![]() I have Microsoft Publisher 2013 and had the same issue with Avery 8371. I found the solution for users of both Publisher 2013 and 2010. This link has some useful info: In Publisher 2013 with your business card template open, go to the Page Design tab at the top. In the very lower right hand corner of this tab, you will see a tiny Page Setup arrow. Click on it and it will open up the margin adjustment options that you need. The page layout type should be set to multiple pages per sheet. In Options, the Target Paper Size should be 8.5x11. ![]() I purchased an Avery product, #5302 tent cards--where on Word do I find the program where I just scroll down and select that product and then proceed to type in the. Uline stocks over 32500 shipping boxes, packing materials and mailing supplies. Same day shipping for cardboard shipping boxes, plastic bags, janitorial, retail and shipping supplies. Set the horizontal and vertical gaps to zero. You will see that there are two places to enter the top, bottom, and side margins. You should enter the appropriate numbers in one of these places, and set the numbers in the other place to zero. This means that there are two possible ways to set the margins. Either way will work and provide the same result. The only difference is that depending on which method you choose, you will set the Page Width and Height differently for each. So here is exactly what to do. Method #1: Set the Page Width to 8.5' and Page Height to 11'. In Margin Guides, set the Top and Bottom margins to 0.5' and set the Right and Left margins to 0.75'. Then to the right (above Vertical and Horizontal gaps which are set to zero) set the Side and Top margins to zero. Method #2: Set the Page Width 3.5' and Page Height 2'. Then set all margins in Margin Guides (on the left side) to zero, and then (on the right) set the Side margin to 0.75' and the Top margin to 0.5'. Either way will work the same way. Hi Sally, Ok, I understand because I have used Publisher for many years. However, the cobwebs are starting to cloud my brain. I recently upgraded to Office 2013 and Publisher is completely different. I DID design a new business card, went to print, and the standard 10 cards per page come up to print. HOWEVER, AFTER PRINTING ON AVERY 8371, the cards don't line up to the snap lines. For the life of me, I can't find the vertical, horizontal, adjustments to make the cards align with the snap line. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance, Jerry.
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![]() Hi Texasgal, If you are you not working with the Show/Hide characters switched on you will need to do that in order to see where the extra lines are. To do this: - Click the Show/Hide button in the toolbar (it's the one with the ¶ symbol in it) you will be able to see the paragraph formatting in your document. - Look for the end of paragraph markers (the little ¶ that are on a line of their own). - Click on the ¶ and then press on. When you are editing a document, you might want to consider working with the Show/Hide characters switched on, this will take away all the little 'surprises' such as the one you reported here. You can click the Show/Hide button to switch them on or off at random. >> Does this response help you? ![]() How to remove all horizontal lines from Word. Sometimes when you try to remove the horizontal line by selecting it and pressing Delete. Microsoft and the. Sep 28, 2017 Word Online (formerly Word Web App). You cannot adjust line spacing in Word Online. With Word Online, you can insert, edit, or delete. Jan 22, 2010 how to remove the horizontal line in MS word (2007 or 2000, any version)? I typed the following in ms word: --- (a horizontal line appeared automatically. How to Remove Automatic Horizontal Lines in Word. You can remove the line later. Here’s How Microsoft Plans on Making Money Instead. If so, would you please click on the green Vote As Helpful button to assist future visitors experiencing the same problem. Best, Sharon Sharon Roffey Queensland, Australia Sharon Roffey Queensland, Australia Microsoft Community Contributor Award recipient. Hi again texasgal, Another thought. If your resume is only one page, and you cannot delete enough lines to fit it on the page using the method above you can use the Shrink one page function in Print Preview. Click on the Microsoft Office button in the top left corner 2. Point to Print (don't click or it will activate a print command) 3. Click on Print Preview 4. Click on the Shrink one page link in the Preview category For the record, if either of the two solutions proposed works, could you let us know which one for the benefit of future visitors. Best, Sharon Sharon Roffey Queensland, Australia Sharon Roffey Queensland, Australia Microsoft Community Contributor Award recipient. ![]() If you are viewing the page in Normal View, the lines across the page may just be the automatic page breaks, or even Section Breaks. For me, I see very little use of the 'Normal' View. To me, Normal would be the way the page is going to print. That is the view if you change the view to Print Layout View. And Print Layout View is the view I almost always prefer and use. (On occasion I may switch the view to one of the others, but not too often.) As for getting lines, sort of like fancy underlines, across the page, there are six sets of 'underlines' that can be set by entering ONLY three of the same repeated characters on the line after the text you want 'underlined'. (Note: it actually it is a Text bottom border applied to that line. There are a couple dozen different types of borders you can select, but six of them you 'can type' to have it applied to the bottom of the text line.) The six characters are Underline (_), Pound (#), Dash (-), Asterisk (*), Tilde (~), and Equals (=). Try this after typing in some text, press the Enter key to get a new line, than type 3 Pound signs (###), NOTHING ELSE, and then press the Enter key again. You will see the 3 #'s go away, and the previous text will now have a relatively heavy multi-lined underline going across the full text area of the page. After you see what happens with the 3 #'s, try it again with 3 identical previously named characters. (Hint: I remember those 6 characters from the acronym that spell U P D A T E.) Anyway, enough fun. So, if that sort of underline how do you remove it? Simple, just select the line that has the 'underline' attached to it, and select the command Format>Borders and Shading, Borders, Setting: None then click the [OK] button. ![]() ![]() ![]() I would like to use an Organization Chart Template in either PowerPoint or Excel. Is there one? If so, how do I access it? Using Tabs in Word like Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explore 10! Learn more Free download. Place your cursor on where you want to insert the chart and click Insert > SmartArt. See screenshot: Step 2. Click Hierarchy in the left pane, and select one style you need from the list. Then click OK to insert the SmartArt. Platform: Windows® PC. Ref no: ins103. Date: May 2007. Authors: C.P.Houghton. Organisational Charts in Word 2007®. Microsoft Word® allows you to create detailed organisation flowcharts. 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From here you can manage where the shape goes, who the person reports to, etc. Let’s say that a new person is hired and will also report to Jim. To do this, click on Angela (who already reports to Jim) and press the Add Shape button from within the SmartArt Tools Design Tab. Format your org chart To complete your org chart in Word, play around with the colors, fonts, and sizes of the shapes via the SmartArt Tools Design and Format tabs. The image below shows how we modified the org chart by changing the colors and design of the shapes. Diagramming is quick and easy with Lucidchart. Start a free trial today to start creating and collaborating. Sign up free How to create an org chart in Lucidchart Although Word has some functionality to create basic org charts, Lucidchart was designed with org chart creation in mind. Diagramming anything from a simple to a complex org chart and adding it to your Word documents will be incredibly simple with Lucidchart using the. Getting started with Lucidchart Register for a to begin diagramming. Once you have registered for a free account, open a new Lucidchart document. You will need to enable the org chart shape libraries within Lucidchart, so click on the “+ Shapes” button on the left side of your screen and make sure that “Org Charts” is checked. Add org chart shapes Now that the org chart shapes appear to the left of your screen, simply drag and drop any shapes that you want to add to the canvas. Once you drop the first shape on the canvas you can edit the shape by clicking on the gear icon next to the shape and entering the desired information. Connect shapes to each other and build out a hierarchy by dragging out from the red dot that appears when you hover over a shape. Import org chart data To streamline your work, Lucidchart offers a feature to all paid accounts that will allow you to import your organizational data. 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Microsoft first released the Security Compliance Manager (SCM) in 2010. It was a mammoth program that combined GPO-based security configuration recommendations; Threats & Countermeasures text for each setting; automatic downloading of new baselines as they are published; creating and editing custom baselines; comparing baselines; and importing and exporting, including export to GPO backup, SCCM DCM, SCAP v1.0, and Excel. However, the program’s design is incredibly complex, with an entirely separate (and incredibly complex) authoring tool to create and edit baselines in SCM’s proprietary format. The SCM tool itself needed to be updated for every Windows release, to be able to represent baselines for newer operating systems correctly even when SCM was installed on an earlier Windows version. Otherwise, baselines would not accurately represent new advanced auditing policies or new security entities such as “Local account” and “NT SERVICE” accounts, and couldn’t recognize operating system versions correctly for import and export. This article, and the articles it links to, describe how to use Windows Security Baselines in your organization. Configures and analyzes system security by comparing your current configuration to specified security templates. Using the Security Compliance Manager. Tool download. A Solution Accelerator that helps you plan, deploy, operate, and manage your security baselines for Windows client and server. In addition, SCM is designed for GPO management and would require a massive overhaul to be able to handle Desired State Configuration (DSC) or Mobile Device Management (MDM). In short, SCM has become too inflexible and unwieldy to continue investing in it, particularly with other alternatives at hand. We will continue to publish security baselines, but not in the.cab file format used by SCM. Beginning with the baselines for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012R2, and Internet Explorer 11, we have been publishing baselines through this blog site in lightweight.zip files containing GPO backups, GPO reports, Excel spreadsheets, WMI filters, and scripts to apply the settings to local policy. ![]() We will continue to deliver security configuration guidance in that format. The GPO backups can be imported directly into Active Directory Group Policy along with corresponding WMI filters to apply policies to the correct machines. To take the place of SCM’s offline GPO-editing abilities, consider standing up an otherwise non-functional domain controller, importing Group Policy (.ADMX) templates as needed. To compare GPOs or to export to Excel, take a look at Policy Analyzer, which has much richer abilities in both areas than SCM had. We had previously retired the LocalGPO.wsf tool that had shipped with SCM and replaced it with the more-functional LGPO. Note that both tools have recently been updated and are now part of the new “Security Compliance Toolkit” which you can download. We recognize that the new tool set does not currently include support for DCM or SCAP and we will try to fill that gap. Meanwhile, though, the PowerShell-based Desired State Configuration (DSC) is rapidly gaining popularity, and more DSC tools are coming online to convert GPOs to DSC and to validate system configuration. Examples: • BaselineManagement module: • DSC Environment Analyzer (DSCEA) announcement: • DSCEA repository: Continue monitoring this blog site for additional announcements (). ![]() SCM was useful to comment or tag a setting: I have guides or documents where several settings are tagged by a number, then I build baselines from those guides with SCM, and I can track the settings by the tags. I save the baselines in SCM cab format, so tags are kept along the settings. I wonder if there is a way to keep those comments or tags for each setting, because they are lost with the GPO Backup format. And Excel can’t import/save a baseline (or GPO backup) with setting/value/tag. ![]() Thanks for the news regarding SCM, as I had been wondering about the lack of updates. It was a great tool, and will be sorely missed especially because each baseline came with so many resources. The Server 2016 baseline for SCM comes with attachments, guides, CCE references, as well as three different policy examples (depending on your need: Domain, Domain Controller, Member Server). Sure, some of that comes in the new baselines, but not all of it. Given the other changes regarding depreciation/changing of existing Group Policies in newer ADMX/ADML files, and the subsequent impact on the Central Store, Group Policy management has become significantly harder to manage. THis is sad sad sad, I’m sure Aaron Margosis was not happy about this, as he put so much work into the last version of SCM4.0 and the PolicyAnalyzer, I was just using scm4.0 and am confused as to what is replacing it, just DSC and baselines? We still use group policy, as DSC has been having more problems in our environment than Group Policy did. We are planning on implementing DSC again, but it does not seem capable of handling everything necessary in our corporate enterprise. Hopefully I will be wrong. One thing that was very important, for me at least, was the vulnerability and impact texts. They gave a short descriptive answer about why it’s configured the way it is in a common and easy way. It’s especially usefull when the customers are asking why specific setting is configured the way it is. The ability so answer with something more than just, well, Microsoft says so is important. New settings that are published now, are being mentioned in the blogposts but thats hard to keep track of, especially after a while. So one ask would be to at least have a short vulnerability description somehow, somewhere. Keep up the good work! ![]() ![]() Simple tools make it easy to grab attention with photos Swap pictures Import all your pictures to a single canvas in Publisher, and swap them in and out of your design with a simple drag and drop. Experiment to find the right image, without wasting time. Effects Use professional-looking effects for text, shapes, and pictures, including softer shadows, reflections, and OpenType features such as ligatures and style alternatives that are familiar to use because they work like the effects in other Office applications that support them. • • • • • Tips: One of the most important considerations for the design of the logo is the color palette, Use strong, geometric typeface to reinforce your message & When you are designing a logo, consider whether or not a generic or unique design. Don’t forget to share this picture with others via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or other social medias! If you found any images copyrighted to yours, please contact us and we will remove it. Find free Microsoft Publisher templates for brochures, flyers, newsletters, postcards, letterhead, business cards & more. Take the guess work out of design - download. The Best Places to Find Free Newsletter Templates. All of the resources below offer free email templates. This tutorial will cover creating a newsletter in Microsoft Publisher without using a template. We will cover. Free Newsletter Templates & Examples. Instead of spending all your time trying to design a newsletter, plug your content into one of. Aug 12, 2013 If you need to create a newsletter for your business, club or family, Microsoft Publisher is a helpful application. Even if you are not terribly familiar. We don't intend to display any copyright protected images. If you have any DMCA issues on this post, please! ![]() ![]() Microsoft OneNote makes it easy to categorize projects by maintaining separate 'notebooks' for every aspect of your job and your life. Because OneNote is incredibly flexible and powerful, it has received several positive reviews for not only but also for providing an outstanding. Inside every notebook, users can create pages and insert related files, email and voice mail messages, notes, phone and billing records, and more. To get started with MS OneNote project management, we will look at both a notebook and a page template and then talk about how to share OneNote notebooks over the LAN or the Web. Microsoft OneNote Project Management Notebook To facilitate MS OneNote project management, Microsoft has a template available for download from the. When installed, this template gives project managers and team members a head start by configuring sections and pages for tracking time,, recording phone calls, and planning reviews. With this template, all the flexibility and power of OneNote is available in configuration designed especially for managing a project. When downloading this template using Microsoft Internet Explorer, the template will automatically install via an Active X control and then open into a new OneNote notebook. Of course, the notebook can be modified and adapted to meet the demands of a particular project or work environment and then saved as a local template that is always ready for a new project. In the project management notebook, five notebook sections are available in the left column as well as in tabs displayed at the top. These sections are Review, Planning and Tracking, Phone Calls, Meetings, and Calendars. The pages inside each notebook section are displayed in the column to the right of the OneNote page. Of course, new pages and sections can be added to the project notebook as needed. Jan 14, 2013 A PostMortem Template. Posted on January 15, 2013 by Dwain Fagerberg. Pingback: Project Exam – Post-Mortem – Mille Creative. Leave a Reply Cancel. Project status report presentation. From office.microsoft.com SWOT analysis examples. Business Plan TemplateSwot Analysis ExamplesData EntryBusiness PlanningProject ManagementTemplates. The post mortem template makes getting organized for your post mortem meeting much easier than if you go it alone. The template is free here. Post mortem analysis, post mortem template powerpoint project post mortem powerpoint, software post mortem template docs, report template sales report template all. Presentation for project post-mortem. At the conclusion of a project, review the successes and challenges with the team using this presentation template. This file downloads the same way as the notebook template does, but when it installs, it becomes a page in a notebook and is available by selecting it as the default template for a new page using the combo box at the bottom of OneNote's right hand column. If the 'Templates' column is not visible, click the downward pointing arrow to the right of 'New Page' and then select 'Page Templates' from the context menu. After selecting the post-mortem stationery as the default, a click on the 'New Page' tab of a notebook section will insert a new post-mortem page into that section. Sharing a Project Mangement Notebook A powerful feature of MS OneNote project management is that the notebooks created to organize the project are shareable over the network. This means that at any given time team members can view, edit, and add information that is relevant to the project in real time, giving workers a To share a notebook, click the 'File' option on the main menu and then click 'Share' on the left. Users can choose to share the notebook on the Web (using Windows Live), on a shared local network folder, or on a SharePoint server. ![]() Closing Thoughts Microsoft OneNote is a powerful software application that helps organize and centralize a wide variety of tasks done on the computer, including project management. The templates listed here are a starting point for developing the MS OneNote project management. Sharing notebooks is a great way to make sure the whole team has access to the latest information about the project. Once OneNote is deployed as a project management tool, life may never be the same again. Image Credits: Screen shots taken by Bruce Tyson. We already talked about the, a tool intended to prevent failure instead of learning from it. This is the perfect and desired scenario, of course. But let’s be honest: shit will hit the fan. No matter the extent of the disaster, when your project fails, you can still take solace in that you’ll learn from it. But to really learn from it and make it helpful in the future, you have to formalize the process a bit. The post-mortem is the perfect tool for that. Most people know what is a post-mortem: the examination of something after it happened to find out why it succeeded or failed. A post-mortem is usually performed at the end of a project, and lessons learned can be applied for further projects. Any project, success or failure, will lead to lessons learned in some way, although the second may be especially prolific in this regard. Even when a project is a total failure, a post-mortem represents the opportunity to learn and move forward, and to avoid repeating the same mistakes over and over again. How to Conduct a Post-mortem Here are the steps to follow to conduct a successful post-mortem. Prior to the meeting, invite the project team and brief them on the plan. Send the questions you will address in advance so people can think about it and know what to expect. Want to make sure you run a super-productive post-mortem meeting? Send a survey to the project team before the meeting to gather lessons learned and dig through them during the meeting. This also allows you to gather feedback from people who cannot attend or will not be invited to the post-mortem meeting (in the case of a very large project). Make sure you have a white board in the room and bring some pens and paper. And then, follow these steps: • Start the meeting by summarizing the project mission and initial objectives: People may be working on many projects or already have been reassigned to new ones and a refresh will be helpful for everyone. Remember, people forget things. ![]() • Present the project outcomes: Present key outcomes of the project, and any evaluation you have at hand (from the client by example). • Generate discussion on lessons learned: Prompt the team with questions like: Are you proud of the project deliverables? What went wrong? What could we have done better? What went well? What can we do to replicate it/make it consistent? ![]() • Generate lessons learned and solutions: Propose a set of lessons learned and solutions. You want to make sure the meeting is solution-oriented, and uplift the level of discussion so it’s not just complaining. Record all lessons learned on a white board. • Wrap-up: Thanks everybody for their honesty and input. Here are three key rules to make sure the discussion remains constructive. It may be a good idea to display them on a board so everybody can see them at any moment. First, we want people to be honest and comfortable to say things straight (rule #1). But it’s not a place to blame specific people, which would not contribute to create a climate of trust and be useless at that point (rule #2). And finally, the whole point is to stay solution-oriented (rule #3). It is so easy to criticize, but the point of this meeting is to come up with lessons learned and solutions, not a bunch of complaints. 3 Key Rules 1. Speak the truth 2. No finger pointing 3. Be solution-oriented And the most important thing: make sure to follow up with a report and share it with the right people. Too often, post-mortems are part of the companies’ processes; they are held, reports are written, and then nothing is done with that. Lessons learned stay in a report that is not read by anyone. New projects are undertaken without referring to lessons learned from similar projects. What a waste! The aim of a post-mortem is not only to act as a closing meeting for the project. After all, as stated in the article “A defined process for project post-mortem review”,. Or in other words: “.” From my project management experience, this is where we have a problem. We do hold post-mortem meetings. We gather brilliant insights that could make the difference for further projects. And then, we forget about it, bury them in a folder or an electronic document management system in which finding the relevant information is an impossible task. And then, we wonder why we repeat the same mistakes over and over again. The problem is also that often, lessons learned relate to the organization level, not the team. So if they stay within the team, issues will remain. For example, one lesson learned I saw over and over in post-mortem meetings relates to human resource availability. Not having the right people at the right time brings big challenges that reach beyond the boundaries of the project. Not only will the project be delayed, cost more money and fail to meet the needs of its stakeholders, but it will impact other projects as well. Here’s why: if your project is delayed due to missing key resources, other projects that rely on the same resources will be as well when people work on your project at unplanned time (when they’re supposed to be working on another project, which will then go through the same issue as you). We tend to get a domino effect, where one resource issue on a project leads to planning-related issues for a larger number of projects. This leads to a crisis mentality, where people have to work on what becomes an emergency instead of preventing such complications from happening. But the solution to that has to come from organizational processes, and the team can’t do much more than share this challenge (and pray that something is done about it). Actually, this is such an acute issue in organization that we built software to solve it, you can check it out. All this to say: when something has to change at the organizational level, make sure to notify the right people about it, as the top management or the head of the corresponding department. Make sure something is done about it, follow-up on the issue, and keep your team informed about it. This is not only the decent thing to do to make sure the organization improves, but it will prove to your team that you consider their input and do everything in your power to make things happen. This may sound unrealistic especially in a large organization, but let’s try to be an agent of change instead of giving up already. Who knows, we may have more power than we think when we give it an honest try. Post-Mortems Are Not Just For Single & Completed Projects As suggested by, the post-mortem technique can be applied for other endeavors than a single project, such as any of the other ongoing operations. You can use it in a recurring manner that fits with your processes, such as every week, month, quarter or year. You can have different types of post-mortems for each of those frequencies. Of course, an annual post-mortem will tend to be more strategic and macro-oriented than a weekly one. Agile teams hold retrospectives (different names, same thing) in order to inspect and adapt their way of working. Ben Linders, author of “” also shares valuable tools to run these meetings, like a check-in with one word that summarizes how team members are feeling and asking several “whys” to get to the root of the matter. Esther Derby and Diana Larsen also wrote a book on the topic called “” in which they give advice on how to hold those kinds of meetings effectively, and make sure they’re not a waste of time (which can happen if not correctly done). Not Group Therapy Be careful that your post-mortem meetings don’t become group therapy. Of course, this meeting can be helpful for individuals to vent, but the goal is to make it constructive. Maybe the project has been a total disaster, but it would be useless to complain without being constructive. Let’s keep in mind rule #3 and stay solution-oriented. Some people may come up with relevant shortcomings but find it harder to come up with fixes, so you should be ready to delve further and ask questions to generate solutions as well. A Last Few Tips As suggested by Leslie Wolf, having an external facilitator and a scribe, especially for a large project,. Even if the idea of inviting clients to your post-mortems is a frequently debated topic, having them can have a lot of benefits. As mentioned by Simon Heaton: “.” Furthermore, another benefit of inviting them to this meeting is to show how much you value their business and feedback, and prove you wish to improve over time. We’d love to hear about you. What are the lessons learned you keep hearing over and over again? Let us know in the comments! You found this article useful? Why not send it to your colleagues before holding your next post-mortem? Just hit the share button:-). Often, the customer asked to modify the layout of the standard reports to meet existing templates or tastes. And as we all know that changing the layout in the SSRS reports will take long time. Instead we can use one of the Dynamics AX functionality to export the customer data to MS Excel Template in simple way and short time. The Document management functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX give you the ability to attach files to records. For example, you can attach PDF, Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Excel files to a purchase order or a sales order. You can also fill data to MS Excel and MS Word templates from Microsoft Dynamics AX data. ![]() Get the Excel 2016 at Microsoft Store and compare. In order to install this Excel. I am also having trouble opening templates I have made in previous. Office templates & themes. Weekly Meal Planner Excel. PivotTable tutorial Excel. Microsoft in education; Office for students. Thanks for downloading this purchase order template from Excel Made Easy. It is a simple purchase order that can be used in a family business or even by a professional. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() > > Free Book Templates for your Manuscript At DiggyPOD, we offer free book templates for the author wanting to publish a book. Before sending your book to print, you will need to layout the book. You will need a template for the inside pages of the book, and a template for the outside cover of your book. Below you will find our free Microsoft Word book templates for the inside pages. You will also want to check out our. Download a Free Microsoft Word Book Template These book templates are set-up for Microsoft Word and have the correct page size and margins already set-up for you to use. Download the correct page size template you want to use. Create a Book Template in Microsoft Word If you already have your manuscript typed, then you can watch our video tutorial below to learn how to set-up the page size and margins to create your own book template. You can use this same tutorial to create a custom size book template as well.This video walks you through setting up the book template margins and the correct page size for your book: Your browser does not support the video tag. If having difficulties viewing the video you may view on Follow these instructions to set up a book template: • Go to Page Layout and select 'Margins.' • Select 'Custom Margins.' • Select 'Mirror Margins' under Multiple Pages. • Adjust the margin values to match the following: • Top:.5 • Bottom.5 • Inside:.8 • Outside:.5 • Gutter: 0 • Select 'Portrait' under Orientation. • Select 'Whole Document' under Apply To. • Switch over to the Paper tab. ![]() • Adjust the height and width to match the paper size your book will be printed in. • Select 'OK' to save the changes. Setting up Bleeds for Your Interior Book Template If you want the interior pages to bleed (where the artwork goes right to the edge of the paper) and are using Microsoft Word, or any other word processing program, you will need to add.125' to each side of the document to accommodate for the excess paper that will be trimmed off. ![]() ![]() For example: If you want a 5.5' x 8.5' finished trim size, you will need to add.125' to all four sides of your document, which will create a 5.75' x 8.75' page size. We will trim off.125' from each side to give you a finished trim size of 5.5' x 8.5'. For a professional interior book layout, we recommend that you keep any elements you don't want trimmed off, at least a.5' from the top, outside, bottom, and.8' from the binding side of the book. Also remember to select Mirror Margins, when setting up your custom page size in Microsoft Word. If you are using Microsoft Word, or any other word processing program, it can be very difficult to set up bleeds correctly and have everything line up evenly throughout the interior of the book. We suggest using a more robust piece of software like. Adobe does offer a free trial for 30 days, and has monthly plans as well. If you are using a page layout program like Adobe InDesign, and want certain pages to bleed, you will need to include the bleeds and crop marks when you export your file as a PDF file. Adobe offers a great on how to set-up your document with bleeds using InDesign. Pro Tip: When using any Adobe product to export PDF's, always use the PDF/x-1a:2001 setting. This setting will alert you to any low resolution images and embed all of your fonts as well. ![]() Common Book File Issues and Questions What is Font Embedding? Font Embedding is when all the font information is captured from your computer and stored inside the PDF file. Why is Font Embedding so Important? If the fonts are not embedded in your PDF files, the type can reflow and become distorted. Jan 08, 2016 How to Create a Template in Microsoft Word 2007. Microsoft Word allows you to create documents of many different types with a great deal of customization. My company is upgrading from Offcie 2003 to Office 2007. As part of this process I have opened all the Word 2003 templates and Saved then as Word 2007 templates. Even common Fonts like Times need to be embedded, because what we have found is there are many different versions of the Common Fonts. The good news is that embedding Fonts is quite Easy. DiggyPOD recommends using the DoPDF utility to embed the fonts, please view our on creating a print ready pdf file. Mac computers will automatically Embed the fonts, so no need to worry about embedding the fonts. Can I send in the Cover and Text in the same file? DiggyPOD needs separate PDF files, PDF files for the Book Cover, and one PDF file for the Text file. If the Cover artwork is part of the Text file, it will mess up the Margins of the Text, after the Cover is extracted. Please review our for details on how to set up the Book Cover. PDF Page size must match the Book Trim Size The Text PDF files must be the same size as the book trim size being ordered. If PDF book files are supplied as 8.5 x 11, but you want a 5.5 x 8.5 book trim size, then the files will have to be reduced, which reduces the fonts and all the elements in the PDF files. Reducing the file size is not recommended, because it will make the type small and hard to read. DiggyPOD has a at the top of this page, that will show you how you set-up your files to the correct trim size. Page numbers on the binding side of the Book Text File We recommend that your page numbers, header, or footers are not on the binding side of the book. A easy way to avoid this common book printing problem is to have your page numbers, headers, or footers at the bottom center of the book. If you are still unsure, just simply print out two pages that are front and back and place them back to back to see if everything is okay. Can I send in a new file, if I find mistakes when proofing? But please be aware that we charge $40.00 for each new file that is submitted. We put a lot of work and time into quality checking each file, and when you send a new file, we have to start the process again from the beginning. What if there are issues with my files? Can you fix them? Most of the time, we can fix most common issues with your files. We do offer a Simple File Fix service, that cost is $35.00. You can choose this option when you place your order, and if there are any common issues with the files, we will fix them. If there isn't anything to be fixed, we refund the $35.00 to you. The $35.00 Simple File Fix Service includes up to three fixes, if the files have four or more problems, we will contact you and let you know if we can fix the issues and what the charge will be. We will also let you know what issues we fixed when we upload the online proof for your approval. If you have to send in new files that we cannot fix. The charge is $40.00 for each new file because we have to start over our quality check of the file. Do I count the blank pages in the files as pages? Blank pages are counted as a page, we will not remove any blank pages. Can I send my Word Files to you, instead of PDF files? If you send the Word file to us, it will reflow and cause all sorts of formatting issues. When you send us your book files in PDF, we don't have to worry about the Text reflowing. Will I see a proof before you print my order? All new orders get an online proof of the Book Cover and Text file before we go to print. You can also order a hard copy proof when placing your order. The online proof is free, but the hard copy proof is an extra fee. All of your Videos are for Microsoft Word, can I use a different program? Most of DiggyPOD's customers use Microsoft Word, but you can use any program that you like to use. We also have quite a few customers that use Adobe Creative Suite. Some common programs that we recommend to avoid using are: Powerpoint, Paint, and any other program that saves items in low resolution. We also recommend not to use any graphics from websites, as most graphics on websites are only 72 dpi, and print in low resolution. I'm using Adobe Creative Suite, what PDF setting should I use? Adobe Creative Suite is great for laying out a book, we recommend exporting your PDF's using the PDF/x-1a:2001 setting. This setting will automatically embed your fonts, and alert you if there are any low resolution graphics. If you have any questions about our book templates or need additional assistance, please call us. A real person always answers the phone during business hours. At DiggyPOD, we're happy to help turn your publishing dream into reality. ![]() • • • • • • • The Blood Pressure Tracker Template for Excel is a comprehensive template which provides sections for creating a profile about an individual’s levels and heart rate, over a period of time, with a chart that populates as the data is added. Add Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Information to See Visual Trends With the help of this template you can record your daily blood pressure, where the cells will be automatically highlighted in red at instances where the blood pressure may be abnormal. ![]() The template is available in the form of a single worksheet with a data table and chart. The information added in the table is automatically displayed visually in the bar chart, which can help you track trends for your systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate. You can also add side notes about the recorded trends, as well as increase the level of columns and rows as per your convenience. 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