How to Make a Printable Thank You Card
Computer technology makes it possible to create and print your own thank-you cards. Thank-you cards can be created in a graphic-design software program or by using word processing software that allows the creation of text boxes that can be rotated. Your thank-you card can be saved to your computer as a template. Then, when you want to send a card you can change the text or the graphic to personalize the note before printing.
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Instructions
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Design your thank-you card in landscape or portrait mode, depending upon the preferred design. Using layout-and-design software or a word-processing program, set your guides to divide your page into quadrants.
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Create your design in the lower right quadrant. Design elements can be photographs, scanned images, such as children's drawings, and text.
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Personalize your greeting. Write a note on the inside of your thank-you card. This text will be turned upside down by clicking on the text-rotate tool and by pulling on the handle and turning it upside-down. Align the text at exactly 180 degrees by holding down the shift key while rotating the text. Place the upside-down text in the upper-left quadrant.
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Place a poem or verse, if desired, in the upper right quadrant by following instructions in Step 3 to turn text upside down.
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Open a new text box for your logo. The logo will be placed in the lower left quadrant, approximately an inch from the bottom of the page.
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Check your computer specifications for printing card stock. Many home printers require hand feeding of card stock, rather than placing the paper in a tray.
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Tips & Warnings
After printing, fold your thank-you card into quadrants and crease sharply.
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- Photo Credit thank you image by feisty from Fotolia.com grunge winter landscape image by dip from Fotolia.com Woman working on laptop at home on the couch. image by Andy Dean from Fotolia.com
