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User's Guide for the Word for Windows
Business Card Template
Randy Parker
Knowledge-Based Solutions
Compuserve: 76670,547
November 29, 1990
Summary
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The purpose of this template is to permit users of WinWord to custom
design classy looking business cards and produce them quickly and
at low-cost, especially in small quantities. This is useful if:
o you need a variety of different business cards (e.g. for different
occupations, clientele, phone numbers, employees)
o you want cheap business cards that look good but hate the styles
to which the copier and quick-print service shops are limited
o you hate the idea of producing a minimum run of 500 cards when
you know that you only need 50
o you have a meeting in an hour and you need business cards
o you have a special logo that you've built in a Windows-based
graphics program
This WinWord template provides the structure for a master card layout
sheet containing eight cards and their surrounding cut lines.
Installation
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Just copy BUS-CARD.DOT to your WinWord program directory (usually
\WINWORD). This is the document template file, and if it is in the
main directory, then WinWord will be able to offer you BUS-CARD as an
entry on its menus of template selections (see below).
To remove BUS-CARD permanently, simply delete BUS-CARD.DOT from the
directory in which you installed it.
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Page 2
QuickStart Directions for Experts
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More explicit directions are presented below, but for the wizards
amongst you, here is the short form:
1. Install as shown above.
2. Do File.New and select BUS-CARD as the template.
3. Edit leftmost, topmost card.
4. Select "Copy First Card" under Macro to run the replication macro.
5. Print out your master card sheet.
6. Duplicate them.
Operation
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To produce a set of business cards, simply do File.New after
installing this template. When presented with the list of templates
from which to build your new document, select BUS-CARD (this list is
in alphabetical order).
You will now be viewing your new document based on the template. (A
sample business card has already been laid out for you, but you will
build your card over this one.) If you have the following WinWord
settings (usually found on the View menu):
Draft mode OFF
Field Codes OFF
Preferences: Show Table Gridlines ON
then you should be looking at eight business cards with some extra
formatting cells surrounding them.
The basic thing to remember is that you will only need to change the
first card (that is, the leftmost, topmost card). RESTRICT YOUR
EDITING TO THIS CELL. However, you may put ANYTHING in this cell
that you would like on your card, including graphic logos. When you
have that cell looking as you would like it, then pull down the Macro
menu and select the macro entry at the bottom called "Copy First
Card". This macro will execute, the screen will flash all over the
place, and your first card will be copied to the other seven card cells.
When you believe your cards are looking OK, do a File.PrintPreview to
make sure that the eight cards all fit on one page. If they do not,
see the section on "Problems" below.
You can now produce your master sheet of cards by doing a File.Print
(be sure your printer is configured for Portrait mode operation).
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Production
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Check the master copy you printed out from WinWord and measure the
size of the cards (distances between the cut lines) to be sure that
the sizes are as you want them.
If everything looks good, you are ready to have your cards
reproduced. Keep the master copy as pristine-looking as possible and
take it to a good copy or print center. I select the sturdiest card
stock they have (I have had good results with a 80# Gray Strathmore
Laid Cover) and ask them to do the copying and the cutting.
Ask them to be extra careful to get the cuts exactly in line with the
cut lines, so that your cards are perfectly horizontal. Also, you
may ask them if a blank sheet (a spacer) needs to go on top of the
pile to be cut so that the cutting mechanism, if dirty, does not
discolor your top sheet of cards.
Costs
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In late 1990 in Boston, I was paying the copier a $3.00 setup charge
for cutting, and $0.19 per copied sheet of eight cards. Thus, for a
run of 200 cards, it cost me $7.75, a considerable savings over the
usual charge for 500 cards AND I got my cards done in 15 minutes with
the look I wanted. Obviously, for a large quantity of cards or
for higher quality cards, this solution may not suffice.
Problems
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If you have added too much information to the default card, then each
card may be larger than is normal. Reduce the information in the
first card and repeat the "Copy First Card" macro.
If, for some reason, the "Copy First Card" entry does not appear on
your Macro menu, then you will have to run the macro using the
Macro Run menu item. The macro name is "ReplicateFirstCard".
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NOTE: This template is provided as-is without any warranty
whatsoever. It has been tested with WinWord 1.1 running under
Windows 3.0 operating in 386 enhanced mode outputting to
several HP Laserjet compatible printers, including the LJ III.
There is no reason to believe that it won't work with other
printers and configurations.
This template is freeware; however, I would appreciate any
feedback that you have about it.
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