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Easter Cards with a spring look, perfect for inserting happy photos. Father’s Day What Dad wouldn’t want to skip the polyester tie in favor of a photo keepsake of the kids? Mother’s Day Photo templates of cards that are gifts in themselves. Other events Includes Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and inspirational messages. To create greeting cards using the PhotoSuite program: 1. Click the large Compose button on the Welcome screen, or the Compose button on the Navigation bar. The Navigation bar is located below the Menu bar. 2. Click Cards & Tags on the Activity panel. 3. Click Greetings on the next Activity panel displayed. Select a category of templates from the drop-down menu as shown in Figure 15-15. A number of greeting card templates appear on your screen. 4. Open photos you want to use and drag and drop them into the template, as described previously in this chapter. FIGURE 15-15 PhotoSuite 4 contains dozens of greeting card templates organized by category. Select a category of greeting cards from the drop-down menu. Double-click any card template. CHAPTER 15: Making Works of Art and Fun from Scanned Photos 279 15 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Making a Card with PhotoDeluxe PhotoDeluxe includes a half dozen or so interesting greeting-card templates. To access these templates, simply click the Cards & More link located on the left side of the program screen, as shown in Figure 15-16. You can then drag and drop photos into the template layout, as described earlier in this chapter. FIGURE 15-16 Making a greeting card with PhotoDeluxe Create an Illustrated Calendar Calendars are a popular gift because they’re functional and decorative even if you already have more than one. You can create them using a special calendar template, or create one on your own with a little help from a word-processing program. Designing a Calendar Using PhotoSuite The hardest part about creating a calendar with PhotoSuite is choosing among all the different template styles. Your first decision is whether you want to use the monthly or yearly calendar templates. Your first thought might be, “Why would I want to create a Select a template category from the drop-down menu. Click here to access templates. 280 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. calendar for only one month?” The answer is that you can bind the monthly pages, like the one shown in Figure 15-17, to create a calendar with a different photo for every month. FIGURE 15-17 Create a calendar from scanned photos. To use any of the PhotoSuite calendar templates, follow these steps: 1. Click the large Compose button on the Navigation bar, directly below the PhotoSuite Menu bar. 2. Click Calendars on the Activity panel. 3. Choose 1 Month, Quarterly, or Yearly from the available options on the Activity panel on the left side of the screen. A number of thumbnail templates from the category you selected appear on your desktop, as shown in Figure 15-18. CHAPTER 15: Making Works of Art and Fun from Scanned Photos 281 15 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 15-18 PhotoSuite offers dozens of templates and calendar themes. 4. Select the year and/or month you wish to display on the calendar. 5. Double-click the thumbnail of the template you want to use, then click Next to see it full size on your desktop. 6. You can return to the thumbnail view of the templates by clicking the Back arrow in the upper left corner of the screen. 7. Drag and drop photos from the Library to the template, or open photos from disks or your hard drive, and drag and drop them into the calendar template. You can resize and reposition the photos, as necessary, with your mouse. 8. When you’ve finished loading, resizing, and positioning your photos, click the Finish button. Consider adding props from the PhotoSuite prop database to your calendar for added impact. The topic of adding props is discussed earlier in this chapter. Creating a Calendar with PhotoDeluxe PhotoDeluxe contains two templates for creating calendars: monthly and yearly. To access and use these templates, follow these steps: 1. Click the Cards & More link located on the left side of the program screen. Select from several calendar layouts and themes. 282 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 2. Select Month or Year from the Navigation bar, directly below the Menu bar. 3. Drag and drop photos into the template layout, as described earlier in this chapter. Use Microsoft Word to Create a Calendar from Scanned Images To create a basic calendar using the Microsoft Word Calendar wizard, follow these steps: 1. On the File menu, click New. 2. Click the Other Documents tab. 3. Double-click the Calendar Wizard icon in the dialog box, as shown in Figure 15-19. The Microsoft Word Calendar wizard appears. FIGURE 15-19 Creating a calendar with Microsoft Word 4. Follow the steps in the wizard to create a Microsoft Word calendar document. 5. After you’ve created the basic calendar document, import image files from scanned photos by placing your cursor at an insertion point and choosing Insert | Picture. Click here to access the Calendar wizard. CHAPTER 15: Making Works of Art and Fun from Scanned Photos 283 15 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. . category from the drop-down menu. Click here to access templates. 280 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. calendar. pages, like the one shown in Figure 15-17, to create a calendar with a different photo for every month. FIGURE 15-17 Create a calendar from scanned photos. To use any of the PhotoSuite calendar. Library to the template, or open photos from disks or your hard drive, and drag and drop them into the calendar template. You can resize and reposition the photos, as necessary, with your mouse. 8.