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Selecting a Project |
When you start a new project with The Print Shop, you can select from fifteen project types suitable for different purposes.
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Greeting Cards: Use the Greeting Cards project to announce a special occasion or send a personal message to someone special. A greeting card is a folded sheet that is illustrated or decorated and contains a message, greeting, or announcement. You can also create a Photo Frame Card and Embossed Card with this project. Greeting cards can be created in various orientations and shapes. |
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Signs: Signs are the most versatile project type. They can be in tall or wide orientation on 8.5-by-11-inch paper, or you can use smaller or larger, poster-size formats. You can use the Signs project to create posters and mailers and even simple newsletters. Signs can be warnings, directions, or advertisements, or they can deliver short informative messages. |
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Pamphlets: A pamphlet is a one-sheet, three-panel presentation of graphics and text designed to be mailed or distributed to convey personal, professional, or organizational information. Pamphlets can be booklets, announcements, tickets, schedules, theater programs, restaurant menus, promotions, recipes, invitations, and more. You can use either tall or wide orientation to create your pamphlet. |
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Banners: You can use banners for a wide range of decorative and informational projects. These are long, multipage projects bearing greetings, directions, warnings, or advertisements. |
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Photo Pages: You can import or place photographs into The Print Shop. You can then edit and alter your photos and use them with Photo Pages to create photo-specific projects. The Print Shop provides four types of Photo Pages project (all are one page): Quick Prints, Photo Album Pages, Photo Collages, and Photo Novelties. |
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Letterhead: Letterhead lets you create two types of stationery. You can design full- or half-page stationery sheets that you can then print for handwritten letters and fax covers or type on directly using your computer. This project type also includes Notepads and Fax Covers. |
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Business Cards: Business cards are wallet-sized cards used to give business information or as gift tags, tickets, bookmarks, or car wash punch cards. They can have tall or wide orientation. |
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Envelopes: You can create and print envelopes for both business and personal use. The Print Shop provides you with several format options. You can print addresses directly onto stock envelopes, or you can create a cutout envelope using a standard sheet of paper that can be folded to hold a quarter-fold greeting card. |
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Calendars: Calendars are a great way to create records for both home and organizational use. You can design school or club calendars, retail sales calendars, and personal calendars. You can make a tall or wide calendar for any length of time: a day, week, month, or for an entire year. You can personalize calendars using your own notes, graphics, photographs, and highlighted dates. Calendars are printed on one side of a single sheet of paper or posterized. |
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Postcards: Like letters, you can use postcards for business, school, community, and home. Postcards can be created in both tall and wide orientations. Postcards are made of two sides of a single sheet of paper. You can print postcards two or four to a page. Not only can you mail them, but they are great for recipes, birth announcements, moving notices, and more. |
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Post-it® Notes: Post-it® Notes are standard around the office and are becoming popular at home as well. You can create professional-looking stationery on specialized paper that sticks, yet is easy to peel off. Each note has adhesive that sticks to a surface after you remove the liner strip. |
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Online Greetings: Using the Online Greetings project, you can distribute your message electronically via email. Online Greetings are a one-sided, wide project that you can customize to mark any occasion. The greeting is sent as a JPEG attachment. |
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Certificates: Certificates are similar to signs in that they are single-panel projects. You can use certificates to create awards and recognize accomplishments. They are useful for social, school, and business functions. |
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Labels: You can use labels in different ways for a variety of purposes. You can create labels for addresses, video and audio tapes, CD and DVD discs, jewel cases, files and folders, name badges, and whatever else you can think of. With labels, you have a wide selection of sizes - each based on a corresponding number of Avery® paper label that you can use with your printer. |
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Blank Pages: Select the Blank Pages project type to start a project from an empty page. Select a paper orientation (Tall or Wide) in the Select a Format step of the New Project Setup Assistant, and the Design Desk appears ready for you to begin your own original project. |
To begin a new project:
1. Choose New Project from the File menu. The New Project Setup Assistant appears, allowing you to select the project type you want.
2. Double-click the type of project you want to create, or click the project and click the Continue button.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions until you are done.
Refer to one of the following topics for more information:
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