home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
- User's Guide for the Word for Windows
- Business Card Template
-
- Randy Parker
- Knowledge-Based Solutions
- Compuserve: 76670,547
-
- November 29, 1990
-
-
- Summary
- -------
-
- 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
- ------------
-
- 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.
-
- ...continued...
-
- Page 2
- QuickStart Directions for Experts
- ---------------------------------
-
- 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
- ---------
-
- 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).
-
- ...continued...
-
- Page 3
- Production
- ----------
-
- 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
- -----
-
- 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
- --------
-
- 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".
-
- ================================================================
- 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.
- ================================================================
-
- ======================================================================
-