title: “How To Make Flashcards On Word” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-12” author: “Ruth May”
How to Make Your Own Flashcards in Word
Flashcards are a wonderful learning tool both for children and adults, but writing each one by hand can be time consuming. With Microsoft Word you can make your own flashcards and print them out ready to use.
While older versions of Microsoft Word had simple flashcard or index card templates, it seems those templates were no longer available as of Word 2016. No need to fret because making flashcards on Word is still easy to do, and you can save your flashcards as a template as well.
Open Microsoft Word and select a new blank document. Click Layout Tab, this is going to allow you to resize the page into a more proper flashcard size. Under Layout > Orientation, select Landscape. In Layout > Size, select 4”x 6” size. This will give you the perfect size for printable flashcards. Type out what you want the card to say and press Ctrl+Enter to create a new card. This is where you write the response for the first card if necessary or create a new card. Also, remember you can go to the Design tab and add a theme, colors, and effects to the flashcards if you need them to stand out a bit or make them colorful.
How to Make Index Cards from the Envelopes & Labels Printing Settings
Another easy way to make index cards is by using the envelopes and labels printing settings in Microsoft Word 2016. Here’s what you need to do:
Start with a blank document in Word and go to the Mailings tab. Select the Labels option in the top left of the Mailings tab. A window will open up, click the Labels tab, and select the Options button. Now select Index Cards from the menu. To the right of the selection, you will see the measurements for the index card.
Printer Settings for Flashcards on Word
Now that you are done creating the cards, it’s time to have them all printed out. If you have the style of flashcards where you need one side with a question or statement and the opposite side to have the answer, then you will want to turn on double-sided printing. If you just need to have the information or image printed on one side of the card, then make sure you have double-sided printing turned off.
Go to File > Print. Now just choose the size you selected for the cards: 3.5 x 5 or 4x6. You might want to select Narrow Margins for the flash cards.
Save the Flashcards as a Microsoft Word Template
Even though the steps to create flashcards are simple to follow, it will make life easier if you just save this file as a template. This way, you can always jump right into the formatted document and just insert the new information you need for the new index cards.
