Lesson 11: Creating a Newsletter

Learning Objectives After studying this lesson, you will be able to:

Insert section breaks in documents Use WordArt and clip art Create and manipulate newsletter-style columns Use building blocks Apply themes Insert pictures from files Edit pictures

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Working with Section Breaks Section breaks

Define a portion of the document that will have separate formatting from the rest

Insert section breaks using the Layout tab

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Working with Section Breaks See section breaks by choosing Home > Paragraph >

Show/Hide Deleting section breaks

Tap Delete on a paragraph marker

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Using WordArt Inserting WordArt

Insert > Text > WordArt

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Using WordArt Wrapping around objects

Use the WordArt tools on the Format tab to change this and other options

Sizing WordArt Use handles to drag and change size

Using Clip Art Finding clip art

Insert > Illustrations > Clip Art

Search to find images

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Using Clip Art Sizing and rotating

Use handles

Moving Use the four-pointed arrow to drag Use alignment buttons to orient to text

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Working with Picture Styles Applying a style

Styles add formatting such as borders, shadows, and directionality

Use the Styles galley on the Format tab

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Working with Picture Styles Setting a transparent color

Set the background of a clip art image to the same color as the page background

Click the image and choose Select Transparent Color

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Basic Picture Editing Insert a picture from a file

Use any image file that Windows can read Insert > Illustrations > Picture

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Basic Picture Editing Adjusting brightness and contrast

Change appearance on screen and in print Right-click to make adjustments

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Basic Picture Editing Cropping pictures

Hide parts of a picture without affecting the original image

Choose Picture Tools > Format > Size to make crop handles appear

Basic Picture Editing Compressing a picture

Reduce the memory size of pictures to reduce the memory size of your document

Format > Adjust > Compress

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Newsletter-Style Columns Setting up columns

Page Layout > Page Setup > Columns Specify the layout and number of columns Column widths can be customized

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Newsletter-Style Columns Column breaks

Force a column to end Place headings at the tops of the columns Page Layout > Page Setup > Breaks > Column Breaks

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Using Building Blocks Insert predesigned content into documents

Insert > Pages

Choose a Word building block or design your own

Modify existing blocks or create, save and/or delete your own

Sort the list

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Using Building Blocks Preformatted text blocks

A kind of building block A text box that has been

formatted already; you enter your own text

Insert > Text > Quick Parts Resize, reformat, customize, and save

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Applying Themes Preset groups of colors, graphics, and formatting that

you can apply to any document Page Layout > Themes > Themes Gallery

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Applying Themes Customizing

Change color schemes, fonts, etc. Save as your own Reset changed themes to their

original setting

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Applying Themes Drop caps

Creates a larger first letter in a paragraph Insert > Text > Drop Cap

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Working with Views View your document in several ways

Change views on the View tab or at the bottom-right side of the Word window

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Working with Views Zoom controls

Change the magnification of your document Use the View tab or the bottom-right corner of the

Word window

Does not change the font size

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Lesson 11: Creating a Newsletter