Place Card Preparation

                                     Style        Samples      Formatting

You need to become familiar with the above categories in order for your place cards to come out exactly right.  Style will give your choices, Formatting will give general typing information and Samples will give detailed information based on your Style choices.  If you do not see what you want, just follow the format that is closest to your style and make sure you include detailed instructions at the top of your list.

 Before you begin, you need to decide -

Are you going to use "and" or "&"? Be consistent.	Mr. & Mrs. John Smith Or Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
Outside Layout	Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Or   Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Or Mr. and Mrs. John Smith             Table 10
Inside Layout	One, Two, Three, etc. Or Table No. _______                                                            (Or without line Or with actual number) Or Table Number ______                                                       (Or without line Or with actual number) Or Table _______                                                                    (Or without line Or with actual number) Or Please be seated at Table ______                                (Or without line Or with actual number)

Samples back

Select any of the underlined links below for detailed descriptions.  For your convenience you may also open or download one MS Word Document showing examples of how to format all of the list choices. In many cases the wording is intentionally inconsistent allowing you to see more options.

 Place Cards with Name only

 Place Cards with Name and repeat wording on inside

 Place Cards with Name and actual Table Number on inside

 Mini Envelopes and Insert Cards

 Mini Frames and Place Cards with Table Numbers on outside

 Place Cards with Name only back
Type each name as it will appear on the place card. Make sure you hit the "Enter" key after each entry and between each entry. If there are two or more names on the outside of one place card, make sure there is a blank line before the first name, no lines between the names and a line after the last name. Word Document

 Place Cards with Name and repeat wording on inside back
Type the repeat wording first followed by a space; then type each name as it will appear on the place card. Make sure you hit the "Enter" key after each entry and between each entry. If there are two or more names on the outside of one place card, make sure there is a blank line before the first name, no lines between the names and a line after the last name. Word Document

 Place Cards with Name and actual Table Number on inside back
Type each table number as you want it to appear on the inside. If you want "Table Six," you must type it exactly that way. Be consistent with each table.  Then type each name as it will appear on the place card. Make sure you hit the "Enter" key after each entry and between each entry. If there are  two or more names on the outside of one place card, make sure there is a blank line before the first name, no lines between the names and a line after the last name. View the form

 Mini Envelopes and Insert Cards  back
Type all the Insert information first. Type the seating instructions using a dash followed by the quantity to be printed for each entry. The samples below are informational only. You should use the same wording for all Inserts.

 Table One - 6

 Table 2 - 4

 Three - 7

 Then follow the directions for Place Cards with Names only.
 Word Document 

 Mini Frames and Place Cards that have table numbers on the  outside back
First type the repeat wording you would like before the table numbers. If there are no words that repeat, there is no need to type anything at the top of the list. Type each name as it will appear on the place card and hit "Enter".  Under the name, type the table number exactly as you want it to read. You may choose either numeral or word format. Make sure you hit "Enter" after each entry and between each entry.

If there are two or more names, make sure there is a blank line before the names, no spaces between the names and a space after the last name. The table assignment will be on the bottom line. Word Document

Please use MS Word, Notepad, Word Perfect or similar word processing software, please follow the guidelines below.  Sorry Excel files are not accepted at this time.

 Please:

 Do put a space/line between each entry - hit the "Enter" key

 Do Not use more than 1 column
 Do Not use "&" unless you want it printed 
 Do Not number each entry
 Do Not use any database tables such as Excel
 Do Not use all capital letters
 Do Not use abbreviations unless you want them printed
 Do Not use headers or footers
 Do Not worry about paging, just keep typing continuously
 

 Do save your list using your name as a .doc or .txt file
         Sue Jones.doc    or     Jones place cards.txt
 Do not save your list: guest list or wedding list

 

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