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futuremrsGafforio Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:12 AM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:12 AM

Monogram help!!

Monogram help!!! Can someone bump the instructions for me? I am getting very frustrated and I feel stupid for not being able to figure it out!!!!!

sarahradio5 Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:14 AM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:14 AM

Re: Monogram help!!

I was the same way...

for WORD? I'll try to help you if it was through WORD, since I finally figured it out. It's friggin' aggravating, though!!!

futuremrsGafforio Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:16 AM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:16 AM

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Haha, yes I figured I would start with Word!! I'm at work and I shouldn't even be doing this, but I've become obsessed with figuring it out!!! I see so many great pics on here....

BKtoLI Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:29 AM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:29 AM

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I found PowerPoint to be easier to use than Word for making monograms.

sarahradio5 Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:35 AM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:35 AM

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okay... you know that you have to make three text boxes with the initials in each box. I'm assuming your issue was mine... grouping them together? Well, I found the best way to do this was to... wait I have to go do it in order to explain it... lol. Okay... after you insert the 'new text boxes', you have to click on each one and go to 'Format', click on 'Text Box' and choose 'No Fill' and 'No Line'. (do this for all 3 text boxes)...

crud. You know I can't do it now? I've already done this twice! But this is on my work computer. I did it at home. If I figure it out again, I'll let you know! Sorry!

futuremrsGafforio Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:57 AM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 11:57 AM

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What do you think? It's not exactly what I want,...but......

Tina120206 Posted: Mar 16, 2006 12:07 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 12:07 PM

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i agree, I had such better luck in Power Point. I too, spent a whole day of work obsessing over figuring it out!

chellynyc Posted: Mar 16, 2006 12:21 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 12:21 PM

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Posted by futuremrsGafforio

What do you think? It's not exactly what I want,...but......

Now, I need your help...how did you do the names and date instead of just three intials?

futuremrsGafforio Posted: Mar 16, 2006 12:22 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 12:22 PM

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In Word I did one text box for last name initial, one for our names and then one for the date..... Are you using Word?

chellynyc Posted: Mar 16, 2006 03:47 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 03:47 PM

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Posted by futuremrsGafforio

In Word I did one text box for last name initial, one for our names and then one for the date..... Are you using Word?

OK, I did mine in Word....how do I now save it as a picture?

chellynyc Posted: Mar 16, 2006 03:58 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 03:58 PM

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anyone know?

sarahradio5 Posted: Mar 16, 2006 03:59 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 03:59 PM

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you have to group it all together (which is a b!tch), and then copy and paste it into Photo Shop or a similar program.

sarahradio5 Posted: Mar 16, 2006 04:00 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 04:00 PM

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Posted by futuremrsGafforio

What do you think? It's not exactly what I want,...but......

GREAT job!!! Such satisfaction when you finally DO IT!

futuremrsGafforio Posted: Mar 16, 2006 04:02 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 04:02 PM

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I just copied and pasted it into Microsoft Paint, then you can save it as a jpeg....hope that helps... I don't even know how I did it!!!

sarahradio5 Posted: Mar 16, 2006 04:07 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 04:07 PM

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Posted by futuremrsGafforio

I just copied and pasted it into Microsoft Paint, then you can save it as a jpeg....hope that helps... I don't even know how I did it!!!

I think God feels bad for us and lets it work (after hours of

), because I couldn't even tell you before how I did mine! It was luck! lol

cindyandkevin Posted: Mar 16, 2006 04:08 PM+

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Posted: Mar 16, 2006 04:08 PM

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I was trying to do this the other night!!

I feel like I need Monograms for Dummies!!

So I got to the part where I copied the 'Group' in MS Paint so that I could save it as a jpg. But when I did that it came out really small, and when I zoomed it went 'out of focus' so it wasn't readable. How do I make it bigger w/out messing it up??