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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