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personalised plastic cards
print your own personal cards with photographs, text and designs
uCardit Builder - quick view
Move your cursor over the following image for an overview of the different areas of the uCardit Builder application.
Preview-
Shows current design applied to front or back of chosen template.
(Note: After changing any text, click in an adjacent text field to refresh the Preview)
Template Code & Saved As-
Template code on which your uCardit is based, and the name you have given the design.
View-
Switch between front and back view of uCardit.
Format Labels and Text Independently-
Click in the appropriate text field to select both the text and any corresponding label before formatting.
(Note: It is not necessary to highlight text, all text within the text field will be formatted.)
Font-
Select between Arial and Verdana fonts.
Format Text-
Apply bold, italic or underline formatting.
(Note: Bold formatting on small font sizes may not be reproduced properly on the screen, but will appear correctly on your uCardits.)
Font Size-
Adjust size of text and/or corresponding label.
Font Colour-
Coloured square shows the current selection.
Click 'More' to select an alternative colour.
Text Library-
Drop down menu presents a selection of labels/text fields (organised into categories) which can be added to a template.
(See "Information" for further help)
Image Library-
View standard and personal image galleries, upload new images, crop uploaded images, and assign backgrounds, headshots flags etc. to a template.
(See "Information" for further help)
AltaVista Babel Fish Translator-
Provides basic text translation between English and other languages.
(Note: Cut and paste translated text from Babel Fish directly into a text field.)
Save As-
Save a copy of the current uCardit with your own choice of name.
(Note: You can also use this to base further uCardits on one of your previous designs)
Save-
Save changes to the current uCardit.
(Note: If your design has not been saved previously using 'Save As', you will be prompted to name your design.)
Label-
The label as it appears on the uCardit.
(Note: If the label is 'BLANK' then no visible label is shown. BLANK's can also be used to introduce spaces between lines of text.)
Help-
Help text is available for this label
(For example: when writing dates it is preferable to write the month in words (jan, feb etc.) as number only dates can be mis-interpreted in other countries.)
Text-
Type or paste your personal information into the text fields.
(Note: The preview is updated when you move to another text field or click elsewhere on the screen.)
Order-
Re-order individual text fields by clicking on the green up/down arrows alongside the field to be moved.
Delete-
Permanently removes the appropriate text box (and corresponding label) from the template.
Reset-
Removes all changes made to the template.