Print Your Own Personalized Place Cards in 6 Easy Steps

1. Download the free printing template provided on our web site appropriate for your product.
2. Open the template file in Microsoft Word or with another word processor that reads the DOC format. This includes both OpenOffice.org Writer and AbiWord. The template, with a width of 4.5 inches and a height of 5 inches, is formatted to the dimensions of the place card. This takes into account the card is flat; it has not been folded to its finished size of 4.5 x 2.5. Margins are set to .5 all around except for the top margin, which is 3.25. The reason for the larger top margin is because we will not be printing on the top half of the card. You’ll have a better idea once you see the printed place card.

3. Change the sample place card wording so that it’s relevant to your event. Type the name and table number for one of your guests. Consider Changing the font face and size. Perhaps you’ll choose text to match that of your invitation.
   

   We suggest cutting a plain piece of paper down to the dimensions of the place card and use it as a printing test.

We’ve set up our template and we’re almost ready to print.
4. Load the test sheet into the printer and adjust the printer’s plastic guide to rest flush against the paper.

6. Fold the sheet in half as you would fold a place card. The front panel printing should be vertically and horizontally aligned.

Like What You See?

Once you’ve settled on the look of your place card, you should save the template to your Documents folder. At your convenience, you can go back to your customized template and finish typing the rest of your names and table numbers.

Lets Print the Rest!

You can load your place cards into your printer and print the cards one by one, changing the template wording to show a different name and table number for every card, or you can set up a mail merge. A mail merge requires some extra setup time so we’ll leave that lesson for another article.