• Business card layout
• Thick paper
• a printer
• Metal ruler
• Stationery knife
• Transparent adhesive film

DIY business card creation can be divided into the following stages:

1. Preparing a business card layout
2. Placing a business card layout on a sheet of paper
3. Printout
4. Lamination (if necessary)
5. Cutting business cards

Preparing a business card layout

At this stage of making a business card, we choose what our future business card will be like. Her style, color, information. If at this stage you blame the fool, it may turn out that all further actions will be a waste of time and energy. In general, the topic of creating a business card design is too extensive and varied to fit in this article.

Options for creating a business card layout:

1. Creation of a layout from scratch in graphic editors. For example Photoshop, CorelDraw, Paint and others.
2. Editing ready-made templates in the same Photoshop and CorelDraw.
3. With the help of special programs.
4. Online business card designers.

Each of these options has advantages and disadvantages. But as already said, these are too voluminous topics to fit into this article. Let's say you have chosen a ready-made template on the site, edited it to fit your needs and saved it in JPG format.

Placing the edited business card template on a piece of paper

How many copies can be printed at a time depends on how you place the business card on the sheet. The most optimal will be 10 pieces for portrait orientation of the sheet and 12 for landscape orientation. I always go for the 12 business cards per sheet of paper option. I usually use Microsoft Word or CorelDraw to place my business cards.

Placing a business card on a sheet using Microsoft Word

1. Create a new file and choose landscape orientation.

   

2. We change the size of the fields. The upper and lower ones are made at 0.45 cm. The right and left ones are at 1.5 cm.

   

3. Create a table with 3 columns and 4 rows.

   

4. Select the entire table and on the Layout tab, click the properties button. The "Table Properties" window has appeared.

   

5. On the Table tab, click the Options button. In the window that appears, set all table fields to 0 and uncheck the boxes, if any.

   

6. On the Line tab, set the height value to 5 cm and the mode exactly. On the Column and Cell tabs, make the width exactly 9 cm.
7. Now we insert a ready-made business card template into the table cell. This is easy to do. It is enough to copy the layout using the "Ctr + C" keys and paste it into the required cell using the "Ctr + V" key combination
8. Left-click on the Format tab and go to the picture resizing menu. In the Layout window, on the Size tab, uncheck the proportions preservation checkboxes and set the dimensions: height-5cm, width-9cm.

   

9. Copy the edited image to the rest of the table cells.

That's all. Now the file with correctly placed business cards can be printed. For those who do not understand how to place a business card layout on a sheet using the Microsoft Word program or just want to save time, below is a link to a ready-made file. Download markup for 12 business cards in Word It remains only to place an image in it, i.e. follow points 7, 8 and 9.

Placing a business card on a sheet using CorelDraw

The version with CorelDraw is even easier and faster than with the office, so I like it better. So:

1. Create a new A4 horizontal document.
2. Copy the ready-made template into the document (Ctr + C, Ctr + V) and set the image dimensions to 90 mm and 50 mm.

   

3. Place the business card template as in the image above.
4. Select our business card and press the Alt + F7 key combination. On the right side (if you have not changed the position of the menu), the Transform menu appears. With its help, we first make 2 copies to the right. Select the resulting 3 business cards and make 3 more copies down.

   

   

5. If necessary, select all 12 business cards on the sheet and align them so that the top margin is approximately equal to the bottom margin and the left to the right margin.

   

That's all, you can print. I advise you to try both methods and decide which one is more convenient. The site also has a video course on creating business cards in CorelDraw.

Printing a business card on a printer

Now let's move on to printing business cards. Any printer for printing business cards, even inkjet or laser, is suitable. At home I perfectly print business cards on the CANON Pixma MG5340 inkjet printer. Once I ran out of paint, and I needed business cards, and I had to contact advertising agency... And what my surprise was when they started to print my business cards on exactly the same printer! But if any business card printer is suitable, then with paper this is no longer the case. Plain office paper will not work. That's why she's a business card, which differs from a piece of newspaper with a number written on it. I advise you to use paper with a weight of 200 g / m2 for business cards... Once I had to print a business card on paper with a density of 160 g / m2, but they turned out to be painfully “liquid”.

Business card lamination at home

Before you start cutting business cards, you can laminate them. You don't have to go to office supply stores or other places that have a laminating machine and laminate for money. Everything can be done at home. In order to laminate a business card yourself at home, you need a transparent film with an adhesive base. This can be clear Oracal or textbook film (available from office supply stores). If you will buy a film for pasting textbooks, be careful, it comes in two types: with an adhesive layer and thermo (glued with an iron). We need the one with an adhesive layer... When the film is already available, you need to cut it to fit the A4 sheet size and glue it carefully. The first time it may not work out perfectly, but after several attempts you will understand what to do and how to do it. Note that lamination of business cards is not at all an obligatory procedure and it is quite possible to do without it, especially if paper with good density is taken.

Cutting business cards

So we got to the final stage of making business cards at home - cutting. To cut your printed business cards, it would be great to use special paper cutters. Here is a link to make it clear what I mean - paper cutters ... Special cutters will not only save a lot of time, because cutting, in my opinion, is the most tedious in making business cards, but cutting business cards with their help is much safer. As you can see, the prices for these cutters are a bit biting. Therefore, we will use a metal ruler and a stationery knife. In addition to a ruler and a knife, I recommend putting glass, plexiglass or something else on the table where the cutting will take place so as not to damage the surface of the table (I cut business cards on the metal case cover from the old system unit computer). The ruler needs a metal, preferably 30-40 cm (the small one will have to be rearranged, and the large one may be inconvenient). If you use a ruler made of plastic or wood, the stationery knife will leave serifs on it, which will make the business card uneven. Another little life hack about the line. To prevent the ruler from slipping and sliding on it reverse side you can glue fine sandpaper. Optional along the entire length, 3-4 small pieces are sufficient. ATTENTION! Be very careful when cutting with a clerical knife! Press down on the ruler so that the knife does not hit your fingers when you cut. This concludes my instructions on how to make a business card myself. If someone does not understand something, ask.

Including not entirely trivial, as for a regular text editor. In Word, you can not only work with documents, write scientific papers, articles or reports, but also, for example, create yourself business card... Although in our time they are no longer used as often as before, they are still convenient and have not completely outlived their usefulness. There are more advanced graphic editors that allow you to draw a card of much better quality, but such programs are not cheap, and to work in them you need to have special knowledge. In Word, you can make a pretty decent business card in a few minutes. In this article, we'll take a closer look at how to make a business card in Word. Let's figure it out. Go!

Many tasks can be done in a text editor

You need to start by setting the page parameters. To do this, go to the Layout tab and set the margins to 1 cm or slightly less. Next, you need to create a table. Open the "Insert" tab and create a 2x5 table, that is, 2 columns and 5 lines. The next step is to set the height and width parameters for the card. Values ​​of 9 cm in width and 5 cm in height are taken as the standard. You can neglect this by making your business card the size you want. Just keep in mind that all business card holders and special compartments in other accessories are designed for exactly this format. Let's set desired values... Select the table and open its properties. Going to the "Line" tab, check the "Height" box with the checkbox and enter the height value (in our case, it is 5 cm). Then, in the "Column" tab, check the "Width" checkbox and enter the appropriate number (for example, 9 cm). Do not forget to confirm the entered parameters.

After that, all in the same table properties window, click on the "Parameters" button. There you need to set the margins of all cells by default to 0 cm. Next, remove unnecessary dividing lines, leaving only those along which you will cut business cards. You can make the borders light so that they are visible when you cut out the cards, but will be much less noticeable on an already made business card. To do this, select Borders and Fill under Format and select All for Type. Set any color, light tones. Set the width to a quarter centimeter.

Now that the base is done, let's move on to the text. Enter the full name, company name, position and contacts that you want to indicate. The text should be readable, so do not use fancy fonts that can make it difficult to recognize letters. Also, remember to indent so that all information is not located right next to the borders.

After you have entered the text in the cell, you need to fill in all the rest. This task is solved by simple copying. To speed up the process, three times click on the cell with the text, placing the cursor on the last line, and hold down Ctrl while holding down the key, you can drag the selected text into the cell, then select two, four, six, and so on. This approach will greatly speed up the process if you are going to print a large number of cards. Note that thick paper should be used for printing. It should be understood that it will not work to create a really beautiful and serious business card in Word, and in this case it is better to contact the printing house.

MS Word makes it possible not only to execute and execute office documents.

With the help of templates built into Word and their usual elements on a special panel, you will be able to create various kinds of documents, including cards for yourself or any company.

Microsoft Word contains all the parameters necessary for this, with the help of which you can approach the creation of business cards.
After the listed methods and techniques, you will not even need special programs and agencies to create business cards.

1. Choosing a background and texture for a business card in a Word

Most of the time when creating postcards, cards or business cards is taken up by design.

Usually, textures and other background images, including fonts and so on, take a long time to select. All these elements should be combined and complement each other as much as possible.

Choosing a background color is far from just adding your favorite shade to the background.

How to choose the color of your business card, general rules and orientation:
- take into account the audience for which business cards are made;
- consider the fact that the color must match the activity or product;
- take into account the meaning of the selected shade and its perception by a person.

As a rule, a business card, small size, which means that it is better to avoid using many colors and textures with the text.
All information is presented in a clear manner. Reflect the name of the organization, the name of the representative of the organization, his position, enter the address, contact information and the logo of the company.

Font selection and text placement

You should rely on the following guidelines when choosing text and fonts:
- you should not use more than two different fonts. It is advisable to carry out the inscriptions in the same style so that the person is not distracted;
- you can use "font families" to match different forms of characters with each other;
- the color of the text (font) should "look" or contrast with the shade or image on the background of the business card;
- the size of the letters should be acceptable, from 10 to 14 TP.

2. We use Word templates "a

Each version of Word includes a certain number of ready-made templates for creating specific elements: business cards, title pages, postcards, advertising brochures, etc.

To go to the built-in templates for creating business cards, go to the "Create" item.

Find the "Recommended" tab and select the desired document type and design in general from the suggested recommendations. Click on it and open it in a new Word window.

Most often, the design of business cards is located entirely on the sheet, about 8 - 10 copies per A4 sheet.

3. Using ready-made templates and loading them

If some templates are missing in Word, or there are none at all, go to the official Microsoft website and download them.

The business cards required for us can be found in a special section on the official website "Cards"

A Microsoft Word user can access these databases online. To do this, enter the program and try to create a document by selecting the "Cards" tab

Of course, you need an internet connection to complete this action. Wait a while for the existing designs to load into a specific category.

Select the required design from the list provided and create a document with the appropriate button.

The file is now open in the required mode. In this mode, you can correct and change the business card to your liking

To use an already thought out, that is, a completely finished design from the Internet, you should download the template, which is usually located in the .doc or .docx extension. You can open this type of file in any version of the Word.

Download and then open the required template, make all the necessary amendments to the information that is already in the business card.

After changing all the necessary items, you can proceed to printing the document.

Advice: It is best to save business cards in PDF format so that the basic parameters of the page are not violated during printing.

The great advantage of working with standard templates is their versatility and versatility. They can be used on any version of MS Word.

If not all fonts are installed on the PC, then only certain inscriptions may look different.

4. Tables for creating business cards in Word

In order to create a new business card yourself, without a template, you can use regular tables, or by creating a special element in the "Canvas" mode.
We will look at this method.

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Before creating, set the required document layout. To do this, click on the "Layout" tab. Next, select all the required field parameters. Select "Narrow" in the next drop-down list.
The type provided is best for postcards and cards.

Now draw or create a table with two columns and five lines.

The table you created will become the outline for your cards. Stretch the created table to fill the entire sheet.

Go to the "Properties" table and set the height to 5 cm and the width to 9 cm.

We remove the indents that were automatically set after the table was created. You need to delete them so that the labels are displayed evenly in each of the cells.

Enter the properties, and after the table parameters. For fields, you must set the value "0 cm". Save your changes.

Now we create the text of the business cards. But first, align all the symbols using the ruler in the Word.

The text can be set in the business card field at your discretion.
To create a background, right-click in an empty cell. And then open the special window "Fills" and choose the best background.

To add a logo or a picture to the business card field, you need to use the "Insert" tab, and then select the picture or shapes.

To repeat (copy) an already created design, select the table and use the CTRL + C copy keys to paste it into the remaining lines using the CTRL + P key combination.

The logo will have to be moved to a separate cell.

Creation Word business cards 2007

To create business cards in Word 2007, you need to go to the "page layout" tab. Select "Fields", and then select "Narrow Field".

Hello! With you Marat Nauruzbaev. For a long time I have not written on the blog, there were reasons for that. In the last article, I told you how you can organize it via the Internet, and how I can provide you with it remotely. Today I will tell you how to make a business card on your computer yourself, without the help of special online services, where you can make a business card online and save it to your computer, but where there are usually a lot of advertisements and some of the functions are paid.

A business card is needed not only for a businessman or top manager, but also for anyone modern man, whether it is an IT specialist, taxi driver, hairdresser, massage therapist, photographer, student, etc.

There are several ways to create a business card, this is also with the help of a graphic editor Photoshop, a text editor Microsoft Word, online services or using special programs.

We will consider the simplest one, but effective method make a business card - special program entitled " ".

Installing the Business Card Wizard

The program is paid, but the first 10 days you can try it for free. To download and install the program, go and click on the button " Download the program now»

Enter your E-mail and click " Download the program now»

Distribution of the program " Master of business cards»Will be downloaded to your computer. Let's launch it for installation by double-clicking on it with the mouse. The standard installation wizard for the application will start. Choosing the language, accepting the terms of the agreement, etc ... Everything is as usual when installing the standard program ...

To scroll through the pictures, press “ Back" or " Forward»

Creating a business card from scratch

After installing and running the program " Master of business cards»A window will appear warning that you are using a trial version of the program with an offer to purchase it or continue using the trial version.

By purchasing full version You will get the following features

• Using the program without time limits
• Saving business cards in various formats
• Convenient business card printing directly from the program
• Free updates for all new versions
• Prompt technical support

When you press the " Buy now»You will be redirected to the program's website to view the program's features and purchase it. When you press the " Proceed»The main window of the program will start with a choice of basic actions:

• New business card - create a new business card from scratch
• Business card templates - create a new business card based on ready-made templates
• Open business card - opens a previously created business card
• Recent business cards - open business cards from the list of recent business cards

We will create a new business card from scratch so that you understand all the intricacies of the program and then easily create business cards based on ready-made templates.

In general, the program is intuitive and I think you will not have any difficulties in creating business cards.

So, we click on the button " New business card"And start creating 🙂

Choosing the type of card:

• Business card- information about the organization and the employee
• Contact card (personal)- contact details of one person (freelancer, lawyer, psychologist, etc.)
• Advertising card (corporate)- information about the company and its activities
• Badge (identification card)- contains brief information about employee

We will choose with you " Business card", Do we have an organization? 🙂. Click " Further»

In the next tab, we select the card format, where we can choose a standard business card 90 * 50 mm, the size of a credit card, or set the size of the business card itself. You can also adjust for a specific bleed for printing in a printing house.

We choose " Standard business card 90 * 50 mm (Russia)"And click" Further»

In the next tab, select the option to create a business card from ready-made templates or create a business card from scratch. We do not want our business card to be similar to others, so we will make it unique. We choose " Business card from scratch»

In the final tab, select the composition you like or the location of the data on the business card and click " Create a business card»

We see in the main window of the program a "raw" version of our business card. Now you need to edit it the way you want it.

Program " Master of business cards"Allows you to flexibly" configure "the business card, change the background of the business card, insert pictures, change the place of inscriptions, adjust the size, color, fill, font style and much more ...

First, let's create a new record with our data in the database of the program " Master of business cards". Yes, yes, you heard right, there is a database in the program, the records of which can be used to create business cards. For example, it is very convenient to use it in a company to quickly make business cards for several employees, and in different templates.

Well, to enter your data into the database, we press the button " New entry»

And we get into the window for editing database records, where you can create a new record, duplicate, delete a record, and even import from Excel.

We fill in the fields we need (name, position, phone number, e-mail, etc.)

After filling in the fields we need, click " Load data»

We see in the main window of the program that the layout of our business card has changed to our entered data. It became more interesting and we did not notice how quickly time passed 🙂.

Now you can change the background of the business card. To do this, in the section " Project design" (v right side) programs in the " Background»Select the background options:

• Monochromatic, indicating a specific color;
• Two colors, showing two colors in various combinations. Interesting feature, try it;
• Texture, with the choice of a specific texture;
• Ready, with a choice of ready-made pictures;
• Image, with an image selection on your computer

For now, I will show you how to make the background a ready-made picture from the set of the program, and then how to change the background to any image on your computer.

So, we select the option “ Ready"And click on the button" Choose a picture»

A window will open with a collection of pictures, sorted into groups for easier search. Select the picture you like and click " OK»

We see that the background of the business card has changed to the one we need. Is it even more interesting?

To enable the grid, in the section " Project design", In the" Net»Choose the size of the grid lines, as well as which lines (vertical and / or horizontal) to show. Click " Enable grid»

Now let's insert a logo or a picture on our business card. To do this, at the bottom of the program in the line “ Logo»Choose to insert the logo either from a file on your computer or from the program directory. We choose, for example, “ From the catalog", Click the image you like and click" OK»

We see that the picture has been inserted into our business card template in the center. We move it to the right place by simply clicking on the picture with the left mouse button and without releasing the mouse button, move the image to the place we need (or you 🙂) ...

Now let's edit the size, color and position of our labels in the business card template. To do this, click on the inscription of interest to us on the business card and in the section “ Project design", In the" Text»Set the format of the text. You can change the font, size, font style, change the fill of the text to a specific color, gradient or texture. You can rotate text, apply an outline, shadow and create a transparency effect.

Experiment and get the text format you like ...

Then we select the next inscription and set our own format for it ...

Also, do not forget to move the labels on the business card layout as we need it. This is where the function “ Net"Which we have included above.

Having clicked on the inscription we need, we move it to the place we need, without releasing the mouse button ...

After formatting all the labels, I don’t know about you, but I got such a business card

Now, as promised, let's look at how to insert “ my”Picture as the background of the business card.

The program has the ability to insert a picture from your own directory or from a file. We'll look at both options. If you create many different business cards, it is easier to use a picture from the program catalog. Let's copy our own picture file to the program's pictures directory so as not to constantly search for where this file is located.

To do this, we are looking for a picture on the computer, you can first find it on the Internet, and copy it by right-clicking on it and selecting “ Copy»

Next, insert this file into the folder Pictures programs " Master of business cards". Usually this folder is located at this path: C: \ Program Files \ MasterVizitok \ Data \ Images \ Pictures... Go to this folder and right-click on an empty space, select “ Insert»

Now our picture is in the program directory. Now in the program “ Master of business cards", In chapter " Project design", In the" Background"Choose" Choose a picture»

In the new window, select “ Other images", Look for our copied picture, select it and click" OK»

We see how the background of our business card has changed

You can customize this background by clicking on the " Adjusting brightness and contrast»

Moving the brightness and contrast sliders left-right, we achieve the optimal background color and press “ Apply»

Now let's insert a picture not from the program catalog, but directly into our business card template. Let's insert, for example, our photo into a business card.

Note: In order for the picture to "blend" with the background of our business card, it is necessary that the inserted pictures have transparent background and were in the format.PNG image

To do this, in the main window of the program, press the button " Add picture"And choose" Picture from file»

Select the image file, namely the file of our photo and click " Open»

The photo has been inserted into the layout of our business card. We move it to the place we need.

Now we can edit this picture a little, namely crop, make it black and white, flip it horizontally / vertically, adjust its transparency. In my case, I flipped it horizontally and made it a little more transparent ...

If you wish, you can make the final "touch" to our business card - we will make it in a frame. To do this, in the section " Project design", In the" Background"Put a tick in the line" Use frame". Choose the frame color from the standard set or use the eyedropper and copy any color from the one available on your screen

As a result, I got such a business card. I removed my photo from the business card, it doesn't look very good 🙂. Not a masterpiece, of course, but I like it. You might do better ...

I got an idea here! Let's post the templates of the business cards you have created on the blog or in my social group. networks! And the author better work will receive from me a small prize in the amount of 300r... How do you like the idea? Write below in the comments what do you think about this and whether you want to participate?

Saving and Printing Business Cards

A message appears stating that the save was successfully completed to the category “ My templates”In the catalog of business cards

Now you can save your business card to a file PDF or Jpg in the same menu " File". I save the layout for printing right away, because you can place several business cards in it at once on one sheet of paper. To do this, in the menu " File"Choose" Save layout for printing»

We set the layout settings in accordance with our preferences and click " Save»

We choose in which format we will save. I usually save in two formats: “ FormatPDF"and " FormatJPG, 100% quality»

Voila! Our business card files have been created. Now you can copy them to a USB flash drive and print them in a studio on a color printer.

If you have a printer, you can print the business cards you have created directly from the program. To do this, in the menu " File"Choose" Printing business cards»

We set the print layout settings in accordance with our preferences and click " Seal»

It is best to print on paper with a weight of at least 250 g / m2. Or print it on any paper, but then laminate it somewhere and then cut it into separate business cards.

Conclusion

Well, here we are with you and learned how to create business cards in the program " Master of business cards". We created a business card from scratch, having mastered the skills of editing labels and inserting objects into a business card template. The creation of business cards using templates in this program is done in a similar way. In addition, in this program you can create the reverse side of the business card. The main functions of the program were considered by me in detail. It seems to me that the program performs its main function of creating business cards perfectly!

Here is my video on how to make a business card on your own computer.

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