This simple How-To will show you how to figure out how to perfectly print your half fold card.

If you missed out,it is still available, and theWord template used here can still be downloaded.

On a side note, Avery offers templates for these products on their website for free download.

Design and Print Your Own Christmas Cards in MS Word, Part 2: How to Print

These are poor, difficult templates to use.

Open your finished card and press

to print your first page.

This will ensure that you print only the front of your card.

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Click “OK.”

You may get this dialog box when you print.

Hit “Yes” and ignore it to print anyway.

We see here that the front image is clearly on the opposite side of our intended front.

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From this, we can learn that this particular printer flips the page to print.

Your printer may operate differently, so do this test and draw your own conclusions.

The front image prints on the intended front.

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Pop back into word and navigate to the inside of your card again.

With side B going into the printer face down, we are ready to run our print.

The inside prints on the intended inside.

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Armed with this understanding of your printer, this should not be difficult.

Happy Holidays, and good luck printing!

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