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For a variety of reasons I want to snapshot the name and address of occasional contacts and send them a classy invitation to lunch. I have a source of quality cream-colored cards and envelopes, and would like to automate the process, so that a click of a Microsoft Access button will dump the address into a Word document, and another click of a Microsoft Word button will use the text to create a correctly laid-out invitation card and envelope.
The envelope measures 18.3 cm by 13.3 cm.
The single card measures 17.6 cm by 12.7 cm.
The “folding” card measures 25.4 cm by 17.7 cm.
(from this point on assume all measurements in metric, expressed in centimeters)
Here is a general view of all three units. The ruler is showing the envelope to be 18.3 wide, that is, the gummed-edge is about 18.3 long.
Here is a view of part of the folding card.
A raised and glossy beaded border encloses an area 15.8 by 10.7
This is the single card, “postcard” if you will.
The raised area in the centre measures 14.4 by 9.4
My HP2600N laser printer will accept the materials in any orientation except the folding card; I cannot deliver the folding card edge on.
So for printing purposes my options are landscape or portrait on the envelope and on the post card, but portrait only on the folding card.
I could get into text boxes rotated ninety degrees, but I’d rather avoid the complexity.
When I feed the folding card into the printer to print in portrait mode, the printing will appear to be landscape once the card is folded, but on the sheet of material it is in portrait mode.
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