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August 15, 2020
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Generate Business card QR code by data merge

  • August 15, 2020
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How to generate business card QR code by data merge in InDesign?

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    Correct answer patMorita

    Colin wrote a good tutorial here: https://indesignsecrets.com/data-merge-qr-codes-explained.php

     

    It does explain Qrcodes by data merge but not especially business card.

    Still if you combine the tutorial above with this one you will achieve your goal:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard#vCard_2.1

     

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    patMoritaCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    August 15, 2020

    Colin wrote a good tutorial here: https://indesignsecrets.com/data-merge-qr-codes-explained.php

     

    It does explain Qrcodes by data merge but not especially business card.

    Still if you combine the tutorial above with this one you will achieve your goal:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard#vCard_2.1

     

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    Ben__P
    Known Participant
    June 16, 2023

    Has this actually been solved where it works? I am going through the same thing, client wants to create a business card through a QR code. I am going through both links Colin put up but not able to figure out how to get this correct. If someone had an excel with an example of the layout it would be simple to reproduce I am sure. 

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Brainiac
    June 16, 2023

    Note that some of this information is outdated; for one thing, you no longer want to create v2.xx vCard — it has a number of limitations, such as not handling accented characters. v3.xx is the most stable but nearly all readers now also interpret v4.xx as well.

     

    There was also a note in another revived thread that there may be a total length limit using the merge process that creates faulty codes.

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