Woohoo Postcards

After nearly three weeks of trying different methods for postcards, I finally tackled the postcard beast. I tried word 2003, a mail list client, and Microsoft publisher 2007, with no success. I even had the assistance of Microsoft on the phone and shared desktop and they could not get the postcards to work.

The problem I had was the mail merge print on one side did not match the mail merge on the reverse. I went through nearly 30 sheets of plain paper trying different variations. Nothing worked. Finally tonight I threw up my hands and said to heck with publisher and got it to work via word 2007 in less then an hour.

I shrunk the page size down to postcard size, then I had to create a custom print document for postcard size. I still cannot print 2 sides automatically, but it will allow me to print two sided manually. I simply grab the stack and put it back into the feeder. No time lost at all.

20+ hours of spinning wheels to finally tackle this monster. I think my fiance thought I was a bit crazy when she heard the woohoo on the other side of the house. I just want to give a shout out to the fine folks at Coke-a-cola for their coma inducing sugar highs, Scott for making me dislike the taste of his dust, and the fine folks at Microsoft for providing me the need to buy a new hat to cover this now bald head. Without them this great feat in my little world would not have been possible.

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4 Responses to “Woohoo Postcards”

  • Shae says:

    LOL! Too funny….but seriously…next time consider Click2mail.com. Keep truckin, my friend.

  • Bilge says:

    Honestly, I tried click2mail, but the perfectionist got the better of me. I just didn’t like how it turned out. Its about the same cost either way. The truck is always moving forward.

  • way to stick with it Jason. I’ve been there with computers many many many times, but i will say that is the reason I’m pretty good with them these days. I stuck with it and finally figured it out. good trait to have.

    I will say Click2Mail and printing them out yourself may cost about the same in money, but costs MUCH less in time. I wouldn’t worry to much about how perfect the postcard looks. The one I sent out could not have been more plain.

  • Bilge says:

    I may upload the postcard I made to click2mail on a later date. I enjoy competition, this little challenge has kept me motivated. Best part, we both win in the end.

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