Due to the many Spam, Adware, Virus checkers and OS (Operating Systems) at many levels of revision, this procedure as documented in OE Help and on the Internet is very dicey. i.e. don't use OE Help to Make a Business Card, you'll be wasting your time... 

This is a procedure to create your OE Business Card using OOo (OpenOffice.org) and OE Stationery.

1. Open OOo Writer
2. Click on Format and select Page...
3. Select the Background tab
4. Pick a Background color
5. Click on the OK button
6. Type in your Name
7. Type in your Address 
8. Type in your Phone number
9. Type in your E-Mail address
10. etc. 

Select text and use the Format bar to change Font, Font Size, Colour, Position etc. AND you can add a picture/icon

1. Click on Insert  
2. Select Picture, From File... 
3. Resize your Picture
4. Click on Format and select Anchor, As Character
5. Click on File and select Page Preview.
6. Click on Close Preview

Make adjustments as per personal tastes by repeating the above steps

To make a Copy of your Business Card for OE, you must have a My Business Cards.odt file already created by OOo 

1. Open OOo Writer

2. Click on File and select Open...   Ctrl+O or Recent Documents and select My Business Cards.odt

3. Click on one of the cards

4. Click on Edit, and Select All   Ctrl+A

5. Click on File and New, Text Document   Ctrl+N
6. Right click on the blank page and select Paste
7. Add colour and other changes to your preferences
8. Use the Print Preview... for help with your final decision

File your OE Business Card

1. Click on File

2. Select Save As...

3. Set Save in: exactly as shown C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery 

4. Set Save as type: as shown HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Writer) (html)

5. Set the check mark V for Automatic file name extension

6. Type in your File Name: (with no extension) ex. My Business Card

7. Click on the Save button

1. Open Outlook Express
2. Click on the small arrow next to the icon for Create... 
3. A menu will drop with all the Stationery options you have available.
4. Select My Business Card 
5. Your New Message window will automatically open and be ready to complete your E-Mail 

1. If My Business Card is not present, click on Select Stationery...
2. Select My Business Card.html
3. Click on the OK button
4. Your New Message window will automatically open and be ready to complete your E-Mail 

Click on File and select New, Business Cards

Select the Medium tab

Set the Brand and Type fields and Sheet: button as shown

Click on Edit and select Select All   Ctrl +A

Press the Delete Key on your keyboard to clear the card

Start Creating

Type in your Name, Address, Phone number, E-Mail, etc

A Graphics Format bar will automatically appear.

Your picture with 8 green dots will now show on the window

Click on the Wrap Through icon on the Graphics Format bar 

Resize the picture by dragging one of the green dots

Your cursor will change to a 4 pointed arrow when you move the mouse pointer over the picture (if the picture has been selected and the green dots are showing)

Give your new file an appropriate name (My Business Cards) and store it where you can find it (My Documents\My Business Cards)

Before you do any printing on the business card paper stock, always print on regular paper in draught mode and black and white (to save ink). 

Place your printout under or over a sheet of business card paper stock and hold them up to a bright light to see the alignment of text within the boundaries of all the business cards 

You may have to make minor adjustments by adding/removing spaces or blank lines and repeat the above steps a few times before you reach satisfaction.

If the alignment is just too far out, it could be the setup of the page margins. See the section OOo Page Margin Setup below.

Change your paper

Change the printer properties back to normal and print your file