How do I print premade cards in Microsoft Word and centre a photo.

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Ladyb

am trying to very simply place a photograph on a premade purchased card - On
the screen I can place it beautifully but in the hp preview and actual print
it ends up wrongly placed. I create it on the screen using the cards custom
dimensions and use the same dimensions in print layout. I've created it in
MSWord and Adobe Pagemaker - both the same result. In Word i've gone into
Format/layout/centre alignment and then Advanced - absolute position. Here
there are some alignment questions which I don't know how to answer and
wondered if this was my problem. Any suggestions?
 
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Cindy M -WordMVP-

Hi =?Utf-8?B?TGFkeWI=?=,

Generally, the best way to position things for cards, labels, etc. is to
- set the margins to correspond
- insert a TABLE with the appropriate number of rows/columns
- set the rows and columns to EXACT settings to mirror the cards/labels on
the actual sheet

Now, insert the graphic into the table, with NO textwrap formatting (in line
with the text). Center it in the cell using the paragraph centering tool, plus
the vertical alignment for centering in a table cell (Tables toolbar).
am trying to very simply place a photograph on a premade purchased card - On
the screen I can place it beautifully but in the hp preview and actual print
it ends up wrongly placed. I create it on the screen using the cards custom
dimensions and use the same dimensions in print layout. I've created it in
MSWord and Adobe Pagemaker - both the same result. In Word i've gone into
Format/layout/centre alignment and then Advanced - absolute position. Here
there are some alignment questions which I don't know how to answer and
wondered if this was my problem.
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Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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