Do It Yourself Wedding Invitations kits

For many there is just plain not enough time to sit down an make an elaborate handmade wedding invitation. If you are lucky you can get a close friend or family member who is artistically talented to make them for you. For the rest there is the do it yourself wedding invitations kit or blank invitations papers.

For some this leads to the problem of figuring out how the heck to get your computer to print onto the invitations so that the text is straight. We all know that an invitation with crooked words will look absolutely awful! And for those of you looking to keep the budget low having your invites professionally printed is out of the question. Well look no further because I am going to give you a detailed walk-through of how to get your invitations printed from your very own computer.

My computer came with Word Perfect which is what I will be using for this exercise but will most likely be compatible with any word processor:

The program will open to a brand new page.

Choose from the menu at the very top of the window (where it says File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, etc...)

Go to File > Page set-up

The Page Set-up window will open.

Under where it says Page Definition Printer page type should be entered. If it is not then choose it from the drop down menu to the right.
Below this should be a list of all of the different sizes of pages you can choose to work with. Measure the size of the cards you will print onto and choose this from the list.
* If the size of paper you are working with is not on the list than simply choose User defined and click add. Another window will open where you will enter the dimensions of your do it yourself wedding invitations paper.

Next you will choose the Orientation
The orientation for most do it yourself wedding invitations cards will be portrait. If you are printing onto a style of card that will be folded shut (horizontal fold) than you will choose landscape

Next enter the size you will want the Margins to be. I recommend to keep them at half and inch ( .5 )

Now that your page is set up all you must do is type in the text you wish to print onto the blank invitations.

Once you are finished entering the text use your mouse to click and drag to highlight the entire invitation's text. Change the text's font, and size to that which will suit your invitation. While the text is still highlighted go to the tool bar menu at the top of the page and click on the Center alignment button.

To fully center the text onto the page click the mouse to place the text cursor at or before the very top of the text. Use the "Enter" (or "return") button to move the text down on the page until it is centered from top to bottom.

For those of you creating a folded card...

For a card with a horizontal fold (from left to right) set up the page using the same steps as above.

Choose Landscape for the page orientation.

Once the new page dimensions are created go to the menu at the top of the page and select Format > columns

A new window will open.

Enter "2" into the Number of columns box.

You will also need to enter the space between. Here you will enter double the amount of whatever size the document's margins are. If the margins are half an inch then the space between should be 1 inch.

Click OK.

Enter the text for the inside of the invitation into the column on the right hand side of the page. Use the same steps as above to center the text onto the page.
If you are printing onto the front also then you will need to create two separate pages. The text for the front of the card should be entered into the column on the left side of the page. Print these pages back to back or bring them to a copy center to have them copied for you.

TIP - When printing onto your do it yourself wedding invitations kits make sure that the specification are correct with your printer as well as the word document you use to create the text. When You select Print from the File Menu a Printer setup page should open. Make sure the page size and orientation are correct and match those of your invitations and Word document.

* Want to make printing onto your do it yourself wedding invitations kit an absolute snap? Order custom text from my custom text order page and I will make a perfectly printable custom PDF file for you complete with instructions for printing.

Do It Yourself Wedding Invitations
Blank Invites

Have you bought your blank invitations yet? I like the invitations available at Einvite.com . They have a large variety of stylish "print at home" blank invitations and if you change your mind somewhere down the line, or just plain do not have the time to make em' yourself you can have them printed through the website too! To visit the site's Print at Home Invitations Page click on the button below.

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