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How do I create a blank business card template - 2(cols) X 5(rows) (cells 2"h X 3.5"w ), with both top and bottom margins of 0.5"? I can' make it fit on 8.5 X 11" page!!!

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2011-11-14T23:11:08+00:00

In Word 10 I'm trying to format a 2 column by 5 row table  with 2" high X 3.5" wide cells with .5" top and bottom margin to print on a single page. (typical business card layout.) Avery does it somehow, but I can't delete the standard template contents.  How do they do it????

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2011-11-15T01:28:43+00:00

    The easiest way is to select one of the Avery business card "label" definitions, such as stock number 5371.

    1. On the Mailings tab, in the Create group, click Labels.
    2. On the Labels tab of the Envelopes and Labels dialog, click Label Options.
    3. In the Label Options dialog, select Avery US Letter and scroll down to 5371. Note that the labels are sorted as text rather than as numbers, so five-digit and four-digit numbers are mixed.
    4. Select 5371 (or one of the other business card templates; they're all the same) and click OK.
    5. Back in the Envelopes and Labels dialog, click New Document to create a sheet of the cards.

    Note that labels are set up as a table, so make sure you have table gridlines displayed so you can see the card boundaries. When you click anywhere on the page, the contextual Table Tools tabs will become available. On the Layout tab, make sure that View Gridlines is turned on.

    You can set up your card in one cell and copy/paste it to the rest. If you have graphics and are unable to copy properly, use the macro found at the end of http://www.gmayor.com/graphics\_on\_labels.htm.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2011-11-18T00:49:20+00:00

    Actually, printing business cards in Publisher is much easier because you can create a single card and print it as many times as you want on the page. You can set the margins and the space between the cards in such a way that you get the required layout. I have all my business cards set up in Publisher.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-24T06:48:30+00:00

    excellent it helped alot!

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-17T18:17:07+00:00

    That works great, with a couple of negatives:  I was trying to move a card over from Publisher and the copy function was marginally successful.  The reason for moving to Word was that the margins couldn't be controlled with the same precision as in Word.  The resulting card was a group of objects created/grouped in Publisher and when I copied them into Word, (note: the Publisher card was a portrait-type of image, rotated to be a landscape presentation for copying and printing in the card page cells, and included a photo, and several small text blocks) the image looked ok in the card space, but trying to make small adjustments and changes to the text objects caused the text block to rotate to a horizontal block for editing.  Then after making the corrections, it was difficult to rotate the text block back to align with the rest of the card.  All-in-all, the final result was very acceptable.  The other problem was in my ineptness with Word 2010 (I was pretty competent in Word 2000), and trying to find the Envelopes and Labels dialog. 

    Your answer to my question was great and led me to the familiar Envelopes and Labels dialog.  Thank you very much for the assistance!

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