Trying to do some business cards using Publisher

[LJV]

Hello,

I am sorry if I am in the wrong forum. I'll ask my question anyway, and if
it can't be answered due to me being in the wrong forum, just let me know.
Thanks.

I have created a couple of flyers using Photoshop Elements 5. What I am
trying to do now is to actually design a business card to look the same as
the flyers. I am totally new to MS Publisher. I know almost zip about using
the application and making business cards to boot.

What I have tried to do so far is use Publisher's Blank Publications and
then blank Business card template. I then already saved one of my flyers as
a .png file format and resized it to a business card width and height of 3.5
x 2.

With my blank business card template in Publisher open, I went to
Backgrounds and then chose more... to select from a file. I chose my flyer
and inserted it as a background into the business card template.

It looks fine on screen, but when I do a print preview and/or a print to the
printer, it seems larger than a normal 3.5 x 2 card, and it seems to bleed on
the edges. The edges look to have the top and bottom portions of the flyer
starting to repeat themselves around the edges of the card.

As I mentioned, the card on screen looks fine, but when I print them or do a
print preview, the card is actually larger than a 3.5 x 2 normal business
card. Why is this and what is happening? And a better question is, how can
I remedy this? If I can at all.

Thanks

LJV

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi LJV,

The links below will take you to the MS Office Publisher discussion group

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Hello,

I am sorry if I am in the wrong forum. I'll ask my question anyway, and if
it can't be answered due to me being in the wrong forum, just let me know.
Thanks.

I have created a couple of flyers using Photoshop Elements 5. What I am
trying to do now is to actually design a business card to look the same as
the flyers. I am totally new to MS Publisher. I know almost zip about using
the application and making business cards to boot.

What I have tried to do so far is use Publisher's Blank Publications and
then blank Business card template. I then already saved one of my flyers as
a .png file format and resized it to a business card width and height of 3.5
x 2.

With my blank business card template in Publisher open, I went to
Backgrounds and then chose more... to select from a file. I chose my flyer
and inserted it as a background into the business card template.

It looks fine on screen, but when I do a print preview and/or a print to the
printer, it seems larger than a normal 3.5 x 2 card, and it seems to bleed on
the edges. The edges look to have the top and bottom portions of the flyer
starting to repeat themselves around the edges of the card.

As I mentioned, the card on screen looks fine, but when I print them or do a
print preview, the card is actually larger than a 3.5 x 2 normal business
card. Why is this and what is happening? And a better question is, how can
I remedy this? If I can at all.

Thanks

LJV>>
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Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.publisher
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.publisher

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com

 

[LJV]

Thanks Bob! I'm going to head on over to the Publisher forum.

LJV