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Mrs. Penguin, Sacramento Age and Occupation: 26, Video & TV Producer/Director/Editor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I'm a silly mess of a girl who, above all else in this world, LOVES the Spice Girls. I eat sushi at least 3 times a week, and feel guilty about how much it costs the other 4 days a week. I love designer jeans and cheap accessories. I don't like sweets, but I love the UCLA Bruins!
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Monograms For The Technologically Challenged

September 28th, 2007 @ 10:56 am by Mrs. Penguin

Want to create your own monogram but don’t know how to go about it? Here’s a simple (and free!) way to create a monogram using Microsoft Word and MS Paint:

Step 1: Open MS Word and navigate to “Insert“, then from the drop down menu, choose “Textbox


Step 2: Draw three boxes, roughly the size you think you’d like each initial. Typically, people like to have their first name initials small, and their last initial larger. Don’t worry, these can always be resized and moved.

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Step 3: Right click on each individual box and choose: “Format Text Box


Step 4: For all 3 text boxes, format them accordingly:
Fill- No Fill
as well as
Line- No Line

Step 5: Type in your Monogram in each of the boxes. Change the fonts and sizes as you like. The boxes you originally made can be resized and moved easily.

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Step 6: When the monogram is to your liking, select all the letters by clicking each one holding the Shift key. Now right click all 3 highlighted letters and choose “Grouping” then “Group” to lock the letters in place.


Step 7: You should now be able to copy and paste this monogram into MS Paint. Highlighting the whole sequence is a bit tricky, you have to click on one of the letters first, then”Ctrl+Click” on another letter to highlight the whole monogram. Hit “Ctrl+C” (Copy), open MS Paint, and hit “Ctrl+V” (Paste).You can now save your monogram as a jpeg, tiff, or gif. Just Click “File” then “Save As” and use whatever format you like.

There are a lot less complicated methods of making monograms, but this is the easiest way to do it using resources that most people already have. I’ve tried using MS Paint, but that darned program is a lot less user friendly than MS Word.

8 Responses to “Monograms For The Technologically Challenged”

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Miss Petunia says:

Hello! You’re awesome!

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andrea says:

God Bless You!!

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Miss Cherry Blossom says:

very awesome tutorial! shanks muchies!

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kp says:

thank you so much for this MS WORD-based tutorial!! :D I would love to use design programs such as Illustrator/Photoshop to create wedding elements..but (a) I don’t own said programs and (b) I don’t know how to use them..which is why I’m trying to create my Save-The-Dates on Word!! it’s quite tricky!! :D

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Rockbride says:

What a thorough tutorial, Thanks Ms. Penguin!

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Mrs. Violet says:

great tutorial! i use Microsoft Publisher and it works easily as well.

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nancEE says:

Miss Penguin, You are awesome! Thanks for the tutorial!! :-)

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Mrs. Penguin Mrs. Penguin, Sacramento Age and Occupation: 26, Video & TV Producer/Director/Editor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I'm a silly mess of a girl who, above all else in this world, LOVES the Spice Girls. I eat sushi at least 3 times a week, and feel guilty about how much it costs the other 4 days a week. I love designer jeans and cheap accessories. I don't like sweets, but I love the UCLA Bruins!