How to start with a blank business card

[kehrer1701]

I want to create a business card. I see the templates under business
in the gallery, but I just want a blank card to start with. I choose
the "modern" card, but I can't seem to remove the big C graphic.
Also, once you get one done, how do you get the whole page full of
that card you just did?

 

[John McGhie]

The business card templates are standard "complex" Word documents.

You need to study "About positioning text and graphics" in the Word help.
Then look up "grouping", "fields", and "text boxes" in the help. You need
to know these widgets relatively well before you tackle a complex layout
like the business card template.

The business card template is a ten-cell table.

Each business card is a grouped graphic including the picture and several
text boxes. The text boxes contain Placeholder field and If statements.
The IF statements populate the contents of DOCPROPERTY fields with the
strings set in the document properties.

To delete the content of a business card, click on the end of one of the
fields or text boxes until you see the eight hollow control handles appear.
Then press "Delete". The entire content of that table cell will be removed.

Then you need to build your own business card in that cell.

Personally, I would update the document properties instead ‹ fiddling around
to get all the pieces in the right place is a chore. If you reveal the
Drawing toolbar, then click the Draw button, you will reveal the
Group/Ungroup controls. You can ungroup the contents of the table cell,
then add/subtract/move around the pieces to suit yourself.

When you have one business card correct, select it all and group it, so the
pieces can't move around.

Then copy it, and paste it into the other cells.

I have assumed in this reply that you have "Advanced" Microsoft Word skills.
If that is not (yet) the case, please get back to us, and we will talk you
through all of this line-by-line

Hope this helps

On 9/11/07 12:26 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "kehrer1701"



I want to create a business card. I see the templates under business
in the gallery, but I just want a blank card to start with. I choose
the "modern" card, but I can't seem to remove the big C graphic.
Also, once you get one done, how do you get the whole page full of
that card you just did?


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[CyberTaz]

As to getting started you can avoid using the predesigned templates
altogether. Put up a new blank doc then got to Tools> Labels. Leave
everything blank but click the Options button & select one of the Avery
label layouts - there should be one that matches the card stock you intend
to print the labels on but they're all quite similar. Make sure it's set for
Full Page of Same Label & you'll get the table structure generated for you.

You also might want to go to Table> Gridlines in order to better see the
dividing lines between the cards (which don't print), then proceed according
to John's advice to populate the 10 cells. Save the doc & print as many
copies as you need whenever you need them.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 11/8/07 8:26 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "kehrer1701"



I want to create a business card. I see the templates under business
in the gallery, but I just want a blank card to start with. I choose
the "modern" card, but I can't seem to remove the big C graphic.
Also, once you get one done, how do you get the whole page full of
that card you just did?