OK, I didn't get the impression of a quarter-fold card from your original
post. Really, Word isn't an appropriate tool for this work. You can try
reducing the page margins -- the minimum will depend on your printer driver,
not on Word -- and enlarging the cells to match, then setting the cell
alignments to centered horizontally and vertically. The results probably
still won't be centered on the card pages. Some tips that may help are at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/UpsideDownText.htm.

I have Publisher but haven't tried this application of it. I believe it will
work.

My best recommendation, though, would be an inexpensive greeting card
program such as PrintMaster Greeting Cards (www.broderbund.com). That will
automatically handle the placement and rotation of graphics and allow
drawing and typing over them.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

rwroth wrote:
Thanks, Jay. The process you describe divides the usuable portion of
the page (i.e. inside the margins) but doesn't really divide the
entire page into quarters. If I were to enter text or insert a photo,
then fold the paper twice (to give a card, e.g.) the text or photo
would not be centered on the quarter panel. I guess I essentially
want to eliminate all borders, but can't do this. My final objective
is to place the text or photo into 2 or 3 of the quarters, fold the
paper twice and wind up with a card. (I don't have MS Publisher,
which I'm told may do this - but hope to use Word.) Roy

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

rwroth wrote:
In Word 2003, how can I divide a standard page into quarters so that
I can then put different text or a photo into each quarter?

Insert a 2-column, 2-row table. In Table Table Properties Row,
set the preferred row height to slightly less than half the distance
between the top and bottom margins. For example, on a Letter-size
page with 1-inch top and bottom margins, the row height should be
4.35" or less.

The "slightly less" part is required because Word insists on having a
paragraph mark below the table, and making the table occupy the
entire height of the page will force that paragraph -- and possibly
the second row of the table -- to a second page. You can make the
row heights 4.45" if you go into the paragraph after the table and
make its font size 1 pt.

To remove the table borders, put the cursor in the table and press
Ctrl+Alt+U (or use Format Borders and Shading None).

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org