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Printing Out Index Card Size On Letter Paper.

Anonymous
2018-11-13T19:28:09+00:00

It sounds stupid I know, but any solution I attempt to try or find wont work.

I am trying to print DIFFERENT card sized writings to study off of index cards, but i have no access to a printer that can print on index cards, so I am attempting to print on word to a letter size paper to cut them out and glue them on cards. HOWEVER! The printer i have access charges based on sheets of paper used so is there a way i can format the paper to be the size of 4x6 index cards while printing on a letter sized paper?

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ideally it would look something like this without using 5 sheets of paper which is (35 cents out of my remaining 5$ for the semester.) this effect was achieved by saying the paper printing is 4x6 but i can only print on letter paper.  and id rather not spend 35 cents on 5 sheets of paper that i can fit on 1 or 2.

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Jay Freedman 207.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2018-11-13T21:42:51+00:00

The Avery 5388 label format is the only index card I've seen in Word (although there may be one among the formats offered by other vendors). This format prints only three cards on a portrait-oriented letter-size page. Since you aren't printing on actual index card stock, though, you can easily make a template of your own that puts four cards on a page, saving you money.

To do this, start with a blank document, set its orientation to landscape, and select the narrow margins (0.5" on all sides).

Insert a 2x2 table. Select the entire table, go to the Table Tools > Layout ribbon, and set the cell size to 3" high and 5" wide.

In the empty paragraph below the table, press Ctrl+Enter to insert a page break.

Select the entire first page and copy it to the clipboard. Go to the top of the second page and paste; paste again multiple times until you have as many pages as you'll want to print cards on.

Save the result as a template (*.dotx) file. You can use that template to start new documents of the same set of tables.

One additional advantage of this over the Avery format is that the borders of the table show you where to cut the paper to fit on the index cards.

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Anonymous
2018-11-13T21:36:13+00:00

No, you want the layout for the cards so you can type in them.

You can blank them all, put in Content Controls and save as a template.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-11-13T21:26:37+00:00

    Thank you for you solution however that is not best for me. Your proposed solution would only work (unless I misinterpreted) if i was trying to create several copies of the same thing.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-11-13T21:05:30+00:00

    Find an Avery label format for index cards on letter stock.

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