• Free Printable Business Card Templates For Teachers

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Creating your own business card template from scratch using Word is a great way to experience the joy of extreme frustration. After much pain and anguish, we finally worked through the quirks and now you can avoid similar pain by just downloading one of the free business card templates below. In addition to the business card templates, you'll also find that we've explained how to use them below - how to add your logo, how to easily modify the colors, and how to quickly copy/paste your business card.

Business Card Formats

At your local office supply store, you'll probably find 2 main types of card stock for the business cards: 10 cards per page or 8 cards per page. The purpose of the 8 per Page format is to allow you to have color that extends all the way to the edge of the card.

All our business card templates are designed for standard-size business cards: 3.5' x 2'

Vertex42™ Business Card Template Collection

Cost: Free ($0.00)
License: Limited Use (Applies to all the business card templates listed below)
Required: Microsoft Word® 2002(XP), 2003, 2007, 2010

Tips for Customizing the Business Card Template

Editing your Business Card

TEXT: When you open the file, you'll see that only one of the business cards contains text. You will only need to edit a single business card, because you'll be copying/pasting later on.

Free Printable Business Card Templates For Teachers

GRAPHICS: We realize that one of the main things you'll want to do with these templates is choose your own color scheme, so we tried to make that simple by grouping all of the drawing objects (lines, background colors, etc.) so that you can change colors all at once. Hint: You can click on the 'Show/Hide ¶' button to view anchor points and tabs. You may need to use the Selection tool (the Arrow) to select some objects.

Adding a Logo to the Business Card Template

When using Word, inserting drawing objects and images can mess things up, and sometimes it does in fact take an expert to figure out why things are going wrong.

I don't guarantee that the following steps will work in all versions of Word, but hopefully you'll get the main idea and be able to format the objects and images as needed.

In Word 2003:

1. Place the cursor inside of one of the business cards.
2. Go to Insert > Picture > From File... to insert your logo.
3. Double-click on the image that you just inserted into your business card or go to Format > Picture. If you are inserting or editing a drawing object, select it using the selection tool and then go to Format > Object.
4. In the Format Object or Format Picture dialog box, go to the Layout tab and select Behind text or In front of text (under Wrapping style).
5. In the Layout tab, click on the Advanced button, which will take you to the Advanced Layout dialog box.
6. I usually set the vertical alignment to Absolute position of X' below the Margin. Also make sure Allow overlap and Layout in table cell are selected. We have found that positioning objectives relative to the Page leads to the greatest compatibility between versions of Word and OpenOffice.

Copy Your Business Card

We designed our templates so that you can edit a single business card and then copy it to the rest of the business cards on the page. Each of the business cards represents a cell within a table. It is important that you select the entire contents of the cell.

1. Put your cursor inside one of the business cards.
2. Go to Table > Select > Cell
3. Press Ctrl+c to Copy
4. Press Tab to move to the other cells in the table if you are using the 10-up version, or use the mouse to click in the other cells if you are using the 8-up version.
5. Press Ctrl+v to Paste

Print a Test Page

What you see on your screen may not be what you see when you print (especially if graphic objects are used), so before printing out 100 sheets of unusable business cards, test on a regular piece of paper.

Other Free Business Card Templates

• Microsoft Word Business Cards at templates.office.com - Microsoft's gallery includes some business card templates for Word and PowerPoint.
• Avery Business Card Templates at avery.com - Here you will find a link to the Templates for Business Cards, of which there are a great many. The downside is that you have to complete a sign-up form to download them (which you don't have to do at Vertex42).

Business Card Design

• Creattica - Some very creative business cards!

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Most of the institutions are making it compulsory for everyone on campus to have an identification card around his/her neck. This decision may have come out of increasing security risks or merely identification purpose, whatever may the reason be, everyone should have a separate kind of identification card for easy identification.

For making the process a bit easier, we have come up with best ID cards for teachers & professors of the institute. These cards can easily be downloaded from the link provided and can then be customized accordingly. Isn’t it convenient? So, what are you waiting for? Choose one now!

This card is bold yet very professional in its style. It has two parallel black rays on its top and bottom. Between these two strips, there is space for the photograph of the teacher on its left-hand side. Address of the institution gets the space at the bottom black strip. Name of the institution will be placed at the top of the card while its logo will come just below it.

The name of the teacher, his date of birth, date of joining and serial no comes below the name and logo. Blue background in the center increases the grace and uniqueness of the card.

Dimension: 3.38″ x 2.13″

Size: 457 KB

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This card is the 2nd in our list of 10 best-chosen cards for teachers or professors. The identity of a respected professor can be presented gracefully through such equally graceful teacher identity card. This card has a unique kind of customization of its color, designs, and selection of a font. It has a black patterned background, with a barcode for e-security purposes at the bottom.

Titles include the name of the institution, institution logo and the name of the teacher on the right side of the card. A proper space of 1″ X 1.3’’ is left for the placement of the photograph of the teacher.

Dimension: 3.38″ x 2.13″

Size: 263 KB

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This one is the user’s favorite card on the list. It has two parallel blue strips on the top and bottom. This color combination leaves a pleasant and positive impact on the viewer. To the left of the card, a square box is available for the photograph with the perfect placement. To its right, there is space for the name, date of joining and date of birth of the teacher.

The bottom is left for the address of the institution. The name of it, however, will be mentioned on the top of the card and below that there will be it logo.

Dimension: 3.38″ x 2.13″

Size: 144 KB

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A sky shade of blue is the most prominent thing on this card. Further, a light bokeh effect of lighter shade has enhanced the beauty and calmness of this card. The logo is placed at the top of the card, a picture of the professor on the right while other details like name, date of birth and joining along with the serial number will be placed just beside the 1″ X 1.3’’ picture.

The white color is chosen for the background of name and address of the institution which simply enhances the elegance of it. As a whole, the execution of this card has been done perfectly.

Dimension: 3.38″ x 2.13″

Size: 341 KB

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This card is on the fifth number on our list. It has two dominant colors in its design, white and blue. The base color is white as it covers almost seventy-five percent of total area of the card while the bright blue is used mainly for highlighting the important pieces of information. The right side of the card is occupied by a space of 1″ X 1.2’’ of the box which is dedicated to the photograph of the teacher for identification. The logo comes at the top of the white space of the card. In the middle, teacher’s name and address will be mentioned.

Dimension: 3.38″ x 2.13″

Size: 83 KB

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The sixth one of the teacher’s identity card is of vertical shape. This card color combination gives it an extremely elegant and decent look. A thick layer of olive green is placed on the left of the card which bears the title of this card. A spotted grey color, on the other hand, is on the right and it consumes most of the area of this card. Teacher’s photo will be displayed in a box which hangs right in the middle of the bridge of both the colors. Teacher name, institution logo, teacher’s date of joining and birth date will be in the grey area.

Dimension: 2.13″ x 3.38″

Size: 293 KB

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Another blue, another classic beauty. This card has a unique design on the left top corner while the remaining card is a complete blank, this makes it sophisticated in its own striking way. A prominent photo will be placed on the left side just below the design while the name will be placed beside the photo. The space below this information will be taken by the joining date, date of birth and phone number of the individual carrying it. Logo and address of the institute are the last elements to come over it. The address at the bottom will have a dark blue background to make it prominent, and give the card a new spark.

Dimension: 2.13″ x 3.38″

Size: 193 KB

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This pink and grey colored card is a unique one of the lot in many different ways. The soft pink color gives it cool and indulgent look while the combination of decorative grey just takes the breath away. The top portion is covered in pink which will highlight the logo and name of the institute along with the picture placed here. The grey, on the other hand, will have other information like the name, date of birth and joining date. In other words, this card may look simple, but it will have every needed element on it. Don’t just think, download it now!

Dimension: 2.13″ x 3.38″

Size: 143 KB

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Grey again, because it will complement the grace of our respected teachers very well. This card, however, is not as naive as it looks at the first glance. It has a unique colored highlighter used on it. A bright green which immediately steals all the attention of the onlooker. The name of the institution and title of this card are the most important elements that need highlighting thus this shade of green is used on them. This vertical card is very simple and holds very precise information on it. Just the date of joining and the name will be needed.

Dimension: 2.13″ x 3.38″

Size: 188 KB

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This card is another unique one of our selected ten. The uniqueness here belongs solely to the background color and design used. This color is very uncommon and you will agree with us that this kind of card is not something that you will come across very often. The information mentioned on it is very limited as only the name of the teacher and the institute is required along with the joining date of the professor. A picture of size 1″ X 1.2’’ will be placed on top which will be very visible there. This is not much to ask for, is it? But practically, this is all one need for identification.

Dimension: 2.13″ x 3.38″

Size: 220 KB

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