On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:09:01 -0800, KiwiGirl
wrote:
I want to make A6 (quarter the size of an A4). I want them to be free
standing and have writing on either side...
Anybody know how?
Assuming you're actually printing on A6 and cutting the cards apart...
Set the document to landscape orientation, and set the minimum margins
your printer will accept (most easily by setting the margins to zero,
and then clicking the Fix button when Word complains that the margins
are too small).
Insert a table with two rows and four columns. The columns should
automatically take the full width of the paper (less the margins).
Click Table AutoFit Fixed Column Width.
Select both rows of the table. Go to Table Table Properties Row.
Check the box for Specify height, set the height to half of the page
height less the margins (about 14 cm), and set Exactly in the
dropdown. Click OK.
The table should fit on one page, but it will force a second page that
contains only a paragraph mark. Select that paragraph mark and set its
font size to 1 pt, which should make it small enough to fit back onto
the first page.
Click in the top left cell of the table. Right-click and select Text
Direction, and choose the direction with the bottom of the text toward
the left. Right-click again, choose Cell Alignment, and pick the
center (vertical and horizontal) icon.
Click in the second cell of the first row. Repeat the previous step,
except choose the text direction with the bottom of the text toward
the right. These two cells together make one tent card.
Finally, select the two cells and copy to the clipboard. Then select
the entire table and paste, which will replicate the two cells into
the other three tent cards.
Save this as a template, for example TentCard.dot.
If you're making a small number of cards, just create a separate
document based on the template for each sheet, fill in the names, and
print. If you have a large number to do, use mail merge and base the
main merge document on the template.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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