5x7 templates? Need some DIY help!

I'm going to make my STDs out of 5x7 (fits an A7 envelope) cardstock I bought from Paper Source and an enclosure that measures 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 (fits standard 4bar envelope) to ask people to do a preliminary RSVP online so we can reserve the correct size reception space at the Westin.

I'm getting really frustrated. My problem is that I can't find any templates online that are for feeding 5x7 or the other size that are for doing that actual size paper. Am I doing something wrong in searching? Does anybody have a template for these sizes? The only templates I can find are for printing on a larger sheet of paper on which you would cut to make two 5x7s, but that isn't what I want... Could I still use that template and just print one side and feed the paper into my laser printer? Should I just adjust my margins in MS Word? Should I download a template for Quark? Please help before I go Office Space on my printer because it's not doing what I want!

I have a Xerox Phaser 7300 laser printer if that helps.

TIA!

If you are using MSword, you can use a "Custom" paper size.

Go to:

File - Page Setup - Paper -

Change Paper Size to CUSTOM and input the exact size for your paper i.e. Width: 5 Height: 7

You should be able to adjust the paper to any size acceptable by your printer.

Good luck!

I've only seen full sheets with 5x7 templates and you cut the paper down. If you're working in Quark can't you just create a document to your size then print? (I'm assuming you're looking to print on the paper that's already cut to size.)

You should absolutely be able to do a custom size in MS Word, Powerpoint, etc.

The only catch is that you have to use the feeder tray.

my boss and another editor and i have been screwing around with the printer and the color copier for like an hour and a half! finally my boss created my STD in a quark file and told me when i was ready to print to let him know and he will figure it out haha. he says i have to tell people i got my STDs at Kevin's Bridal

Maura - didn't i recently see a thread for proofs of your invites? are you doing invites and STD's at the same time?

we chose the invites before the STDs because we knew i'd probably be doing my STDs as a DIY project. also, i basically made my FI sit down a few weeks ago and decide on invitations so that i could decide on BM dresses based on the invitation colors haha, so thats why my invitations were designed first