How to Create a Gift Certificate With Microsoft Word 2000
If you have business like a bookstore or a clothing store, one way to encourage sales is to offer gift certificates that one customer can buy to give to another. Many people like to give gift certificates to friends or family for birthdays or holidays, so as to avoid giving an unwanted or unneeded gift. Selling these gift certificates means that you increase the chance of making an additional sale (beyond the certificate itself), both to the person buying the certificate and the person using it. This technique is quite useful for new businesses trying to establish a regular clientèle. While it is not the most recent version of the program, a good program to use to make your gift certificates in Word 2000.
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Load an image that you would like to use in your certificate onto your computer, either by transferring it from a digital source or by scanning it in.
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Decide what you want the certificate to say. Also decide if the certificate will have a fixed value, or if the value can be filled in by the clerk that sells it.
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Open Word. Select "File" from the menu and click "Page Setup." In the dialog that pops up, click on the "Paper" tab and choose from one of the presets the size you want for you gift certificate. Or enter the width and height manually in the spaces. Under "Margins" tab choose either a "Portrait" or "landscape" layout. Click "OK."
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Select "Table" in the menu and click "Insert Table." In the dialog that pops up, enter the number of rows and columns you will need to create the cells to contain your content. Click "OK."
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Resize the table so it fills the certificate and adjust the individual cells so they are the right size and position for the certificate.
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Click inside a cell where you would like to place your image. Select "Insert," then "Picture" and click "From File." Browse to the image you loaded and select it. Grab the corners of the image and resize it to fit the cell.
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Go to the area at the top where you would like to place the name of your company and the words "Gift Certificate." and type them in using a large, easy to read font. Below this in a smaller font, type in any limitations or restrictions for use of the certificate (such as an expiration date).
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Type in a currency symbol (such as $ sign) on the certificate. If the certificate will have a set value, type that value in after the sign. If not, use the "Shift + _" keys to create a blank line where the clerk can fill in the amount. Create a line under this for the clerks initials.
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Select "File" and click "Save." In the dialog, name your file and save it.
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References
- Photo Credit gift image by Marek Kosmal from Fotolia.com
