Hello Berton, why is Avery better than just regular index cards?
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Thank you, James. I suppose my requirements are only that it be a color-capable printer and have a setting for 3x5 cards. Though I still don't know if MS Word is able to insert ruled lines thereon and, if so, if the printer is able to spit them out with fidelity? Otherwise my preferred budget is < $300. Thank you again.
Thank you, Berton. Are they of the same thickness as individual cards? Moreover, do they have lines?It's a brand and available in most office-supply stores. They come 3 on a sheet [break-apart] which is easily printable in standard machines, don't need a specialty photo-type printer for individual cards. Some printers can have adjustable feeding but many don't go that small.
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Oh hey thanks, badrobot! We are making progress here. But before I "customize line colors," I must know how to insert the lines in the first place, a maneuver of which I am completely ignorant. In fact, this is the very reason for my post and the entire basis on which I decided to make an account: that is, I do not know how to insert the lines, irrespective of their color! Though I am most grateful for your screenshot as evidence of it being a possibility, would you please expound—step by step and please speak slowly—on how you got the lines on the card to begin with?
Yes, seem to be the same weight as card stock. No lines, they probably would only be needed when hand-writing information.
I can tell you how to do it but it is going to be easier for you if you watch a step by step youtube video about inserting tables on MSWord. Search for it there. There are thousands there.
badrobot, if you can tell me how to do it, will you please do so? As it turns out, it has not proven easier for me to learn it with such tutorial videos. I have set the margins to 0 only that MS Word tells me I have set them outside the printable area. I would ignore such advice except that my entire objective is to print them. Besides all of which, I do not know the exact amount of space to leave at the top to give it that authentic index card look! Thank you :)
The Avery sheets I use are the standard 8.5"x11.0" US paper size and I leave the print settings the same as for other documents.
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Thank you, Thomas4. I am still having quite a time of it. I am trying to print with '0" margins all around. As predicted, it is cutting off my lines and, therefore, is falling short of the index card look for which I am shooting. As I understand you, you are saying this is an issue inherent to my (and most?) printers. What kind of printer should I be looking for? Any examples would be most helpful. Thank you :)
