Business Cards on WP8

[Jonnie Lou Green]

Can I make Business Cards on WP8? Thanks you you, have just made my first
Labels and now need to make a plain typed business card. Thank You

[Michael L. Wyland]

Jonnie:

Yes, you can make business cards. Look at the "Labels.." definitions in WP8;
one of the definitions is for Avery business card forms. That's the easiest way
to do it, but I'm sure there are other ways as well.

Michael L. Wyland -- C_Tech Volunteer Sysop
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[Gordon McComb]

WPWin 8 comes with a PerfectExpert template for doing this. Choose
File, New, and look for it there (you may need to chose a group; I don't
recall). A benefit of the PerfectExpert is that 1) it gives you some
easy options for modifying any of several basic card designs and 2)
automatically duplicates your own "draft" design 10 times to fill up the
traditional business card label sheet.

-- Gordon
http://gmccomb.com/ -- WordPerfect macros, books, consulting
http://wpwin.com/ -- WordPerfect Universe

[Frank McCallister C_Tech]

Jonnie,

Avery 5376 makes good Business cards and Paper Direct also has good
micro perf cards.

Frank McCallister - C_Tech Not a Corel Employee
Volunteer Sysop WPWIN Using Virtual Access OLR
Please post replies and queries to the newsgroup

[Debra Earle]

Paper Direct has a great selection of pre-printed cards, but the real
"plus" is not the microperf, it's the new cards that have NO perf's --
straight edges, a peel-off from a taped back on the edges (geez it's hard
to describe!) I used Microperf cards before & they always seemed cheesy,
the edge was obvious; these have just a normal cut edge. A little more
$$ but worth the impression! Also the weight of the paper is much heavier
than the Avery cards. I think they ran about $20/box, however.

Also I would recommend spraying w/matte or semi-gloss spray fixative (used
commonly on things like pastel & pencil drawings) as it gives a better
finish & look to the card surface, while keeping the toner from flaking
off if the card gets rubbed. You can buy this at art supply stores, about
$5/can and it lasts quite a long time.

-- DE
垂 Consulting services for law offices & small businesses 遙
http://www.intranet-works.com

[Scott D. Casey]

Geeze, between using sewing machine to perf raffle tickets and spray ons for
business cards, Heloise herself could learn a thing or three from this
group.Any good gardening tips anyone (just kidding...)

Scott Casey

[Paul E. Merrell]

Yes, if you lose your hand space, you can get by using those old America
Online disks. :-)

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575 Lone Oak Avenue # 2 -- Eugene, Oregon 97404
(541) 461-1518 (phone and fax)
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[Frank McCallister C_Tech]

Debra,

> Also I would recommend spraying w/matte or semi-gloss spray fixative (used
> commonly on things like pastel & pencil drawings) as it gives a better
> finish & look to the card surface, while keeping the toner from flaking
> off if the card gets rubbed. You can buy this at art supply stores, about
> $5/can and it lasts quite a long time.
>

Wonderful idea! Next pass by an art store I will get some.

[Gordon McComb]

My problem with Paper Direct (apart from the gazillion catalogs I keep
getting from them) is that their designs are "over exposed." Everyone
can spot a PD design, especially their better sellers that have been
around for a while.

A number of local print shops are carrying pre-printed business card
stock in an effort to compete against the likes of PD and Avery for the
"Jim Rockford" style of business cards. Check around and you might find
some locally designed -- and therefore more "exclusive" -- cards which
you can use to print your own. I like getting them on coated but
unperfed paper. A $30 rotary cutter does a far better and cleaner job
at cutting out the cards. (The ones I've seen have crop marks already
on them; you just cut on the crop mark.)

-- Gordon
http://gmccomb.com/ -- WordPerfect macros, books, consulting
http://wpwin.com/ -- WordPerfect Universe

Debra Earle wrote:

[Paul E. Merrell]

Oops! Make that "spade" instead of "space."

"Paul E. Merrell" wrote:
>
> Yes, if you lose your hand space, you can get by using those old America
> Online disks. :-)
>
> "Scott D. Casey" wrote:
> >
> > Geeze, between using sewing machine to perf raffle tickets and spray ons for
> > business cards, Heloise herself could learn a thing or three from this
> > group.Any good gardening tips anyone (just kidding...)
> >
> > Scott Casey
> >

> > Debra Earle wrote:
> >
> > > Paper Direct has a great selection of pre-printed cards, but the real
> > > "plus" is not the microperf, it's the new cards that have NO perf's --
> > > straight edges, a peel-off from a taped back on the edges (geez it's hard
> > > to describe!) I used Microperf cards before & they always seemed cheesy,
> > > the edge was obvious; these have just a normal cut edge. A little more
> > > $$ but worth the impression! Also the weight of the paper is much heavier
> > > than the Avery cards. I think they ran about $20/box, however.
> > >

> > > Also I would recommend spraying w/matte or semi-gloss spray fixative (used
> > > commonly on things like pastel & pencil drawings) as it gives a better
> > > finish & look to the card surface, while keeping the toner from flaking
> > > off if the card gets rubbed. You can buy this at art supply stores, about
> > > $5/can and it lasts quite a long time.
> > >

> > > -- DE
> > > 垂 Consulting services for law offices & small businesses 遙
> > > http://www.intranet-works.com
> > >
> > > Frank McCallister C_Tech wrote:
> > >
> > > > Jonnie,
> > > >
> > > > Avery 5376 makes good Business cards and Paper Direct also has good
> > > > micro perf cards.
> > > >

> > > > Frank McCallister - C_Tech Not a Corel Employee
> > > > Volunteer Sysop WPWIN Using Virtual Access OLR
> > > > Please post replies and queries to the newsgroup
> > > >
>

[Debra Earle]

One of the companies I did like quite a bit was Geopapers, which is making
headway into Office Depot & Staples. The one drawback is that the designs
seemed less stable than Paper Direct (although the latter also rotates designs
too fast for my tastes.) Also some of the office supply store stock is too
heavily "personal" looking w/not enough business-like choices.

When in doubt, however, a plain ivory or even white card, cut the way Gordon
describes, can also be pretty impressive (don't forget to include a very crisp
graphic or logo, nothing fancy! but just a way to identify yourself from among
the thousands of other plain-white cards out there that many good-sized
businesses still use.)

-- DE
垂 Consulting services for law offices & small businesses 遙
http://www.intranet-works.com

P.S. Thank you Paul, for that useful suggestion for my stash of AOL free disks
-- was that the CD or the diskette ?<g>

Gordon McComb wrote:

> My problem with Paper Direct (apart from the gazillion catalogs I keep
> getting from them) is that their designs are "over exposed." Everyone
> can spot a PD design, especially their better sellers that have been
> around for a while.
>
> A number of local print shops are carrying pre-printed business card
> stock in an effort to compete against the likes of PD and Avery for the
> "Jim Rockford" style of business cards. Check around and you might find
> some locally designed -- and therefore more "exclusive" -- cards which
> you can use to print your own. I like getting them on coated but
> unperfed paper. A $30 rotary cutter does a far better and cleaner job
> at cutting out the cards. (The ones I've seen have crop marks already
> on them; you just cut on the crop mark.)
>
> -- Gordon
> http://gmccomb.com/ -- WordPerfect macros, books, consulting
> http://wpwin.com/ -- WordPerfect Universe
>

[Brian Stancil]

I think you should follow Gorgen's advice to create the card and the take it to
a printer to get something that is has a real professional look and fee for less
than $50. These labels masking as business cards just don't cut it IMOH.
Brian

Gordon McComb wrote:

> WPWin 8 comes with a PerfectExpert template for doing this. Choose
> File, New, and look for it there (you may need to chose a group; I don't
> recall). A benefit of the PerfectExpert is that 1) it gives you some
> easy options for modifying any of several basic card designs and 2)
> automatically duplicates your own "draft" design 10 times to fill up the
> traditional business card label sheet.
>

> -- Gordon
> http://gmccomb.com/ -- WordPerfect macros, books, consulting
> http://wpwin.com/ -- WordPerfect Universe
>

[Paul E. Merrell]

Brian Stancil wrote:
>
> I think you should follow Gorgen's advice to create the card and the take it to
> a printer to get something that is has a real professional look and fee for less
> than $50. These labels masking as business cards just don't cut it IMOH.
> Brian
>

Unless you're running your business out of a motel, and changing
businesses frequently. </g>

[Gordon McComb]

Actually, my advice was to go to the local print shop and get a
"semi-custom" card design; you then add your own text using a computer
and printer. This is still Rockford-esque, with the added benefit of
your business card not looking like 1,771,561 others out there.

-- Gordon
http://gmccomb.com/ -- WordPerfect macros, books, consulting
http://wpwin.com/ -- WordPerfect Universe

[Susan Ann Meckley]

when I loaded my Office suite (WP7) there were 3 cd's...but only one
was required for the loading....what are the other's for?

Susan