How to Make a Card in Google Docs

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This wikiHow teaches you how to make a folding card in Google Docs. You can use the Google Slides app from the free Google Docs suite of programs to do so.

Creating the Card's Inside

• If you aren't logged into a Google Account, enter your email address and password when prompted before continuing.

• Click a blank space on the slide.
• Press Ctrl + A (Windows) or ⌘ Command + A (Mac) to highlight the whole slide.
• Press the Del key (Windows) or the backspace key (Mac).

• On a Mac, make sure you're doing this on the page rather than in your Mac's menu bar that's at the top of the screen.

Create your text box on the left side of the slide. Click and drag from the top-left corner of the slide to just before the middle of the slide, then drag down to the bottom of the slide. This will be your card's left page.

• You can center your text by highlighting the text, clicking the "Align" tab (which resembles four stacked horizontal lines), and clicking the "Center" option which is the second icon from the left in the resulting drop-down menu.

• Click Insert.
• Select Image in the drop-down menu.
• Click Upload from computer in the pop-out menu.
• Select an image, then click Open or Choose.
• Resize the image by clicking and dragging its corners inward or outward.
• Click and drag the image to the location on the slide in which you want to store the image.

• Click Insert, then click Text box in the drop-down menu.
• Click and drag from the top-right corner to close to the middle of the slide, then drag down to the bottom of the card.
• Enter your text and images if necessary.

Creating the Card's Cover

Create a new slide. Click the ＋ icon in the upper-left side of the page, just above your top slide. This will add and open a new slide.

Delete the slide's contents. Click a blank space on the slide, press Ctrl + A (Windows) or ⌘ Command + A (Mac) to highlight the whole slide, and press the Del key (Windows) or the backspace key (Mac).

• Click Insert.
• Select Image in the drop-down menu.
• Click Upload from computer in the pop-out menu.
• Select an image, then click Open or Choose.
• Resize the image by clicking and dragging its corners inward or outward.
• Click and drag the image to the right side of the slide.

• Click Insert.
• Click Text box.
• Click and drag across the section of the image in which you want to create text.

• If you need to change the text's color, highlight the text in question, then click Format, select Text, select Color, and click the color you need to use.

Saving

Make any final changes to your card. Once you save your card, you won't be able to change it without going back to the card's project in Google Slides and then re-downloading it.

• On a Mac, make sure you're clicking File on the Google Docs page and not in your Mac's menu bar.

Click PDF Document (.pdf) . It's in the pop-out menu. A PDF version of your card should begin downloading onto your computer.

Wait for your card to download. This may take a few seconds. Once your PDF finishes downloading, you can proceed with printing it.

Printing

• On a Mac, you can also click File in the upper-left corner of the screen and then click Print in the resulting drop-down menu.

Select your printer if necessary. If the printer you want to use isn't selected at the top of the menu, click the current printer's name and then click the printer you want to use.

Set your printer to print double-sided. This step will vary depending on your printer, so check your printer's manual or online documentation for directions specific to your printer. With double-sided printing set up, your card will display the cover and the inside of the card on the same piece of paper.

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Fold the card. Make sure that the cover section is on the outside and the inside of the card is closed when you fold the card.

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When you click "word art," there is a little box that pops up toward the top/center of the screen (under the menu). In the box, type whatever you want ("Happy Birthday") then press enter. For multiple lines, press SHIFT+ENTER for every new line.

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You can usually find and download clip art for special occasions (e.g., a birthday) online. Using clip art with a message means you won't have to add text to your cover.

Depending on your printer's double-sided settings, you may need to go back to your Google Slides page and move the cover over to the left side of the second slide to ensure that it prints correctly.

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