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How do I print business cards from a scanned one
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Copy and paste the image into a template. But don't be surprised when the
results are .......... well, crappy. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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I'm working in Word. I have it stored is scans under my documents and it
won't let me copy and paste it. How do you change text in the templates? "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote: Copy and paste the image into a template. But don't be surprised when the results are .......... well, crappy. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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Maybe the question should be, if I have a business card already and I want to
make more just like it and I don't have publisher, how can I do that? "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote: Copy and paste the image into a template. But don't be surprised when the results are .......... well, crappy. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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Use Tools - Letters and Mailings - Envelopes and Labels - Labels tab. Click
Options, and find the product that matches the blank cards you have (e.g., Avery 3612, 5371, 5372, etc.). Leave the Address: field blank, and click New Document. Make sure that gridlines are displayed (Table - Show Gridlines). Insert the scanned image of the business card into one of the table cells. Size it so it fits as you want. Then copy that cell and paste it into each of the other cells. Then print. But, as JoAnn says, don't be surprised if the results are crappy. I've never met a scanned *anything* that was anywhere nearly as good as the original. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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You can use the instructions I posted, but go ahead and enter the desired
text into each of the table cells. Do one cell, format it as desired, then copy & paste it to the other cells. your other post... before copying/pasting it, you'd need to use the menu's Insert - Picture - From File command to insert it into your document. Once done, you can then use copy/paste inside your Word document. BTW... what version of Word are you using? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Rae" wrote in message ... Maybe the question should be, if I have a business card already and I want to make more just like it and I don't have publisher, how can I do that? "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote: Copy and paste the image into a template. But don't be surprised when the results are .......... well, crappy. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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Ah - there's the rub. You can't. You can save the image or you can scan it
in as text only but you can't do both. If it was my card, (1) I'd start from scratch and (2) I'd use Publisher (shoot me, I'm biased). -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... I'm working in Word. I have it stored is scans under my documents and it won't let me copy and paste it. How do you change text in the templates? "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote: Copy and paste the image into a template. But don't be surprised when the results are .......... well, crappy. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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The problem is that she wants to edit the card after it's scanned. I
explained that she can either scan it in as an image but not be able to edit it or she can scan it in as text but lose the formatting. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Use Tools - Letters and Mailings - Envelopes and Labels - Labels tab. Click Options, and find the product that matches the blank cards you have (e.g., Avery 3612, 5371, 5372, etc.). Leave the Address: field blank, and click New Document. Make sure that gridlines are displayed (Table - Show Gridlines). Insert the scanned image of the business card into one of the table cells. Size it so it fits as you want. Then copy that cell and paste it into each of the other cells. Then print. But, as JoAnn says, don't be surprised if the results are crappy. I've never met a scanned *anything* that was anywhere nearly as good as the original. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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Your only option is to start from scratch. You can use Word but I honestly
do prefer Publisher's ability to lay out things like that. I've never been able to get Word to cooperate with me when it comes to where I want my graphics and text to be positioned. (A lot of that is a user issue (BCAK) - I know that. Publisher just came natural to me.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... Maybe the question should be, if I have a business card already and I want to make more just like it and I don't have publisher, how can I do that? "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote: Copy and paste the image into a template. But don't be surprised when the results are .......... well, crappy. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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Word uses the label wizard to create business cards. See
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm for info. If you want to try to use the scanned image, set up a blank table using the label wizard (this makes the cells of the table match the labels on the sheet) and then use Insert Picture From File to put the picture into the first cell. Then copy/paste to the other cells. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 18:23:02 -0700, Rae wrote: Maybe the question should be, if I have a business card already and I want to make more just like it and I don't have publisher, how can I do that? "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote: Copy and paste the image into a template. But don't be surprised when the results are .......... well, crappy. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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I didn't pick up that that's what she wanted to do. I thought she was trying
to Copy from a directory listing, then paste into Word, rather than using Insert - Picture. In any case, hopefully, we've given her enough to work with. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... The problem is that she wants to edit the card after it's scanned. I explained that she can either scan it in as an image but not be able to edit it or she can scan it in as text but lose the formatting. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Use Tools - Letters and Mailings - Envelopes and Labels - Labels tab. Click Options, and find the product that matches the blank cards you have (e.g., Avery 3612, 5371, 5372, etc.). Leave the Address: field blank, and click New Document. Make sure that gridlines are displayed (Table - Show Gridlines). Insert the scanned image of the business card into one of the table cells. Size it so it fits as you want. Then copy that cell and paste it into each of the other cells. Then print. But, as JoAnn says, don't be surprised if the results are crappy. I've never met a scanned *anything* that was anywhere nearly as good as the original. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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That's what I thought at first too but then she mentioned wanting to make
changes. If she does want to create it in Word, you're going to have to help her. I suck at laying things in Word. :-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... I didn't pick up that that's what she wanted to do. I thought she was trying to Copy from a directory listing, then paste into Word, rather than using Insert - Picture. In any case, hopefully, we've given her enough to work with. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... The problem is that she wants to edit the card after it's scanned. I explained that she can either scan it in as an image but not be able to edit it or she can scan it in as text but lose the formatting. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Use Tools - Letters and Mailings - Envelopes and Labels - Labels tab. Click Options, and find the product that matches the blank cards you have (e.g., Avery 3612, 5371, 5372, etc.). Leave the Address: field blank, and click New Document. Make sure that gridlines are displayed (Table - Show Gridlines). Insert the scanned image of the business card into one of the table cells. Size it so it fits as you want. Then copy that cell and paste it into each of the other cells. Then print. But, as JoAnn says, don't be surprised if the results are crappy. I've never met a scanned *anything* that was anywhere nearly as good as the original. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Rae" wrote in message ... |
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Actually, it's not a user issue, JoAnn. Stop being self-deprecating and
deprecate Word. Publisher is *designed* to layout graphics. Word is not. Anytime people need to layout graphics and already have access to Publisher, it is probably a much better idea to use Publisher. Look at the tricks Graham had to put together for graphics on labels in Word: http://gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm I wouldn't go so far as tell people they need to go out and spend money on Publisher, but pointing out that it's a much better tool for jobs involving graphics can be done pretty strongly. You seem to think it needs apology/mitigating. PS. I had to google BCAK. On 9/9/05 7:06 PM, "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote: Your only option is to start from scratch. You can use Word but I honestly do prefer Publisher's ability to lay out things like that. I've never been able to get Word to cooperate with me when it comes to where I want my graphics and text to be positioned. (A lot of that is a user issue (BCAK) - I know that. Publisher just came natural to me.) -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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So it's NOT just me? I've tried Word with graphics and I struggle. If I move
clipart here, my font goes there, etc. And I always end up back with Publisher. I like Word, I really do. But for text documents with an occasional clipart added for fun. Everytime I read about someone who's doing a newsletter in Word, I want to run screaming, "No, don't do that!". And Pub isn't that bad - $99. Could be a lot worse. Especially for those BCAK issues. :-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . Actually, it's not a user issue, JoAnn. Stop being self-deprecating and deprecate Word. Publisher is *designed* to layout graphics. Word is not. Anytime people need to layout graphics and already have access to Publisher, it is probably a much better idea to use Publisher. Look at the tricks Graham had to put together for graphics on labels in Word: http://gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm I wouldn't go so far as tell people they need to go out and spend money on Publisher, but pointing out that it's a much better tool for jobs involving graphics can be done pretty strongly. You seem to think it needs apology/mitigating. PS. I had to google BCAK. On 9/9/05 7:06 PM, "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote: Your only option is to start from scratch. You can use Word but I honestly do prefer Publisher's ability to lay out things like that. I've never been able to get Word to cooperate with me when it comes to where I want my graphics and text to be positioned. (A lot of that is a user issue (BCAK) - I know that. Publisher just came natural to me.) -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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