Using the Templates
Using the templates requires putting the paper through the printer again. This is easy enough, but you must keep an eye on where the new printing should go on the paper, and you should refrain from folding until you have finished printing.
The ‘My Message’ template can be used for any message whatsoever. And if you save the Word document on your computer, using ‘Save as’ with a unique name, you can reuse it. I like printing ages in large type and different colours. You can also use these cards as Party Invitations, or print in a pale colour, perhaps a light grey, as a guide for a child to follow, thereby helping them to write more independently.
The choice is yours! You just have to make sure that the message stays in the box on the template, if you want it to print out in the allocated space. You can check the positioning by printing out the template box alone and holding it up to a copy of the card with the light behind them. Note that these sheets of paper appear in the printer in the same orientation relative to each other. To overprint the occasion onto the card, replace the card into the printer, turning it over so that the printed side is face down on entry, and so that the first edge out of the printer the first time, will be the first edge into the printer this time.
The ‘To From’ template has 2 boxes, the top one for the ‘To’ name and the bottom one for the ‘From’ name. If you only want to print one of the names, then leave the other box blank so that you can write it in by hand when you have finished printing. And if you save the Word document on your computer, using ‘Save as’ with a unique name, you can reuse it. I like using fonts and colours that look like handwriting, or you can print in a pale colour, perhaps a light grey, as a guide for a child to follow, thereby helping them to write more independently. Using the From name in this way is a good opportunity to get a child to write, and therefore learn, both of their names, the surname/family name being particularly helpful if the child gets lost.
The choice is yours! You just have to make sure that the message stays in the box on the template, if you want it to print out in the allocated space. You can check the positioning by printing out the template boxes alone and holding them up to a copy of the card with the light behind them. Note that these sheets of paper do not appear in the printer in the same orientation relative to each other, and therefore it is necessary to rotate one sheet by 180 degrees to check alignment. To overprint the To and/or From names onto the card, replace the card into the printer, turning it over so that the printed side is face down on entry, and so that the first edge out of the printer the first time, will be the last edge into the printer this time.
