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Document Slot

How to Make a Document Slot to Hold a Business Card or Other Media in the Matboard

How to Make a Document Slot to Hold a Business Card or Other Media in the Matboard

  • These instructions will show you how to make Document Slots through which you can slide in the corners of a document/business card to be held in place in the matboard.

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Document Slots to Place a Document into the Matboard
  • Since you usually will be creating this onto a finished design, we’re going to make an example design where we want to place a business card into the bottom border.

  • Click New Mat Design on the FrameShop Main Page.

  • Click Cancel on the New Openings Screen.

  • Click on the Properties Tab and change the Outside Dimension to 36x24.

  • Make sure Dynamic Outsides are turned Off.

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Enter the Desired Outside Dimensions
  • On the Openings Tab, bring the template #101: Rectangle template onto the Editor.

  • Click on the Properties Tab to edit it.

  • Enter the desired size for the #101: Rectangle opening; we used 29x15.

  • Center it Horizontally and line it up to the top Border Lines.