Search
Recommended Sites
Related Links






   

Informative Articles

After I'm gone . Selling Your Small Business
If you're considering selling your business, you have a vested interest in continuing the success of the business as your participation lessens. Many factors determine how your enterprise has succeeded until now. One particularly important factor...

Creating a Magic Connection with Clients, Leads, and Business Associates Part I
A few months ago, arriving at a client's office to begin a group meeting, I discovered that two women, who had committed to joining us for a series of meetings, had changed their minds. In less than two minutes, I convinced them to join us. Did I...

How One Product Made Me Into a Millionaire: The 4th Thing I Learned You Must Have in a Successful Home Business
When I was working at a gas station in Chandler, Arizona, fixing windshields for a living, making only $30,000 a year, I had all the drive in the world to succeed. You see, I was in a franchise. I thought that since I had entered into a business...

Leverage In Your Home-Business, Guarantees Success
"Give me a long enough lever, and I'll move the world." ~ Archimedes 287-212 B.C. Successful businessmen use their marketing experience, education, money, consistency and hard work. Stalwarts among them however, leverage their limited...

Starting Your Own Redecorating Business: The first key steps.
Are you a compulsive furniture rearranger? Do you make distinctive vignettes with accessories? Been complimented on your beautiful home? Give friends and family decorating suggestions even if they didn't ask for your help? Have you ever wondered if...

 
Business Stationery, Part 2


In the first lesson, we learned how to create a Letterhead. In this article, we will learn to create other stationery items using our template.
Making Compliment Slips:
In Microsoft Word, click on 'new' from the toolbar. A new file will open. We need to set-up our new project. First, to get the maximum print area, go to 'File' -- 'Page Setup'. Set the top and bottom margins to 0. Click 'ok'. A warning box will appear, alerting you about small margins. Click 'fix' -- 'ok'. Go to the 'File Menu' and click 'Save'.
Next, we need a place to create data. Go to the 'Insert Menu' and click on 'Text Box'. Click at the top of the page and 'drag' the mouse diagonally, to create a Text Box.
Tip: You can't put a picture or 'ClipArt' into a text box, therefore you must delete the picture or ClipArt before continuing. BE SURE: When you close the template and are asked if you want to save the changes, click 'no'. This will leave your picture or ClipArt in your template. Paste the text in the text box and press 'enter'.
Click outside the text box and insert your picture or ClipArt. In lesson 1, we covered how to insert ClipArt.
Note: If you ever need to change the information in your Stationery, fix the text in your letterhead first.
You should be able to fit 3 Compliment slips on one page. To create the second one, click on the text box. Right-click and choose copy from the menu. Click outside the box, right-click and choose 'Paste'. A second text box will appear, on top of the first one. Click on it and drag it down underneath the first one. Repeat the steps for this one and the next one, like we did the first one.
You don't want the text box border to print, so click on the box -- go to the 'Format Menu' -- 'Text Box'. Choose the 'Colors and Lines tab'. in the 'line' section, click on the 'Color' box -- 'no line' -- 'ok'. Got to the 'File menu' and click 'print'.
You want your Business Cards to match your Letterhead and Compliments Slip. We will learn to do Business Cards in another lesson.

About The Author

Jane Fulton is owner & webmistress at:
http://janes-place.com She has been helping newbies and beginning marketers for 4 years now. Get her articles delivered to your inbox by subscribing to Newbie & Affiliate SOS Newsletter at:
http://janes-place.com/sos.htm
webmistress@janes-place.com