but also be able to read. Thanks for your imput
I am not a Word pro as you can tell.

> As I said, I am not really sure what you are trying to do, especially where
> or why the .pdf comes into it.
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> >> > 5'
> >> > which I will then convert to a PDF for printing the cards?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 31 Oct 2005 09:16 GMT

Not knowing exactly what the on-line printing company needs from you, I
would suggest that you ask them for an example.

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Hope this helps.

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> Thanks for your help. I am trying to set up a Marketing Postcard that
> after
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>> >> > 5'
>> >> > which I will then convert to a PDF for printing the cards?

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