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a) You cannot view any design, or you see a Red X instead of the design you have chosen.
For further assistance please click here.
b) Nothing happens when I click any of the green buttons (for example, "save card")
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer to view our website then on the Tool Bar at the top of the browser choose the option:
Tools -> Internet Options -> [Security Tab] -> Custom Level... -> Go all the way down until you see "Scripting of Java Applets" and click on "Enable" (it is probably set to "Disable". Then click "OK" until you can see the designer again. You should now be able to click on the green buttons.
If problems persist or you require any further assistance then please call us on 0845 166 4478 or email us at support@cardsmadeeasy.com.
1. What you can do on this card?
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Text Add/Delete/Move/Modify(wording, colour, font, font size etc.) |
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Click on add logo (right side of canvas) to add your personal logo OR click on the image library (right side of canvas) to select one of our images. The selected logo/image will initially be positioned in the top left corner of the canvas. |
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Highlight the logo/image on the canvas by clicking on it. Then either use the navigation buttons to the right of the canvas, or else use the Alignment box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card). |
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Highlight the logo/image on the canvas by clicking on it. Then click on delete item to the right of the canvas. |
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Click on add text to the right of the canvas. Text will appear in the middle of the canvas saying 'Enter Your Text Here', Go to the Text box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card) and change the text to your own text, then press the return key for the changed text to appear on the canvas. |
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Highlight your text on the canvas by clicking on it. Then either use the navigation to the right of the canvas, or else use the Alignment box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card). |
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Highlight your text on the canvas by clicking on it. Then click on delete item to the right of the canvas. This will delete the text. |
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Wording : Highlight your text on the canvas by clicking on it. Go to Text box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card) and change text, then press the return key for the changed text to appear on the canvas. Colour : Highlight your text on the canvas by clicking on it. Go to colour palette on left side of card and click on desired colour. This will change the colour of the text on the canvas. Also the CMYK code of the colour will be displayed on the CMYK box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card) . Font : Highlight your text on the canvas by clicking on it. Go to Font box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card) and click on the down arrow. You will get a list of fonts, click on desired font. This will change the font of the text on the canvas. Font Size : Highlight your text on the canvas by clicking on it. Go to Font Size box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card), enter the desired font size and press the return key. This will change the font size of the text on the canvas. Bold : Highlight your text on the canvas by clicking on it. Go to Bold box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card). Click to make text bold (there should be a tick in the box), Click again to remove bold from text (the box should be empty). Italic : Highlight your text on the canvas by clicking on it. Go to Italic box located below the canvas (landscape card) or the right of the canvas (portrait card). Click to make text italic (there should be a tick in the box), Click again to remove italic from text (the box should be empty). |
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Click on save card to the right of the canvas to create a saved copy of the canvas design for use later on. If you are not logged in you will be prompted to login. If you are a new user, you will be prompted to create a user account. |
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Click on copy card to the right of the canvas to make a new saved copy of an existing saved canvas design for use later on. If you are not logged in you will be prompted to login. If you are a new user, you will be prompted to create a user account. |
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Click on flip card to the right of the canvas, the other side of the canvas will appear. Each click will show the reverse side of the canvas. |
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Click on canvas colour to the left of the canvas. The canvas will now display a grid with 64 boxes. You can change the colour of each box by clicking on the colour of interest on the colour palette to the left of the canvas and then clicking on one of the boxes in the grid. You can set multiple boxes on the grid to the same colour, by clicking in a box, then keeping the mouse click button down, drag the mouse to all the boxes that you want to set the same colour. NOTE : While the canvas is in canvas colour mode (i.e. you see 64 grid boxes on the card) you cannot work with text(i.e. add/move/delete text), or logos. To bring the canvas back into foreground mode click on foreground to the left of the canvas. |
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Move the position of text/logos on the canvas. Single arrows cause single click movements. Double arrows cause double click movements. The direction of the arrows indicate the direction of movement. |
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90 x 55 mm representation of the card on which you can add text/logos/colours on either one side or both sides of the card. There is gap(bleed) of 5 pixels from all edges of the canvas, where you cannot add add anything. This is enforced automatically and is done to ensure printing is correct. |
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Displays the reverse side of the canvas. |
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Upload personal logos on the canvas from your specified location. |
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Use an image from our library on the canvas. |
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Amend details of uploaded personal logo's on the canvas. |
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Save canvas design for future use. |
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Make a new saved copy of an existing saved canvas design for future use. |
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Go to next page to preview card and add to basket. |
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Go to previous page. |
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Display and modify highlighted text on the canvas. |
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Display and modify font of highlighted text on the canvas. i.e. COURIER |
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Display and modify font size of highlighted text on the canvas. |
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Display and modify alignment of highlighted text or logo on the canvas. i.e. align logo left or right. |
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Make bold or non bold highlighted text on the canvas. |
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Make italic or non italic highlighted text on the canvas. |
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Add new text onto the canvas. |
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Delete highlighted text or logo from the canvas. |
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DEFAULT MODE. In this mode can work with text and logos on the canvas. |
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Allows you to only work with colours on the canvas background . To work with text and logos click on foreground. |
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| All the colours you can use for text and canvas. The CMYK details of a colour appear in the status bar at the bottom of the page when you hover the mouse over a colour on the palette. | |
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