In pages, I am creating business cards. I noticed at the bottom right hand corner, it specifies which Avery product stock number to use, in order to print them out and match the perforation.
My question to the community is, how do you select a specific Avery product stock, if you do not want to use the one suggested ?
I am under the impression there are different types stock for printing ten cards to a page or even twelve...
Your two Macs are set for different localizations. A search of 'C32011" at Avery's US site returns this message below:
A4 is an international standard paper size, 297 x 210 mm, somewhat longer and slightly narrower than US Letter (279 x 216 mm). As noted above, Avery does not sell this size in the US.
"If I want to use Avery 28373 stock, how do I select that option?"
You do a search on the avery.com site using that product number. The result will be links to several MS Word templates. In the description for each you will find this list of "compatible products": 38373, 5881, 8373, 8866, 8869, 88221, 88220, 6574
28373 is US Letter size stock, with 8 cards per sheet. The template you see "on another computer", showing 5371 (a 10 up stock), will have a second version showing 5881 (the 8 card version shown in the compatibility list above).
This computer is set to a US (or similar) localization.
Regards,
Barry
Hi L,
The Business Card templates are for 'standard' business card stock—10 up, with no spaces between the cards, and 8 up, with a gutter surrounding each card. For the North American market, the stock in all cases is US Letter size, with a 0.5" margin top and bottom; 10 up stock has 0.75 inch margins left and right, 8 up has 0.5 inch margins and a 0.5 inch gutter down the center. Card size is the standard 3.5 x 2 inches.
Each template (of the ones I've checked) shows the 10 up layout as it's default page. The 8 up layout (and a blank page) are available through the +Page button in the Toolbar.
The Avery numbers, 5371 (10 up) and 5881 (8 up) are provided for convenience; Avery makes several types of stock for each of these sizes, with different finishes and intended for different types (ink jet, laser) of printers. You can find a list of all styles available at the Avery site.
The 8 up stock is intended for cards with an image background that goes to the edge of the card—the gutter allows the image to extend beyond the card edge; it's trimmed to the card size when the card is separated from the sheet.
Other manufacturers also have business card stock in the same sizes.
If there is 12 up stock available, it would be US Legal size, and would require 1 inch margins top and bottom to match the balanced margins of the US Letter size stock. I've not seen any, and suspect the increased waste, without a discernable advantage argues against manufacturers supplying this size.
Regards,
Barry
In the bottom right-hand corner of the business card I made in Pages reads Avery C32011. There are four vertical blue guide lines that indicate the length of the card, where the cuts or perforations would be.
I also have Pages on another computer, and on that one, there are only three vertical blue guide lines, which seems to indicate that the cards would be longer in length. In th bottom right it reads Avery 5371
I am under the impression, there is a way to select which type of perforation layout one wants to use. Both Avery stock numbers provides ten cards per page but are displayed differently...
If I want to use Avery 28373 stock, how do I select that option ?
Correction:
A4 is not an international standard paper size, it is the international standard paper size.
Only the USA, Canada and some parts of Mexico still go with the American antediluvian system.
Peter
Peter writes:
(In)"Correction:
"A4 is not an international standard paper size, it is the international standard paper size."
Peter, I know there are differences between Australian English and the version(s) of English used in other parts of the world, but until reading this I thought we all agreed on the meaning of "an."
A4 is an international standard paper size.
It is one of 22 standard paper sizes defined in ISO standard 216, 11 in the A series, 11 in the B series.
Additional international standard paper sizes are defined in two supplementary standards, ISO 269 (C series, used for envelopes) and ISO 217 (RA and SRA series of raw (untrimmed) sizes.
If any of these is "the" international standard paper size, it is A0, from which all of the others are derived.
A0 is defined as a rectangular sheet with an area of 1 square metre, and an aspect ratio of 1:√2.
Each succeeding size is one half the previous size, with the division done parallel to the short edge of the larger size.
B series sizes have the same aspect ration, and are "placed at the geometric mean between adjacent sizes" in the A series. B0 has a long edge of 1m.
Regarding "the American antediluvian system," I would concur with a description of 'antiquarian,' but, considering the respective dates of the deluge and the founding (or even the naming) of America, the joining of these two adjectives is a bit of an exaggeration, to say the least. ;-)
Regards,
Barry
What the Septic Tanks aren't still using the cubit!? 🙂
Fox News has misled me again!
Peter
How do you select a specific Avery Template?
