Tag Archive: Tutorial

How to Design a HVAC form in Excel

Posted on November 2, 2017, by Progressive Printing Team

The above HVAC Repair Checklist form features everything you need for HVAC repair! The form lists up to 4 HVAC units, repair recommendations, description of work, total summary, and has an extensive checklist. This form is available for customizing on our website but what if you wanted to take complete control over your own HVAC repair form? Doing it yourself gives you the creative freedom to place information where you want it without having to go through a third party.

Today I will be re-designing the above form using Excel 2016.

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Custom Design a #9 Reply Envelope with Microsoft Word

Posted on July 6, 2017, by Progressive Printing Team

Reply envelopes are pre-printed with your company address, a place for a stamp and three lines for your client’s return address. These envelopes are a marketing strategy used when expecting return mail. This return mail can be anything from donations, payment, feedback and signed forms.

Creating the artwork for your own reply envelopes gives you the artistic freedom over fonts and logo arrangement. It’s a simple product to design so why not take the time and make sure that this small piece of marketing material stays true to your brand image? No one knows your brand image better than you, after all!

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How to design a business card using PowerPoint

Posted on October 2, 2015, by Progressive Printing Team

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Designing a business card with PowerPoint might not be the most conventional method but some people may find it easier than Microsoft Word. While Word handles typed documents and letters, PowerPoint is a design program used most often for graphs and presentations. So why not apply the same concepts to designing your own business card?

 

Creating your own marketing products can be very rewarding and give you a sense of control over your company brand. By following this simple guide, you will be on your way to using PowerPoint for your very own business card.

Today I will be creating a Fiat Business Card using PowerPoint 2013.

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Creating a 9×12 Envelope in Word

Posted on September 5, 2014, by Progressive Printing Team

envelope with watermarkThis tutorial shows you step by step how to create a unique design for a 9×12 envelope. These envelopes are typically printed with just the customer’s logo and address on the top left corner. However, these large envelopes have a ton of space that can be utilized to create a stunning first impression.

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Designing a Landscaping Invoice Form Using Microsoft Excel

Posted on April 25, 2014, by Progressive Printing Team

formcompleteToday I will be using Microsoft Excel 2013 to design a lawn care services work order. The purpose of this tutorial is to help landscapers create a custom form based solely on their business needs. I will be using our lawn care services work order form as a base to work off of but will be transforming it into a layout that can be recreated in Excel or other spreadsheet programs.

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Converting Logos from Color to Grayscale

Posted on March 7, 2014, by Progressive Printing Team

Converting your full color logos to grayscale allows you to have more control over how your image will look once printed. The process is rather simple and in most programs you can do it with a click of a button. However, there are times when the automatic conversion produces unsatisfactory results. Below are some simple tips on what you can do to achieve what you’re looking for in a grayscale logo.

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Designing a Purchase Order form in Microsoft Word

Posted on February 14, 2014, by Progressive Printing Team

Work order (Garamond Gray design)For companies looking to create their own business forms, Microsoft Office is an invaluable resource. The Microsoft library offers a variety of pre-made forms that can be used as a base to create invoices that fit your business. These tweaks are easy to do and this tutorial will offer tips on how to quickly make edits to Microsoft’s Purchase Order Invoices.

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How to set up a business card using InDesign

Posted on December 16, 2013, by Progressive Printing Team

pool-bc For the purpose of this tutorial, I will be setting up this business card for print using Adobe InDesign. The artwork has been created in a separate program and will be imported in. While InDesign is great for page set up, creating original artwork is best left to vector drawing programs like Illustrator.

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Designing a Work Order Form in Photoshop

Posted on November 25, 2013, by Progressive Printing Team

HVAC finishPhotoshop is usually not the recommended program for creating business forms. But if you’re wanting to design your own business form and Photoshop is all you have, you can still create a nice form without having to buy more expensive programs. The end result will essentially be the same; a professional form you can fully customize to fit what you’re looking for.

Creating custom business forms in Photoshop is easy as it only requires three main tools: lines and shapes, inserting text, and placing images. Because we are using basic tools, if you have another photo editing program other than Photoshop, you could probably follow along using that instead.

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Creating Invoice Template using Adobe Photoshop

Posted on February 12, 2013, by Progressive Printing Team

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You probably would not think of Photoshop as your first choice to design invoice forms. However, in this step by step tutorial we will show you that Photoshop is more than a picture editing software. You can easily create an invoice form for your company while you learn some basic features of Photoshop Elements. Step by step instructions with visual aids are provided here to help you create many other forms you may need in the future. You will notice in this tutorial that creating lines, copying and pasting, inserting texts are the main features used. Whether you are new to Photoshop, or an expert at other programs you will find this easy to follow tutorial convenient and helpful to get started.

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