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PUB98: Can Print Only Four Custom Business Cards
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When you create a custom business card using the Blank Business Card
template, and attempt to print multiple business cards per page, only
four cards are printed per page.
The Blank Business Card template defaults to four cards per page. This
behavior is different from business cards based on the Business Card
Wizard, which by default prints ten cards per page.
To work around this behavior, use either of the following methods.
Method 1: If You Want to Create a New Business Card
Create your business cards based on the Blank Business Card Wizard rather
than the template. To do this, follow these steps:
- On the File menu, click New.
- Click the Publications By Wizard tab.
- Click Business Cards, select the Business Card style you want to use,
and then click Start Wizard.
After the wizard creates your business card, delete any objects you do
not want and add any new objects you want to use.
Method 2: If You Want to Modify an Exiting Business Card
If you have a publication based on the Blank Business Card template,
you may need to manually define the gaps and margins to print multiple
business cards. To do this, follow these steps:
- Determine the margins and gaps used by the Blank Business Card Wizard.
To do this, follow these steps:
- On the File menu, click New.
- Click the Publications By Wizard tab.
- Click Business Cards, select the Business Card style you want to
use, and then click Start Wizard.
- On the File menu, click Print.
- In the Print dialog box, click Page Options.
- Click Custom Options.
- Note the Side Margin, Top Margin, Horizontal Gap, and Vertical Gap
values.
- Close the publication based on the Wizard. You do not need to save
the changes.
- Open your business card publication and perform the following steps:
- On the File menu, click Print.
- In the Print dialog box, click Page Options.
- Click Custom Options.
- Replace the Side Margin, Top Margin, Horizontal Gap, and Vertical
Gap values with the values you noted in step g above.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
To use the Business Card wizard to create a business card, follow these
steps:
- On the File menu, click New.
- Click the Publications By Wizard tab.
- Click Business Cards, select the Business Card style you want to use,
and then click Start Wizard.
- From the Business Card Wizard - Print Tiling panel, click "Several
tiled on the page. Click Finish.
Publisher attempts to fit as many business cards on the page, including
the crop marks. If you click to clear the Print Crop Marks option in the
Print dialog box, you should have a ten-card layout.
If you use this method, the gaps and margins will not match those used
by the Business Card Wizard. The following table shows the differences
between these two methods:
Type of Spacing Using the Wizard Using Blank Card
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Side Margin 0.75" 0.37"
Top Margin 0.5" 0.1"
Horizontal Gap 0" 0.75"
Vertical Gap 0" 0.2"
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition
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