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Create the stripes

The business card has two stripes across the bottom; one thick and one thin. These stripes help balance the business card visually. To add the stripes, you will create two colored rectangle objects the same width as the business card and position them at the bottom of the page. The thinner rectangle will be half the height of the thicker rectangle.

To create the thicker stripe

  1. In the toolbox, click the Rectangle tool Lets you draw rectangles and squares..
  2. Drag to create a rectangle of any size.
  3. In the horizontal Object size box Lets you specify the horizontal size of an object. on the property bar, type 3.58 to set the width of the rectangle in inches.
  4. In the vertical Object size box Lets you specify the vertical size of an object. on the property bar, type 0.25 to set the height of the rectangle in inches.
  5. Click Arrange menu Align and distribute.
  6. Enable the Bottom check box.
  7. Enable the Left check box.
  8. Enable the Edge of page check box.
  9. Click OK.

Click here to see what the business card should look like.

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