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01/12Extreme Tip: Getting crafty
See how to combine a simple line border with elegant damask images from our
Illustrations Wedding collection to create a modern, elegant border. Read
step-by-step instructions to learn a technique you can use to create your own
totally new border designs using parts using pre-existing artwork. 

12/11Extreme Tip: Filling in the gaps
Learn how to use a floating shape object to fill in part of a zig zag pattern and create
a faux border at the bottom of a card.

11/11Extreme Tip: The perfect shade of...
Learn how to create color test sheets to get just the right color value from your printer.

10/11Extreme Tip: The center of attention
Learn how to use the Margin Top and Margin Left controls on the Background palette
to center the pattern in a custom background.

09/11Extreme Tip: Cut it out
See how to use the Eraser tool in the Selective Color feature to erase part of an image to
make some white areas transparent while leaving other white areas opaque.

08/11Extreme Tip: Feeling baseline shifty?
Learn how to use the Baseline Shift setting to adjust the vertical position of Alternate Fonts
on envelope addresses to perfect the distance between the two fonts.

07/11Extreme Tip: Borderless tricks
Learn how to fool your printer into printing design elements all the way to the edge
using non-standard borderless stationery sizes.

06/11Extreme Tip: Expanding your words
See how to use the Horizontal Stretch and Vertical Stretch controls in the Character palette
to stretch characters to make them wider or taller.

05/11Extreme Tip: Custom border 411
Learn how to create fabulous custom borders using the controls in the Border palette. Use the
more advanced controls to adjust outline overlap and spacing.

04/11Extreme Tip: Mastering layers
Learn how to work with floating objects that are layered one on top of each other. Use the tools
in the Align palette to move objects up and down in layer order.

03/11Extreme Tip: A change of color
See how to use the Colorize feature to replace all of the color in an image. This feature
especially useful for working with black images or motifs.

02/11Extreme Tip: Floating away...
See how to disable or hide floating objects to make it easier to click in the main text
area of your stationery when you have many floating images, text boxes, shapes or monograms.

01/11Extreme Tip: Alternating line colors
Learn how to use the Alternate Line Color feature in PrintingPress Extreme 6.0 to use a
secondary line color with custom borders.

12/10Extreme Tip: In any case...
Learn how to use the Text Case feature in PrintingPress Extreme 6.0 to change your
text to upper or lower case — even on addressed envelopes.

11/10Extreme Tip: Pushing the envelope
See how to use the new Envelope Liner stationery type available in a downloadable update
posted for all 6.0 versions of PrintingPress to create custom envelope liner designs. Place
your order online, and we will print and trim the liners for you.

10/10Extreme Tip: Color me happy
Learn how to use the Selective Color tool to recolor just part of an image. Includes
expert tips on using the Contiguous setting

09/10Extreme Tip: Everyone get in line....
See how to use the Print offset fields in the Print window to make minute adjustments to
your printer's alignment.

08/10Extreme Tip: Pattern transformations....
Learn how to scale, rotate, or make white transparent for patterns using new controls in
the Adjust palette in PrintingPress Extreme 6.0.

07/10Extreme Tip: Line things up....
Learn how to use PrintingPress Extreme 6.0's new text column feature to add columns
to the main text area or to floating text boxes.

06/10Extreme Tip: Going round and round...
See how to bend the return address on an envelope into a circle around an image.

05/10Extreme Tip: Patch it together
Learn how to use shape objects to create your own patchwork pattern. Then use the pattern
to fill text, border, background or shape in any stationery.

04/10Extreme Tip: It's fontastic!
Learn how to use the Alternate Font feature to use multiple fonts for addressed envelopes,
address labels, place cards and postcards.

03/10Extreme Tip: Pitter patterns...
See how to create advanced custom patterns with multiple colors.

02/10Extreme Tip: Now you see it...
Learn how to use one of the most important tools in PrintingPress Extreme to make the
white ares in any image transparent.

01/10Extreme Tip: A new SLANT on things
See how to use the Skew control to adjust the slant of your text. Bend it to the left or the right
to give all your fonts a makeover.

12/09Extreme Tip: Be my guest
Learn how to add guests to your Guest List in projects without
envelopes or names in the Mailing List.

11/09Extreme tip: Hide and seek
See how to find images, border images and background images from
newsletter projects that you've imported in the past.

10/09Extreme tip: A perfect crop
Learn how to crop a rectangular photo to a perfect square (or circle) using
the controls in the Size palette.

09/09Extreme tip: Custom transfigurations
Learn how to modify custom patterns from newsletter projects. Change
the background color or the repeated shape color to work with any
color scheme.

08/09Extreme tip: What a great accent!
See how to use the Special Characters toolbar to add Accents and
other special characters. Also learn how to browse through all the
available characters in a font.

07/09Extreme tip: Monogram mayhem
Learn how to change monogram settings using the controls in the
Character palette in the Text palette group.

06/09Extreme tip: Weaving in and out
See how to use the custom pattern creator to design your own gingham
pattern using any size and color stripes.

05/09Extreme tip: Alignment alterations
Learn how to use the tools in the Paragraph palette to align and nudge your text.

04/09Extreme tip: Copycat
Copy borders and backgrounds and paste them onto any stationery, text
box, shape, image or monogram in a snap using the buttons in the toolbar.

02/09Extreme tip: Shove on over
See how to use the controls in the Paragraph palette to nudge your text
left, right, up or down.

01/09Extreme tip: Stay with the group
Learn how to grouping floating objects in order to move, resize or rotate
several objects as a single unit.

12/08Extreme tip: Printing outside the box
See how to use Extreme 5.0's new overprint feature to print beyond the edge
of your design. Then you trim the card down to size using a rotary trimmer.
Also great for labels!

11/08Extreme tip: Repeated Text Repeated Text Repeated Text
Use Extreme 5.0's new repeated text feature to add a pattern of text to any
shape or stationery background. Fabulous for personalized gift wrap!

10/08Extreme tip: Picture perfect
Learn how to add your own photographs to Mountaincow newsletter designs.
Download the project, then replace our placeholder images with your own
adorable pix.

09/08Extreme tip: A kaleidoscope of colors
Use Extreme's recolor image feature to lay a color filter on top of any image
to recolor or tint the image.

08/08Extreme Tip: Line it up
Learn how to create a horizontal line for response cards quickly and easily.

07/08Extreme Tip: Pattern proportion
See how to resize patterns in order to make the design larger or smaller,
depending on the look that you want.

06/08Extreme Tip: Use your image-ination
Learn how to use images, borders and backgrounds from newsletter projects
in your own projects.

05/08Extreme Tip: Adhering to the rules
Check out our illustrated instructions on loading the tape into the Scotch ATG
double-stick tape gun. We also show tips on how to use the gun to adhere
cards together.

04/08Extreme Tip: Shape up your border
See how to use Extreme's Image border fill type to add an extra dimension
to custom borders. Use it to repeat an image within a custom border.

03/08Extreme Tip: Vertical justification
Use Extreme's Justify Vertically vertical text alignment to evenly space your text
vertically on your card.

02/08Extreme Tip: Center stage
Use a floating shape object that is locked in position to align other objects on
your stationery.

01/08Extreme Tip: Follow that pattern!
Learn how to use a pattern from a newsletter project in your other projects.
Once you have imported the project, you can use the pattern in any text,
border, background or shape.

12/07Extreme Tip: Zoom...
Use Extreme's zoom feature to magnify your stationery in order to finely position
floating objects.

11/07Extreme Tip: Selecting floating objects
Learn all the different ways to select multiple floating objects on your stationery.

10/07Extreme Tip: Aligning floating objects
Use the alignment tools to align multiple floating objects. You can align the
objects relative to each other or relative to the edges of your stationery.

09/07Extreme Tip: Personalize your postage
Learn how to submit images for Mountaincow's Custom Image StationeryStamps.

08/07Extreme Tip: Outside the box
Use Extreme's shape tool to add design elements that extend beyond the edge
of your stationery. You can use them to create a stripe, or to add a block of color
to one side of your card.

07/07Extreme Tip: Cut it out
See how to use white to block out part of a design for a cutout look. The example
shows a custom border with the Bumps line type. We added a shape object above
the custom border with a Dotted line type in white to punch out holes in the bumps.

06/07Extreme Tip: Seeing Stripes
Learn how to use Extreme's custom pattern creator to create a striped pattern.
Use any palette of colors for your own unique combination.

05/07Tech Tip: Mac solution
PrintingPress does not run native on Mac computers, but you can still use
the software if you follow these instructions.

04/07Extreme Tip: On the sidelines
Use the new Line custom border types to add a stripe along one side of your
stationery. We added Line (Top), Line (Bottom), Line (Left) and Line (Right) custom
border shapes.

03/07Extreme Tip: Stick it to ‘em
Learn tips on creating labels, address labels or multi-up place cards with
PrintingPress Extreme. You can customize the size of the label, how many labels
per sheet, and the sheet size.

02/07Extreme Tip: Pattern Perfect
Use Extreme's recent pattern menu for quick and easy access to a pattern
anywhere on your stationery. Once you have applied a pattern to a design
element, it's ready for use anywhere.

01/07Extreme Tip: Bending to your will
Learn how to use Extreme's text on a curve feature to bend text in a variety of
shapes. Our example wraps text around a heart.

12/06Extreme Tip: Transparent tricks
Adjust the transparency of shape objects to allow other design elements to show
through. This lets you create subtleties in your design.

11/06Extreme Tip: Stretch your words
Use Extreme's stretch justify text alignment to fill a space with text. Then use the
Stretch tools to tweak character width and height for precise placement.

10/06Extreme Tip: Fill ‘er up
Use Extreme's custom border fill types to fill borders with shapes or images.
Choose from the built-in shapes or use any image that you have on your hard disk.

09/06Extreme Tip: Going dotty
Create dotted line borders using Extreme's Dotted line type for custom borders.
The dotted line can be adjacent to or overlapping the border fill, and the dots
can be separated for an airy look.

08/06Extreme Tip: Stretch to the limit
Add a background color to a text box or monogram, then stretch the object in order
to create a stripe with the text or monogram at the center.

07/06Extreme Tip: Using outlines for semi-bold text
Create REALLY bold text by adding an outline to your text. You can use the Auto
line thickness to automatically adjust the thickness based on the point size of the
text, or you can specify an exact line thickness.

06/06Extreme Tip: Movin' on up
Learn about the different layers in your stationery and how to move objects within
and between those layers.

05/06Extreme Tip: Follow the dotted line
Use Extreme's text on a curve to add curvy dotted lines to your card. Start with a
text box filled with "."s and you're ready to go.

04/06Extreme Tip: Is the border half empty or half full?
Set negative margins for custom borders to create custom borders with lines just
on the top and bottom or only on the left and right.
Note: Extreme 5.0 users can just use the Line (Top/ Bottom) or Line (Left/Right)
border shape.