Creating a Newsletter with MS Word
Format your
newsletter
1. Open a MS Word
document with your news articles.
2. Select File
and Page Setup.
3. Change all
margins to .5” – top, bottom, and both sides.
4. Be sure
Drawing Toolbar is open (View, Toolbar, Drawing).
5. Save your
newsletter NOW! Click File and Save As.
6. Put it in a new
folder called Newsletters.
7. Name this file
with today’s date.
Add a title
1. Select WordArt
from Drawing Toolbar.
2. Select a
WordArt style. Click OK.
3. Type in the
name for your newsletter. Choose the font and style. Click OK.
4. Click and drag
your WordArt to the top & center of your newsletter.
5. Resize the
title by clicking & dragging any of the sizing
handles (little boxes around the edges).
6. Save your work:
Click File and Save.
Format Columns
to the news article
1. Position the
insertion point at the beginning of the news article.
2. Select Format and Columns.
3. Choose three
(3) columns, add a line between columns, and apply to This Point Forward.
4. To insert a
column break, position insertion point at the break point, select Insert, Break, and Column.
5. At end of
article, type Enter. Select Format/Columns/choose one(1) column and apply to This Point Forward.
6. To insert a
page break, position insertion point at the end of the article, select Insert, Break, and Page.
Formatting
your news articles
1. Change the font,
font size, & style, if needed.
2. Change the
line alignment to justify.
Adding a Drop
Cap
1. Select
(highlight) the first letter at the beginning of your article.
2.
Select Format and Drop
Cap
3.
Select Dropped and OK
4.
Click and drag sizing handles to
make drop letter bigger or smaller.
Inserting a Pull quote Text Box
1.
Locate the insertion point where
you will be placing the pull quote text box.
2.
Select Text Box from
Drawing Toolbar.
3.
Type in quote (or copy/paste quote
from article) – change the size and style
4.
Select Format and Text
Box
5.
Choose a fill color and line
color.
6.
Select Layout and choose Tight
(this creates a floating object to move around in the column)
7.
Select OK.
Insert a
Picture (from file or clip art)
1.
Locate the insertion point where
you will be placing the picture.
2.
Select Insert, Picture,
and From File (or clip art)
3.
Navigate until you find the folder
where the picture is saved.
4.
Select picture and select Insert
5.
Right-click on picture, Select Format
Picture
6.
Select Layout and choose Tight
(this allows text to wrap around picture).
7.
Click and drag sizing handles to
make the picture bigger or smaller.
8.
Click and drag picture around in
column for positioning.
Format a Page
Border
1.
Select Format and Borders
and Shading.
2.
Select Page Border tab.
3.
Select Box, Style of
line, and OK
4. To remove page
border, select Format, Borders and Shading, Page Border tab, and None.
Text copied from:
Technology for Classroom Teachers (http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/)
Permission granted to distribute this document to classroom
teachers as long as credit is given to Marilyn Western.
Formatted and pictures by:
Celeste F. Craig
