Can't Set Flash Cards to Proper Width

[Rayroshi]

I'm trying to make 3" x 5" flash cards, using Word 2007; however, I can't get them to be the full 5"in width. Here is what I've done:



a. I set the page to 'landscape' view.
b. Inserted a 2 x 2 table.
c. Going to 'Table Properties,' I set the table to 'Center.'
d. Right-clicking on each column, I set the width to 'exactly' and '5 inches.'
e. Right-clicking on each row, I set the height to 'exactly' and '3 inches.'
f. Going to 'Margins,' I set the left and right margins to "1/2 inch."

However, my flash cards come out 3" high (which is good), but only 4 1/2" wide.

Any idea as to how I get it to give me a full 5" flash card (width)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Guessed]

Is the margin on the page or the table cell?

How wide is your landscape page? US Letter is 11 inches so the page margins will eat into the size you can make your flash cards unless you have very narrow page margins.

The column width could be being overridden by the Table width. For instance, if the table is told to be 9 inches wide and you make both columns 5 inches then each column will shrink to 4.5 inches.