How To Create Your Own
Business Cards
Creating business cards
is an act which you can
perform with ease. The
benefits of designing
your cards are many. The
major benefit is saving
money. Other benefits
include your control of
the finished product and
if you own a printer it
doesn't cost you extra
to use pictures.
Step One
Open a blank document in
your word processing
software. If you are
using Microsoft Word,
open the tab,
"Mailings". A new bar
will be visible. On this
bar, open, "Labels". A
window will pop up. On
this window, click
"Options". Now you
should see a scroll
window where you can
choose the size of your
document. You will want
to choose "Business
card," and choose the
one which is the correct
size of the business
card paper you have
bought.
Step Two
Now it is time to create
your business card. You
can choose a background
color or picture. In
your Word document, you
can choose the tab
"Insert". Here you will
find icons for
inserting, pictures,
Clip Art, shapes,
WordArt, or text boxes.
If you do not have many
Clip Art images, you can
find a plethora of free
images on the Microsoft
website. You can
download as many as you
want on to your
computer. You can use
these copyright free
pictures for your
business card.
Step Three
You want your business
card to have your
information on it. To do
this, look for the tab
which says, "Insert".
Here you will choose the
icon, "Text box". A box
will pop up on your
screen with a cursor
inside of it blinking.
Choose a readable font
and font size. Cursive
fonts are not easy to
read. Ariel or Times
Roman Numeral is very
easy to read. Font sizes
which are too tiny tend
to be hard on the eyes.
When making your
business cards, you may
want to consider who you
are giving your
information to?
Sometimes business
people who have a
website and a
professional phone
number want to use that
information on a
business card. Other
times people want to
have their personal
information on their
cards such as address,
telephone number, and
personal blog to give to
family and close
friends. Consider making
two different types of
cards for the types of
individuals you want
knowing your
information.
Step Four
Review your card. Move
your images and text
boxes until you are
comfortable with what
you see. Save the
document. Then print a
test page to see how the
card looks on stock
paper. If you are
satisfied, transform
your business cards into
a full sheet of cards.
Print another test page.
Sometimes after the
transformation, the
print edges are altered.
You may have to make
some adjustments, so the
cards will print to the
page.
Step Five
Load your printer with
card stock. After the
pages have all printed,
you may need to cut the
cards with a paper
trimmer. If you are not
satisfied with your
trimming, call some
photo stores and ask how
much they will charge to
trim your business
cards.
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