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Title:Word for Windows
Notice:First-time readers: Please read note 1
Moderator:chayna.zko.dec.com::manana::eppes:eppes
Created:Mon Mar 08 1993
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:883
Total number of notes:4017

876.0. "Printing business cards" by BUSY::SLAB (Afterbirth of a Nation) Mon Apr 21 1997 12:55

    
    	I was in CVS the other day and they had blank "sheets" of 10 cards
    	that claimed it was suitable to use with Microsoft Word for print-
    	ing business cards.
    
    	I checked Word on my Windows95 system [Office '95] and there's no
    	business card template ... did I miss this by doing a limited in-
    	stall of Office '95?
    
    	Also, in experimenting with pasting a .BMP file into the document,
    	Word doesn't let me put any text beside the picture.  How do I get
    	around this?  Or can I?
    
    	Or should I just use Powerpoint instead?
    
    	I haven't bought the blank sheets yet, since I didn't know if I'd
    	be able to do it or not.
    
    	Thanks for any info.
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876.1chayna.zko.dec.com::manana::eppesNina EppesMon Apr 21 1997 18:179
Hi, Shawn.  Maybe you can do it by futzing with the label feature.
(I have not tried this...)  I have never heard of any business card
feature/template in Word (which doesn't mean there isn't one :-) ).

There are applications like Print Shop, Print Artist, etc. that do
business cards quite easily.  Word wouldn't be my tool of choice for this,
but then I have Print Artist as well. :-)

- Nina
876.2BUSY::SLABAntisocialMon Apr 21 1997 18:325
    
    	Thanks.
    
    	I got one set up in Powerpoint that looks pretty good.
876.3www.iprint.comLEXSS1::PUCHRIKCooler MasterTue Apr 22 1997 08:015
    I saw this yesterday in PC Magazine, p10, May 6, 1997.  A start-up
    called iPrint sells 100 paper cards for $9.99 and also gives you an
    HTML version, including graphics.  There is a new HTML business card
    standard called VCard, which will be supported in PIMs so users can
    exchange them over the Web.
876.4Business CardsCIM2NI::CROSBYTue Apr 22 1997 08:3618
If you really want to work at it, you can build a 2x5 table to get your cards.

But if you want to do it right, contact either Papers Direct (find them in the
800 directory) or Streetwise software.

They each sell template packs for cards and brochures, etc.  I believe you can
get a free demo kit from streetwise.

Also, Papers Direct now sells business cards on a sheet without the "microperf"
around the edge. They've got some space age glue holding the cards to a
backing (glue thanks to NASA, or maybe Bill Gates), and it's supposed to 
run through an ink-jet or laser.

BTW, I do my cards on a Papers Direct template on my epson ink jet.  Instead of
paying close to a buck a card for four colors, I get great cards for noise level
bucks.

gc
876.5BUSY::SLABAudiophiles do it 'til it hertz!Tue Apr 22 1997 08:479
    
    	Yeah, I think CVS wanted $8 for 100 cards [10 micro-perfed cards
    	per sheet].
    
    	The Powerpoint output is adequate, but the only problem is I
    	don't think I can cut/paste an entire "block" in Powerpoint to
    	duplicate it ten times on a slide ... so I'll have to cut/
    	paste the images [logo/picture] separately from the text.
876.6AXEL::FOLEYhttp://axel.zko.dec.comTue Apr 22 1997 15:119

	Word97 has, in Tools..Envelopes and Labels... the Avery
	Business Cards as an output.  There is also the Avery
	Wizard at http://www.wizard.avery.com that works with
	Word. Also, a free trail version of Avery Label Pro is
	available.

							mike
876.7BUSY::SLABBuzzword BingoTue Apr 22 1997 15:493
    
    	I'll try it ... thanks.
876.8MS PublisherICS::CLELANDThu May 15 1997 16:596
    Microsoft Publisher Deluxe for Windows '95
    
    Or go to the Altavista internal search engine and look for
    "business card".
    
    http://altavista.pa.dec.com