![]() Greeting card messages are usually on the right of the inside of the card. Use your Select All and Delete skills to remove all the objects from Pages 2 and 3. I’m going to drag mine back down to the photo to make it on two-lines after all. Once your font is just right, play with the size or Text Box size to make an attractive cover. Your font will match your image color exactly. Once you find the color you like, release the mouse. You will see a sample of the color in a box about the dropper. ![]() Click and drag the dropper over a nice dark color in your image. Your cursor will change into an eyedropper or “dropper” cursor. From the Home tab>Font section>Font Color drop-down, select the dropper icon. Always select your text first BEFORE you make any changes. Match the color of your font to your image with the “Dropper” tool. You can adjust the size of the Text Box and your text will adjust to it’s “Best Fit.” Make it on a single line, by raising the middle bottom handle of the Text Box. Try out the Text Box tab>Text section>Text Fit drop-down>Best Fit to expand your text to fit your card! Now center your text within your Text Box it as you did on. Insert a Text Box from one margin to the other at the to of the card. (You don’t want to draw attention from the front of the card, right? We may change it later, but for now, just make your “byline” one or two sizes smaller. The font is automatically selected by the template. This centers your text vertically and horizontally within your text box. (Be sure your Text Box is selected of the “magic” Text Box tab will not appear. Now center your text in the middle of the Text Box using the Text Box tab>Alignment section>Align Center. (Shift-Enter adds a single space between lines instead of a new paragraph.) Add your name or “Mom,” “Dad,” “Sis.” The more personal, the better. Within your Text Box type, “Made for you by” and press Shift-Enter. Insert a Text Box that stretches from one blue margin line to the other, starting around 4” and going to the bottom right of the margins. To get you in the swing of things, let’s add a byline on the back of the card first. If you ever wanted to change your Page Setup, you simply change the templates settings to suit your needs. Since we selected the tall Portrait version rather than a wide Landscape version, Page Design tab>Page Setup section>Orientation drop-down is set to Portrait. Page Design tab>Page Setup section>Margins drop-down menu
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