Get the free editable 3x5 index card template form

To create index cards in Microsoft Word first let's go ahead and click on page layout and under page setup we'll click the options here then click paper and here on the paper size let's scroll all the way to the bottom and click custom size now we can specify our own dimensions for the width let's go with 5 inches and tab over to the height and make that 3 inches next we'll click on margins let's make all these margins half an inch so click that down arrow until it says point 5 great next for the orientation instead of long ways let's make it landscape, so we'll click on landscape good now we'll click OK now you see the page is updated to what's effectively a 3 by 5 card now let's go ahead and click on the spacing change that to zero press Enter great now you can put whatever you want here maybe your favorite breakfast recipe you know hit return and hit tab and for this we need two eggs bacon great and once you have whatever you want on your card here we'll click on file and click on print this will give you a readout of what your file is gonna look like then go ahead and insert your 3 by 5 card into your printer and click on print and that's how you create index cards in Microsoft Word