Formatting place/tent cards

See the article “Mail Merge with Word 2007” on fellow MVP Graham Mayor’s website at

http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm

Doug.....Sorry, but this didn't help me much.  If there is an easier way, please let me know.  I'm working with Word 2010 and Windows 7.  To be honest, it's kind of confusing for me.  I'm a very, very novice at formatting.   I'm trying to work with a template, does that make a difference.  Thank you.

The tent cards will just be the cells of a table with fixed cell dimensions so you can simply type the information directly into the appropriate cells and then use the tab key to move to the next cell.  Continuing to use the tab key will add new rows to the table.

If you want to send me a copy of the actual template that you have, I can take a look at it and give you more specific instructions.

Are you wanting to print on both sides of the tent cards? If so, then you have to use a table where the cards are vertical. You then use the Text Direction command to rotate the text in one cell clockwise and the other counterclockwise; this is the only way to get a 180° rotation in Word. If the template you were supplied is not set up this way, you will need to create your own. The result will look something like this (not sure whether this is the way the dimensions you gave actually work).