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Creating a vertical postcard

Mecpublications — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 07:39:09 GMT

It's very late and I've spent the last hour trying to find out how to make a vertical postcard. I noticed that option once called aspedt ratio I think that was on the right menu. There were vertical and horizontal options. That disappeared. I asked the chat bot and it said to chose a vertical postcard before going into edit. So even though I did not see the option I saw in the list of products that the postcard was vertical when choosing basic postcard. Yay. So I clicked on it and the product page postcard view was still vertical. Yay, I'm almost there. I clicked on add design and the edit page came up and it changed to horizontal. I clicked done and now the product page was horizontal too. No idea where the menu button I must press to change this is located. It has hidden really well and I tried asking in community but the answer was from 2021 when I'm pretty sure the vertical postcard option was still in the menu. I think it was under the layer menu. Oh well so I searched online. I just want to make one postcard today...well it's tomorrow now. And I couldn't find the answer. It was also difficult to find the stupid community page as it's not bookmarked on this computer. Didn't the old forum have an obvious link at the bottom of every page? I miss that forum. It was so much easier to navigate. I'm whining. Need the whine fairy. That is all. Please help. (if you tell me to start using the new design tool I may scream.)

Re: Creating a vertical postcard

Mecpublications — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 07:52:04 GMT

I just remembered something I used to do. I just picked a vertical postcard I'd already made and edited it removing everything and starting over again thus having a new postcard. So I don't need the answer but still curious if anyone has it.

Re: Creating a vertical postcard

Baylee — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:25:25 GMT

In the new design tool it's located along the bottom with a rectangular shape that says 'orientation' when you hover over the icon. It's the one on the far right. I can't remember exactly where it was for postcards in the old design tool, sorry. Please don't scream.

Re: Creating a vertical postcard

Sara_H — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:03:35 GMT

Old design tool orientation

@Mecpublications in the old design tool - it's under orientation on the top tool bar.

It won't change orientation in the design tool until you have added your artwork to a layer (that's new)

add artwork to change orientation

in the new tool bar it's at the bottom

orientation at the bottom

but to get it to change - you need to add your artwork before you press it

Vertical orientation

Re: Creating a vertical postcard

Mecpublications — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:36:44 GMT

Must. Not. Scream. 😵‍💫

Re: Creating a vertical postcard

Mecpublications — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:44:45 GMT

All I have across top is undo redo, forward backward, tiling, align, guidelines, grid lines, group and mask. Further up on left there is edit, collaborate, settings, help, and all changes saved. But truly it used to have a selection when you opened layers at the bottom for vertical and horizontal. Haven't tried new design tool yet. I'll try it when I'm not so busy.

Re: Creating a vertical postcard

Mecpublications — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:48:49 GMT

I'll figure it out later with your helpful info.. No need to give anymore answers. Thanks all.