How to print a beautiful card. Creating a greeting card in MS Word. Send e-cards in a variety of ways
Congratulations on any holiday with a postcard have always been considered a sign of respect and attention to loved ones, friends and just acquaintances. And if earlier postal services were needed to deliver such cards, today there are electronic cards with which you can congratulate your loved ones quickly and in a timely manner. Moreover, such a congratulation cannot get lost anywhere, and will arrive exactly on time, and the process of creating an electronic message itself can be quite interesting.
How to make an e-card on a computer
Creating postcards in in electronic format is not a complicated process and is carried out as follows:
- in an Internet search engine, enter a request for a site that creates and sends electronic cards (for example: postcard.ru or mail.ru);
- With the help of special servers, a postcard is created to your liking, which you can decorate with different patterns, as well as select the most attractive template, select color scheme With beautiful font for the text of congratulations;
- If desired, electronic cards can be supplemented with musical accompaniment; it can be selected from a music catalog to suit the recipient’s taste;
- to create the most interesting thematic plot, you can use a graphic editor, but the idea of congratulations must be thought out in advance;
- the finished postcard is placed in an interactive letter and then sent to its destination.
So that creating postcards in electronic form does not cause difficulties, and also has beautiful view important to consider following points:
- It is best to use a graphic editor if you have certain knowledge and skills in working with this program, since studying it can take a lot of time;
- creating postcards using a ready-made template will be much easier and faster, and you can adjust it according to your taste;
- it is best to make postcards that are neutral in content, which will appeal not only to their creator, but also to those for whom they are intended;
- When creating postcards, the main thing is to know when to stop and not to overdo it with the number of pictures, the amount of text, and also to maintain a certain color scheme.
But in any case, no matter what kind of e-cards you end up with, they will be wonderful congratulations on the holiday of your loved ones, because they are beautiful, impressive and unusual.
How to make a postcard in Word
You can make a postcard in Word, but here I want to point out why it’s better not to do this.
Word is text editor, therefore, with graphic objects, some difficulties arise when arranging them. And the result can only be seen by opening the postcard in . And if your recipient does not have this program, then he will not be able to see the postcard, or it will open in a distorted form in another word processor. The expected pleasant impression will be ruined.
But what should we do? We will use a program to create presentations - PowerPoint. A postcard created in PowerPoint can be saved as a picture and will be available for viewing on any computer and on the Internet.
How to Make a Postcard in PowerPoint
Creating a postcard will only take a few steps:
1 Open the PowerPoint presentation program
First option
- Start - All Programs - Microsoft Office - Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (you may have a different version, but it doesn’t matter - all actions are universal)
Second option
- There is a search in the start menu. Start typing the name of the Microsoft PowerPoint program there and if it is installed on your computer, you will see it in the search results.
2 Select a layout
Since we are using a program to create presentations, the original slide will have markup. We don't need her. Let's remove it.
Home – Layout – Blank Slide
3 Set the background image
As a background for our postcard, let's take some beautiful drawing. Go to the tab Design – Background Styles – Background Format
In the settings window on the tab Fill choose Pattern or texture
In section Paste from: press the button File and select the desired picture from the folder. Click the button Insert and press the button Close in the window Background format.
The selected image will be stretched to fit the slide. The background is ready.
Now we can do a little magic on our card to give it an even more original look. To do this, we will add several additional elements to the slide: Santa Claus, the text of his congratulations and the title of our postcard. Well, to make it clear that the congratulations are from Santa Claus, let’s make a callout for the text.
4 Add decorations and text
Let's get started. Insert a picture with Santa Claus.
Execute the command Insert – Drawing and move it to the lower left corner. We reduce its size a little.
Making a callout Insert - Shapes. We change the figure to the desired size.
Now you can add congratulations text with the command Insert – WordArt. We select a sample text font and replace it with our congratulations. Adjust the size of the frame with the text to the size of the callout.
We do the title of the postcard in the same way.
Well, the postcard is ready. All that remains is to save it as a picture and you can send it by email.
5 Save the postcard
To save, select the command File - Save As... We give the postcard a name and, most importantly, change the file type to Drawing in JPEG format
Choose Only the current slide.
Now let's save the presentation so we can use it to create other cards.
Video instructions for creating a postcard
Now watch these steps in the video below. From it you will learn: how to insert a picture, change its size, how to add text with congratulations.
Dear friends! Create beautiful original cards and delight your loved ones and friends with them. I did a selection of blanks for New Year's cards. It contains: Backgrounds, Santa Clauses, Snowmen, Christmas trees, Decorations, Symbols of the year and text greetings. And here selection of preparations for February 23. Still small selection of blanks for March 8. Download and practice creating e-cards
Another selection of New Year's images with transparent backgrounds for quickly creating original cards. Download archive 28 images
By the way, the Microsoft Office package includes a wonderful Publisher program, you can also make a beautiful congratulation in the form of a postcard, I already wrote on the blog in it.
How to search for pictures for a postcard?
To make creating a postcard as easy as possible, look for pictures with transparent backgrounds. Such drawings are most often in png or gif file format. It is preferable to use the first format. It preserves gradients well (smooth color transitions).
To search, go to Yandex. Select search section Images(block 1). Enter a key query - what image you are looking for. For example, the year of the pig New Year pictures. In the search tips you can select the most suitable query.
Image search in Yandex You can use filters on the images found. Click Show filters (block 2). An additional panel will open. Now we select the parameters for selecting pictures.
We select drawings by size. We don't need large sizes for an e-card. Therefore, I advise you to put Average or Little ones. In the thumbnails of the pictures you will see their true size.
Filtering the size of pictures Which size is preferable? On average, most monitors have a size of 1366x768. So try not to take larger pictures. Because when inserted onto a slide, it can cover it entirely.
Choose the orientation yourself. Everything is clear here. But in Type Don't choose a white background. It's easy enough to remove.
Filter by background But it’s still better to choose a picture without a background. To do this in the filter File select PNG.
Filter by file type Yandex will show drawings based on our selection criteria. In the thumbnails, all pictures will have a white background, but this is not the case. Click on any of them to view in larger size. Now, if in the background instead white you see the cells (chess), then this picture has a transparent background.
Displaying a picture with a transparent background in a search engine It is preferable to use for your greeting card collage. Right-click on it and select the command Copy image and paste it onto the slide.
You can do the same in another search engine.
Creating an animated postcard
The method of creating a static postcard was described above, but you always want something more. Let's try to liven it up a little and add falling snow. To create an animated picture, we need to work a little more and make several slides that differ in the position of the snowflakes on the slides. When quickly changing such slides, the effect of falling snow will be observed.
To save such an effect in a picture, you will need another file format - GIF, which is capable of storing and displaying animation in the browser. But Power Point does not support animation when saving to this format. Therefore, in the presentation editor we will make blank frames, and to create animation from them we will use an online service. Watch the video tutorial below.
I hope this information is useful to you. Congratulations to everyone on the holidays, future and past!
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You can make cards online for free to congratulate your loved ones on their Birthday, New Year, February 23, March 8, Valentine's Day and other holidays, using the Russian-language services presented, the principle of operation of which is very similar. A clear interface will help you create a postcard in a couple of minutes. You choose a template, upload your photo or specify the image’s address on the Internet, then edit, add effects, greeting inscriptions and download to your computer or share with friends online or by email.
A selection of services that allow you to make postcards online:
1. Fun Photo Box
For free, without registration, without SMS, create online postcards, cool animated pictures, add photo effects, photo frames and filters.
2.Funny.Pho.to
Free postcards, collages, photo effects, frames and photo montages online. Lots of editing tools and templates.
3. Postcard
On the service, you can select a ready-made postcard or create one online by uploading a photo to the template, adding congratulatory text, music or video, turning on elements, customizing the background, etc. and so on.
4. LoonaPix
5. PicJoke.net
Daily updated online service of photo frames and photo jokes. Online postcards in a couple of clicks.
Choose a template by topic or date, upload a photo and create a joke. Save the postcard to disk or share with friends on social media. networks.
6. Free postcard maker Pro100tak
Choose a postcard background from the proposed templates, upload a photo from your computer or a snapshot from your webcam, add your own text, you can use gold or fire letters. The mini photo editor allows you to work with layers, create copies of them, move them, change the rotation angle.
The finished postcard can be downloaded to your computer or immediately sent to a friend by email.
7.Photo effects “Create your mood”
Of course, you will create a mood not only for yourself, but also for the recipient of the postcard. Choose photo effects,
Nowadays, almost every user can easily create a greeting card or promotional brochure using popular programs and online services. In this guide, we will try to look at current methods for creating e-cards.
Method 1. Online services
The fastest and the best way creating virtual cards – design services. For example, Canva and Pro100Tak are great for this purpose.
Canva
This is a foreign resource that allows you to create booklets, posters, business cards, flyers, brochures, covers for music albums and much more. Here are both free and paid postcard templates.
Go to and create an account using email or social networks:
In the tab Layouts ready-made postcard options are presented. Choose any one you like with the tag For free:
We can edit and replace various elements of the layout. Click on the text of the layout and write a congratulation in Russian:
We also remove the extra characters from above and write the text at the bottom of the postcard:
You can experiment with fonts and text formatting in the editor:
Now let's try to work with the image. Select the image and change its transparency:
If desired, you can apply a filter, crop, flip the picture, and also change the interval between the background of the postcard and the image:
Once you are satisfied with the end result, click on the button Download:
The image processing process will start. We wait a few seconds:
The default image will be saved in the folder C:\Users\%Username%\Downloads\.
If you need to create a postcard again, to do this, click on the main page Create a design:
Looking for a section Events and select there an object called Postcard(see screenshot below):
Pro100Tak
This service is primarily aimed at the Russian-speaking audience. Its main disadvantage is that the postcard is saved with a watermark. If you want to remove it, you will have to purchase a VIP status (50 rubles for 30 days of using the service).
Let's try to test this service. Go to the main page of the Pro100Tak service and create a new account, which we will need to export the postcard:
After confirming your account, click on the tab Postcards:
An editor window will appear. Here we can change various elements, apply filters, add our own pictures, change the color tone and edit the text:
There are even prepared poems for various holidays (button Poetry). You can insert them into your postcard using the appropriate option:
To save the postcard in picture format, you must press the button Save to computer:
Method 2: Microsoft PowerPoint
This program is convenient because it provides a huge selection of different effects, styles and decorations, without which it is difficult to imagine a bright and memorable postcard.
So, launch PowerPoint, select Layout → Blank slide:
Double click on the image and select drawing style:
Now let's try adding text. For this you can use Insert → Inscription or Insert → WordArt. Let's use the last option:
We can also apply effects or transform our text using the option Format → Animation:
This is just a rough plan for making a postcard. You can experiment with colors, styles, and image backgrounds to get more interesting results.
To save the postcard, use the option File → Save as→ in the column File type select the image format (recommended JPEG or PNG).
Method 3. Graphic editors
There are a huge number of graphic editors that offer ample opportunities for creating postcards. Unfortunately, in practice, beginners have serious difficulties with choosing tools, searching for pictures and layout, so programs with a built-in postcard creation function, such as HP Photo Creations, are best suited for inexperienced users. The only disadvantage of such programs is paid access to exporting pictures.
It is impossible to imagine any holiday without gifts, general fun, music, balloons and other joyful elements. Another integral component of any celebration is greeting cards. The latter can be bought in a specialized store, or you can create it yourself using one of the Microsoft Word templates.
It’s not for nothing that they say that best gift- this is the one you made with your own hands. Therefore, in this article we will tell you how to make a postcard yourself in Word.
1. Open MS Word and go to the menu "File".
2. Select an item "Create" and in the search bar write "Postcard" and press "ENTER".
3. In the list of postcard templates that appears, find the one you like.
Note: In the right side list, you can select the category to which the card you are creating belongs to - anniversary, birthday, New Year, Christmas, etc..
4. Having selected the appropriate template, click on it and click "Create". Wait until this template is downloaded from the Internet and opened in a new file.
5. Fill in the empty fields by entering your congratulations, leaving a signature, as well as any other information that you consider necessary. If necessary, use our text formatting instructions.
6. Once you've finished designing your greeting card, save it and print it.
Note: On many postcards it is indicated in the margins step-by-step instruction with a description of how to print, cut and fold a particular card. Do not ignore this information, it is not printed, but it will be very helpful in practice.
Congratulations, you have made your own postcard in Word. Now all that remains is to give it to the hero of the occasion. Using the program's built-in templates, you can create many other interesting things, such as a calendar.
"offers to your attention an overview of the best services where you can make a postcard online for free, without registration.
You can make a greeting card not only for New Year's, for Birthdays, March 8, February 23, St. Day. Valentine's Day, but also for Easter Day, Anniversary, Wedding, April Fool's Day, April 1st and May 9th, Halloween. Even just sending a friend a postcard made online, for no reason, you will bring him moments of joy and laughter (and yourself while you are decorating it).
Using online services you can make flash cards, video cards, holiday cards with beautiful design... It’s enough to insert a friend’s photo into the selected template or choose a beautiful ready-made postcard.
Also, take the opportunity, on the occasion of the holiday, to send a cool voice and musical greeting to your mobile or landline phone using the service.
How to make a postcard:
5. — “Congratulations for all occasions.” Select a holiday, then upload a photo to ready-made template or you can design a postcard yourself, setting the background color or choosing a picture for it, adding video or music, animation, a congratulatory inscription... The simple interface of the service will allow you to easily make a funny online postcard and send it to a friend.
6. — “Cool video editor.” Choose a theme: holiday, funny, cinematic, cartoon, for men, for women. Select a video or photo effect, upload a photo, crop it, create a photo effect or video. The finished card can be saved to your computer or sent to a friend by email.
7. — “Greeting cards with your photos.” Choose a template, upload a photo and save the finished card to your computer. In addition to postcards, on the service you will create animation, add photo frames, filters and photo effects.
