HOW TO CREATE A BUSINESS CARD

Here's a sample of a business card template in Word format: Business Card Sample. This is designed to work with Avery's 8373 sheets that print 8 cards to a sheet. Feel free to use it as a starting point. This may be a bit more high-end that you need, but here are some notes to help you with using it:

• The contact information only needs to be entered in the top left card. StyleRef fields then copy it to all the other cards when the document is printed.
• The logos on page 1 are in a table in a text box in the Header & Footer layer. This makes them easier to position on to the cards. Just click on the text box and nudge: all logos stay in the same position relative to one another.
• The logos on the second page have a bleed (the printed area extends over the trim line of the card), so the card back will have solid red edge-to-edge. Too complicated? Here's a simple card template for Avery 5871 or other 10-to-a-sheet cards: Simple Business Card Sample. With this design, the text has been copied and pasted to each cell, as Susan mentioned in her suggestions. The second page has QR codes, again in a table to make it easier to get the right position when printing.

If you have printable cards, such as Avery 38871, then go to Mailings | Create | Labels, click Options..., and select the appropriate vendor and product number, then click OK and New Document. You will get a sheet of cards, set up as a table (be sure you turn on label gridlines so you can see the card boundaries). You can create the content in one of the cards and copy/paste it to the rest.

If your content is complex--difficult to arrange in a table cell--and you have access to Microsoft Publisher, you would be much better off using Publisher to create the cards. Publisher allows you to design the card once and then print it as many times as desired on a sheet of paper or cardstock or precut cards. This allows you to print you own cards (10-up on Avery stock) or create a line of four cards for commercial printing.