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Cat0D4C
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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
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    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. 

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    Ben__P
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    June 20, 2023

    You are almost there.

    The reason the endcode wasn't showing up in the Indesign's datamerge file is because there is a hard return before the vcard end code. When merging all the columns to create vcard code, becareful that no hard returns are present.


    feels like I am very close! I typed the whole thing out as one line and got a more complex QR code. When scanning with the camera app it says "no usable data found". If I right click on the QR code to edit I get:

     

     

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