How to Design Free Wedding Invitations
Before paying to have your wedding invitations designed, consider designing free wedding invitations on your computer. It is simple to design wedding invitations yourself, and all you need is a current copy of Microsoft Word. The program has many design features, and it allows you to customize your wedding invitation design easily. Many free wedding invitation design templates are offered on the Word website if you feel you lack the creativity to design your own.
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Choose a size for your invitation. Looking at the various sizes of envelopes available. Invitations typically consist of an inside and outside envelope, but outside envelopes are not always required. Once you know the size of your envelope, subtract ¼ inch to the height and width for the invitation to fit into the envelope.
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Open Microsoft Word 2007. Create a new document with the dimensions of your invitation. Once you have a new document, begin to add the wedding invitation wording.
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Experiment with the invitation wording and the font style and size. Select the "Home" tab for the various text options available. You must use etiquette when wording an invitation, so it is important to research the proper way to write a wedding invitation. Once you have all the wording on the invitation, experiment with the font style and size to make the invitations easy for your wedding guests to read.
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Insert borders, graphics and clip art. Microsoft Word already has clip art and borders available on its program. Choose "Insert" from the file menu and select "clip art." Type "wedding" in the search box and you will see a variety of clip art you can add to your invitations. You can also type "borders" in the search box to decorate your invitations.
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Decide on quality paper to print your free wedding invitations. Choose a paper that is thick, or select an elegant stationery printed on a nice card-stock. Once you have your paper type selected, you are ready to print your invitations.
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Choose the right setting on your printer. Once you select "Print" from the file menu, choose "Properties." Select the right paper size, paper quality and print quality. Set the print quality to high to ensure that the invitations look professional. Print the wedding invitations on scrap paper to see if there are any mistakes.
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