How to Make Your Own Business Card Easy and Practical, Can Use Ms Word - Corel Draw

Kapanlagi.com - Business cards are still necessary in the world of work or business. With business cards, you will find it easier to provide detailed contact information professionally to your colleagues or business partners. No need to worry, there is a way to make your own business cards.

Yes, making your own business cards can make things easier for you. In fact, you can determine the design and color of the business cards you want. Making your own business cards is also easy to do on your own, using Ms. Word or other applications.

Now, how do you make your own business cards? To answer that, here are some ways to make your own business cards that you can easily and practically do. Let's check it out, KLovers.

1. How to Make a Business Card with a Template

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The first way to make your own business card is by using a Template. Yes, you can easily do this using Ms. Word, KLovers. And here's how to make your own business card using a Template in Ms. Word:

1. Open Microsoft Word on your device.

2. Click on File, then select the New option.

3. Then, choose Business Cards. After that, you will see many options of business card templates in various shapes, ranging from horizontal to vertical.

4. Select the template you want to use. Choose the one that suits your purpose.

5. Click on "Create" or "Download" to open the template you have chosen.

6. Next, simply fill in the information or data that needs to be included in the business card.

7. And you're done.

2. How to Make Business Cards with Tables

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Then the next way to make your own business cards is by using a table. Yes, you can also do this using Ms.Word easily and practically. And here are some ways to make your own business cards using a table in Ms.Word:

1. Open Microsoft Word on your device.

2. Then, click on the Page Layout tab, and select Margins.

3. After the paper size options appear, select Narrow.

4. Click on the Insert tab, and select the Table option.

5. Create a table with a length of 5 cells and a width of 2 cells.

6. Open the table properties by right-clicking on the crosshair cursor in the upper left corner of the table, then select Table Properties.

7. To facilitate aligning information within the business card, set the table layout by selecting the Center option.

8. Next, click on the Row tab, and check the Specify Height box. Enter the size of 2", and select Exactly in the Row Height is column.

9. Click on the Column tab, then check the Preferred Width box. Enter the size of 3.5", and select Exactly in the Measure in column.

10. To adjust the table size to the screen, right-click again on the table cursor target, then click AutoFit, and select Fixed Column Width so that the table size does not change when you enter data in it.

11. Then, enter the data or information you want to include in the business card. You can choose the font type and size, color, and various tools.

12. After entering the data or information in one table cell, copy it to move it to another cell. Make sure there are no more errors before filling in the information on the card.

13. After the content of the first cell has been copied and pasted into the other cells, right-click again on the table crosshair target and go back to Table Properties.

14. Click on the Borders and Shading option and select None for the border. This is to hide the table border lines when the card is cut.

15. Print the created business card.

3. How to Make Business Cards with Canva Application

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Unlike using Ms. Word, you can also use other applications to make business cards, one of which is Canva. Making your own business cards using the Canva application is also not difficult, KLovers. And here's how to make your own business cards using the Canva application:

1. Open the Canva application on your smartphone or PC.

2. Log in or register for a Canva account using Google or Facebook.

3. Search for Business Cards, then choose a business card template from various templates provided.

4. Fill in the information or data that needs to be included in the business card.

5. You can modify various designs of the template, such as color, font size, images, and layout.

6. Print the designed business cards.

4. How to Make Business Cards with Corel Draw

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And the way to make your own business card is by using Corel Draw. Yes, for those of you who can use Corel Draw, you can use it to create business cards. And here's how to make your own business card using Corel Draw:

1. Open your Corel account and you can create a business card with international standard size, which is 3.5 x 2 inches.

2. From the New Document dialog box (File> New), in the Name field, type the file name as 'Penjualan Rumah 4'.

3. Next, from the Size drop-down, select Business Card.

4. Choose the Landscape icon and make sure that the Main color model is set to RGB, then click OK.

5. Next, from View> Page, select Bleed. This will provide a visual representation of the bleed area. Bleed is the additional area outside the page size.

6. Start with an object on the Bleed. Create a rectangle measuring 1.75 x 2.3". With the object selected, from the Objects menu, select Convert to Curves.

7. Now, move the bottom right node to the left, 75".

8. To do this, click on the vertical ruler on the right side of the page and drag it out to the right edge of the rectangle.

9. In the interactive property bar, with the guide still selected, in the object position "X", type "-.75" after the value there and then press Enter. This will move the guide to the left by 0.75".

10. From the Toolbox, select the Shape tool and select the node at the bottom left corner. While holding the Ctrl button, move it to the left to align with the guide.

11. Now, just add the logo and text. Position the logo in the top right corner and size it to 1" horizontally (make sure the snap-to-grid is turned on).

12. In the bottom left corner, type the complete address and telephone number. You can set this to 6pt and adjust the font to Arial Narrow and make the text white.

13.The only thing to do is to add the Name, Title, and tagline. For the name, use Arial MT Black 20pt, for the title use Arial Narrow 8.5pt, and for this card, use Baccus 12pt.

14.To print this business card and adjust the page bleed, you can use Imposition Layout.

15.To do this, go to Help> Product Help and click Search. Type 'Imposition' and click the link for 'Working with imposition layouts'. This will present various methods for using Imposition Layout.

16.Then, follow the steps to Edit this Imposition layout.

You can print business cards effectively according to the size of your business card. This way, business cards can be printed in a large quantity in one print.

Those are some ways to create your own business cards easily and practically. Not only using Ms.Word, but you can also use Corel or Canva as a way to create your own business cards. Good luck, KLovers.

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