Designing A Business Card

What would be the best way to design a business card?
i.e. Laying out in different size type and perhaps fonts;
being able to move stuff around to see how it looks...

Hi Tom

To quote http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm,

"As far as Word is concerned, business cards and postcards are
essentially mailing labels, so whether you use the envelope/label
wizard and/or mail merge to labels, the problem and its solution are
essentially the same."

That article will get you started. Depending on your version of Word,
you will have more or less trouble getting graphics into place.

Type faces and sizes are very easy to change and rearrange. You can
use any font that's installed on your PC (use Google to search for
more if you need them). You aren't limited to the sizes listed in the
dropdown; you can type in any size from 1 pt to 1638 pt in 0.5 point
increments, and press Enter to make it take effect.

Look at as many examples of business cards as you can collect. There
are many styles, some of which are more appropriate for certain kinds
of businesses than others. They range from the pure traditional
through the semiformal to informal, with variations on artsy,
humorous, photographic, etc. When you come up with two or three
designs that you think fit your business, show them to people who
could be your clients/customers to see whether they agree on the first
impressions they give.

"TomBrooklyn" wrote:

What would be the best way to design a business card?
i.e. Laying out in different size type and perhaps fonts;
being able to move stuff around to see how it looks...


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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word

I would second everything that Jay has said but add that, if you have
Publisher, you will find it *much* easier to design business cards in that
application, as you need do it only once (then print 10 to a sheet, assuming
you're printing to sheets of perforated or die-cut labels). Publisher is
much more suitable for handling layout of text and graphics (including
rotated text).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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Hi Tom

To quote http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm,

"As far as Word is concerned, business cards and postcards are
essentially mailing labels, so whether you use the envelope/label
wizard and/or mail merge to labels, the problem and its solution are
essentially the same."

That article will get you started. Depending on your version of Word,
you will have more or less trouble getting graphics into place.

Type faces and sizes are very easy to change and rearrange. You can
use any font that's installed on your PC (use Google to search for
more if you need them). You aren't limited to the sizes listed in the
dropdown; you can type in any size from 1 pt to 1638 pt in 0.5 point
increments, and press Enter to make it take effect.

Look at as many examples of business cards as you can collect. There
are many styles, some of which are more appropriate for certain kinds
of businesses than others. They range from the pure traditional
through the semiformal to informal, with variations on artsy,
humorous, photographic, etc. When you come up with two or three
designs that you think fit your business, show them to people who
could be your clients/customers to see whether they agree on the first
impressions they give.

"TomBrooklyn" wrote:

What would be the best way to design a business card?
i.e. Laying out in different size type and perhaps fonts;
being able to move stuff around to see how it looks...


--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word

Having been responsible for the web page in question, I would still agree
with Suzanne on this. Word is not the best application for producing
business cards that contain graphics.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word




Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I would second everything that Jay has said but add that, if you have
Publisher, you will find it *much* easier to design business cards in
that application, as you need do it only once (then print 10 to a
sheet, assuming you're printing to sheets of perforated or die-cut
labels). Publisher is much more suitable for handling layout of text
and graphics (including rotated text).


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Hi Tom

To quote http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm,

"As far as Word is concerned, business cards and postcards are
essentially mailing labels, so whether you use the envelope/label
wizard and/or mail merge to labels, the problem and its solution are
essentially the same."

That article will get you started. Depending on your version of Word,
you will have more or less trouble getting graphics into place.

Type faces and sizes are very easy to change and rearrange. You can
use any font that's installed on your PC (use Google to search for
more if you need them). You aren't limited to the sizes listed in the
dropdown; you can type in any size from 1 pt to 1638 pt in 0.5 point
increments, and press Enter to make it take effect.

Look at as many examples of business cards as you can collect. There
are many styles, some of which are more appropriate for certain kinds
of businesses than others. They range from the pure traditional
through the semiformal to informal, with variations on artsy,
humorous, photographic, etc. When you come up with two or three
designs that you think fit your business, show them to people who
could be your clients/customers to see whether they agree on the
first impressions they give.

"TomBrooklyn" wrote:

What would be the best way to design a business card?
i.e. Laying out in different size type and perhaps fonts;
being able to move stuff around to see how it looks...


--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word