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tnflower_lover

decal help

20 years ago

I have my decal paper, but what program can I use to print several pictures on the same sheet. bought 20 sheets for 25.00 and do not want to waste it with one pic. The picture I will be using will be kind of small(3"x2") Is there a free software out there somewhere?

TIA

Comments (11)

  • 20 years ago

    What I did was I cut and pasted the picture to word and then just printed all of them on one sheet. I am not sure if you have word or a similar typing application with your computer

  • 20 years ago

    I have doc-wordpad but it will not let me open my picutres.?

  • 20 years ago

    can you go to your picture and copy and then paste onto the wordpad doc??

  • 20 years ago

    I may be trying wrong, but i am opening it through adobe and can not get it to copy. I am not a wiz on the pc, but do love to learn.

  • 20 years ago

    Tnflower_lover, if you are using Windows XP, it gives you the option to print several on a page.

  • 20 years ago

    Don't want to hijack Tnflower's post..but I'm also interested in knowing how to do this. I also just have Wordpad and Windows XP! How do I get to the option to print several on a page.

  • 20 years ago

    I am using win.98 not xp. There has got to be some way (i hope)

  • 20 years ago

    This may not be the best option, but if you absolutly do not want to purchase anything you can use your Paint program.

    It is part of all Windows based OS. To find it click START->ALL PROGRAMS->ACCESSORIES->PAINT

    To place your images in Paint, click "edit" then select "paste from" - you will need to know where your image is saved at -I keep mine in "My Pictures". Double click on your image and it will paste it into Paint. You can click and drag on the corners to resize. You can also move your image around to a different spot. After I click off that image, I have not been able to work with it again - so you may have to just delete it and start over if that is the case.

    Always do a print preview and I always print on a regular piece of paper first to make sure I have everything correct before printing on decal paper.

    If you are going to do very much of this - it would be worth getting an inexpensive program.

  • 20 years ago

    I forget what extensions Adobe uses, but I don't think Word recognizes them. Your best bet would be to save your graphics in .jpg, then they should transfer fine. Try one and see if that works.

  • 20 years ago

    I must have them saved wrong, can not get them to open. They are Under "my pic." when i get that far it will not actually open the picture. What is program i can purchase for this, as i will be using it from time to time. I need one even i can figure out how to use...lol
    Thank you all S O much.
    Cara

  • 20 years ago

    Hi, I hope you don't mind my jumping in here but Word Pad will not work for this.

    Tnflower you don't say what format your picture is in but because you say you can open it in Adobe you must be using their Acrobat Reader? If so, you cannot just save the file in another format. You can copy the image if there is a picture of a 'camera' icon on the toolbar. Just click the camera then draw a box around the image, it will copy to your clipboard. If the 'camera' is not shown on the toolbar either your reader is not updated or the originating person did not give access for the image to be copied.

    Copying the image won't do you any good if you don't have Microsot Word, you need an image viewer/editor.

    You can get a free trial of Paint Shop Pro here and if you find you like it, just buy an earlier version on ebay, their pretty cheap now:

    http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel3/Downloads/Trials

    Here is another link with a ton of free image software stuff

    http://www.freebyte.com/graphicprograms/

    Hope this helps!