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Making a Thanksgiving Card - Give Thanks

By Denise Witmer, About.com

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Printing out the Card

thanksgiving card making directionsDenise D. Witmer
In your word processor:
  1. You need to set your page to landscape, which means the paper is held horizontally. For MS Word 2000: File -> Page Setup -> Paper Size ->Landscape.
  2. Format the page so it has two columns. For MS Word 2000: Format -> Columns -> Two.
  3. Set the bottom margin to 7". Just slide the margins on the left.
  4. Insert a Text Box across the bottom middle of the first column. For MS Word 2000: Insert -> Text Box.
  5. In the text box type "GIVE THANKS" in the Home font at size 26, font color brown.
  6. Change your line to a wide on the outside, with a thin line inside. For MS Word 2000: Click twice on the line and a box comes up. Choose: Line -> Color -> Brown; Line -> Style -> Thick and Thin; Line -> Weight -> 3.75;
  7. Copy text box and paste a second one in the other column at the bottom, so that you have two.
  8. Check the print page set up and make sure the text boxes are centered in their columns, if so, print out. If not, go back and center, then print out.


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