To insert an object into a page of your publication, you simply click the button on the Objects toolbar and then click and drag to the dimensions you want. This makes Publisher a much easier and more versatile tool for designing professional publications than standard word processing programs. In addition, Publisher uses a task pane, located on the left side of the window, to group common options, as well as to replace many standard dialogs:.
As you select options from the task pane, you can see your changes immediately applied to the publication. All the task panes are available from a menu that you can access by clicking the down arrow in the task pane title bar:. You can also close the task pane, if you need more workspace, by clicking the X in the upper right-hand corner. To show the task pane again, open the View menu and select Task Pane. A ruler guide is horizontal or vertical guide that you can move to any point on the ruler.
You use ruler guides to help you align the elements you lay out in your publication. When the Snap to Ruler Marks feature is turned on, objects you place near a ruler guide will automatically snap into alignment. It allows you to manipulate features such as page size, text, graphics, and borders. Publisher's strengths are in its ability to bring together text and images to make professional looking flyers, brochures, handouts, and newsletters.
This document will familiarize you with the Publisher environment and its components. The Publisher window contains many parts that work together to make creating a document easier. Understanding the elements you see in the Publisher window is the first step to becoming comfortable with the application.
The elements listed below are the ones you will use most often. Title Bar The Title Bar displays the document's name. If the document is unnamed, the name displayed in the title bar will be PublicationX where X is a sequential number. You can choose to display or hide them. Work Area The work area is the background surrounding the Publisher document beyond the margins. It is useful for temporarily placing text and graphic elements when deciding where to place items, or when moving items between pages.
Design your Newspaper Use a design desktop publishing program, such as Microsoft Publisher. If you want a more convenient way of making a newspaper, feel free to chose from among the templates embedded in this article.
Print your Newspaper Have your simple newspaper template professionally printed at a printing shop. You also have the option of printing a mock-up before printing multiple copies of it.
Based on the size, if your template can be printed using your own printer, make sure to check the quality of the output. A lot of people nowadays prefer reading from their gadgets, so you better take that to your advantage.
Finance and sponsorship : Determine how will you fund the production of your newspaper. Is it a self-financed publication? Or are you going to look for sponsors? Set a deadline : Determine the release date of your newspaper, and work backward from that day on.
Procrastination is your enemy and the world is booming with a lot of news every minute. To help you determine what type of newspaper to produce, here are some brief descriptions of each. Free newspaper: These are the newspapers displayed at racks or roadside tables.
Paid newspaper: They have a cover price and is usually for subscriptions. One example of this is newspapers that feature expensive cars. Tabloids: These have short reports and more on pictures. They usually cover sensational stories such as the entertainment industry.
Broadsheet: Broadsheets have the largest newspaper format and they cover everything from local and international news, traveling articles , health pieces, technology write-ups, to sports sections. Take a few sheets of scratch paper and sketch out a few different designs.
Design different pages. The front page will look significantly differently than inside pages, and different sections will have slightly different styles. Draw lines to see how columns will affect the flow of your paper. Too many columns will make your text too crowded, while too few columns will lead to your stories appearing blocky. Try placing text blocks in different places on your scratch page. Experiment with headline placement. Part 2. Open Microsoft Word.
Double-click the Word program icon, which resembles a white "W" on a dark-blue background. Click Blank document. It's a white box in the upper-left side of the page. Doing so will open a new, blank document. Skip this step on a Mac. Add a title to your newspaper. Type in the title of your newspaper or the headline that you want to use. Start a new line. This step is so that you can add columns without dividing the title.
Click Layout. This tab is in the dark-blue ribbon at the top of the Word window. Doing so will open the Layout toolbar below the ribbon. Click Columns. It's on the left side of the Layout toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear. Click More Columns….
This option is at the bottom of the Columns drop-down menu. A window will appear with additional options. Select a column number. For example, click Two at the top of the window to divide your paper into two columns.
You can also change the number in the "Number of columns" box to your preferred number of columns. Click the "Apply to" drop-down box. It's in the lower-left side of the window. Click This point forward. This option is in the drop-down menu. Doing so will apply your columns to your document with the exception of your title. Click OK. This will split your Word document into two or more columns depending on how many you chose.
Add your written content. When you get to the end of a piece, skip a couple of lines and then begin another title and piece.
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