Need Custom Flash Cards using Avery template 8371 Business Cards

[MTO]

I want to make custom flash cards from lists of words/definitions to merge to
the front and back of Avery 8371 Business Card paper. I am trying to figure
out how to make the list of very technical terms merge (one word per business
card and one definition per back of business card) rather than individually
typing each individual card to accomplish this.

Any suggestions would be helpful. I only have Word 2002 at this point.
Will probably get Office 2007 soon.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Depending on how many terms you have, you may find it's just as easy to copy
and paste the info from Excel. If you have a couple of hundred terms, that
might not be the best idea.

 

[Beth Melton]

I want to make custom flash cards from lists of words/definitions to merge
to
the front and back of Avery 8371 Business Card paper. I am trying to
figure
out how to make the list of very technical terms merge (one word per
business
card and one definition per back of business card) rather than
individually
typing each individual card to accomplish this.

Any suggestions would be helpful. I only have Word 2002 at this point.
Will probably get Office 2007 soon.

You're on track with using Mail Merge to create them. As for printing on the
back of the sheet, you'll first need to determine if your printer will
duplex. If it does then the first page would be the front of the cards and
the second the back so you'd need to create your data source accordingly.
For example your first 10 records would be for the front, next 10 for the
back, etc. If your printer doesn't duplex then I'd split it into two merges.
One for the front and the other for the backs. Merge the first, print, flip
the printed pages over, and merge the second and print on the back.

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