Export your letterhead design as a high res PNG file There’s a great full-bleed letterhead template that you can download here. Create your design in CMYK color mode, and if you’re using photos or complex graphics make sure that they 300ppi or higher, because Microsoft Word compresses all images that you place into it. We’re using a full bleed design in this example with a 1/8″ bleed, which will give s us a document that is about 8.63 x 11.13 inches. We’ve created this example in Illustrator, but Photoshop and InDesign can be used to create letterhead designs too. So knowing how to create a Microsoft Word letterhead template is key. Microsoft Word is pretty low-tech compared to Illustrator or InDesign however, that’s what your clients are using and your letterhead design is useless to them if they can’t edit and add content to it. Generally they don’t own or know how to use advanced graphics-editing programs like Adobe Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop - and it simply doesn’t make sense for them to purchase those expensive programs. At the end of a design project, it’s common to hear your client say: “I need this as an editable letterhead template in Microsoft Word.”

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