Included are the instructions for creating your own Word document template. Once you learn these few skills, you can create your own Word document template for these two printables, and virtually any other Mom's Break free printable that contains a blank area big enough for text.
Although the skills needed to create a Word document template are fairly easy, you may find it easier to simply download the free templates for these two military printables. The links are provided below.
Download the "United States Flag" PDF free printable stationery from Mom's Break. If you need help with this, review this free tutorial:
(The tutorial for downloading printables is written for printables that are offered as zip folders. However, the steps to download a single printable are very similar.)
Open the PDF free printable stationery in Adobe Reader. If you need help with Adobe Reader or using Adobe Reader to print pages, review this tutorial:
Print one blank U.S. Flag stationery page (as shown to the left).
To create the Word document template for this stationery, you will need to measure the top and bottom, left and right margins (as shown to the left).
If you need more help with this, review a more complete tutorial for creating a Word document template for a free printable:
(That tutorial uses another Mom's Break PDF Free Printable as an example. The steps to create a Word document template are exactly the same for the soldier stationery.)
Using the measurements for the U.S. Flag stationery, change the Word document Page Setup margin settings.
(Refer to the tutorial mentioned in Step 2.)
In Word, open the template you just created and type your letter (or any other text).
As you can see in the example shown to the left, when you begin typing, the page will automatically start in the right place so that it will print correctly on the U.S. Flag stationery.
Now, you can use all of Word features to create your text: fonts, font sizes, font colors, as well as being able to insert clipart, pictures, or symbols.
Literally, anything that you can do in Word, you can now do so that it prints on the free printable that you want to use as stationery.
If you need a little more help with Word, please go to another free tutorial:
Print more blank U.S. Flag pages (see Step 1). Now, put that page back into your printer and print the letter that you just typed (shown to left).
You may need to experiment with how to put pre-printed paper into your printer so that it prints correctly. Once you determine whether to put it in face up or face down, you'll be printing your own stationery in no time!
For your convenience, you can download the Word document template for the Mom's Break PDF Free Printable United States Flag stationery:
This Word document will open in a new window, for your added convenience. Be sure to "Save As" and save the template to your computer!
This completes the tutorial for the Mom's Break PDF Free Printable U.S. Flag stationery. The steps for creating the Word document template for the "I Heart My Soldier" stationery are shown below, as well as a link to the downloadable Word template.
Support our troops!
Send a letter to someone in the military using Mom's Break PDF Free Printable military stationery!
Go to Mom's Break for the PDF Free Printable Flag Stationery: