Creating a Newsletter

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Creating a Newsletter

• A Step-by-Step Guide

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Open a blank Microsoft Word Document

• Choose
• Start
• Programs
• Microsoft Word

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Save the Document

• Choose
• File
• Save

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Save the Document

• Choose the appropriate folder to Save In
• Type School Newsletter in the File Name
• Press Save

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Document LayoutSet the margins

• Choose
• File
• Page Setup
• Margins

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Document LayoutSet the margins

• Set the margins as follows
• Top 1.5"
• Bottom 1 "
• Left 1"
• Right 1 "

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Document LayoutChange Orientation

• Choose
• Paper Size
• Portrait
• OK

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Create a Header

• Choose
• View
• Header and Footer

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Create a Header -Format the Header

• Type
• SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
• Highlight the Header
• Antique Olive (Font)
• 42 point (Font Size)
• Bold
• Center

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Add a Border to the Header

• Choose
• Format
• Borders and Shading
• Custom

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Add a Border to the Header

• Click on the last style (scroll to bottom)
• Set to Width to 6 pt
• Apply to bottom
• OK

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Add a Footer

• Switch Between Header and Footer (on the
  Header/Footer Toolbar)
• Type current month and year (in the Footer)
• Press the Tab key
• Type Page followed by a space
• Insert Page Number
• Press tab
• Type Volume 1, Issue 1

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Format the Footer

• Select the footer
• Format the Text
• Times New Roman (Font)
• 10 point (Font Size)
• Format the Tabs
• Move 3 Tab to 3 1/4
• Move 6 Tab to 1/2

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Add a Border to the Footer

• Deselect the Footer Text
• Choose
• Format
• Borders and Shading
• Custom

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Add a Border to the Footer

• Click on the last style (scroll to bottom)
• Set to Width to 6 pt
• Apply to top
• OK

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Header Footer

• The Header and Footer Formatting is now complete
• Press Close on the Header/Footer toolbar

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Save Your Work!

• Update the Saved File by Choosing
• Save Button on Toolbar
• (The program will automatically save it with the
  name the file was given, in the location
  determined at an earlier step)

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Format for Columns

• Choose
• Format
• Columns

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Format for Columns

• Select
• 3 columns
• OK
• (The columns become visible as you enter text)

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Create a Headline

• Type
• In This Issue
• From Style list Select
• Heading 1
• Press Enter

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Create a List of ContentsFor the Newsletter

• Type
• Cover Story (Page 1)
• Select Style Heading 2
• Press Enter
• Type
• A New Computer Learning Lab
• Select Style Heading 2
• Press Enter

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Create a List of ContentsFor the Newsletter

• Type
• Parents Can Help Promote School Technology
• Select Style Heading 3
• Press Enter
• Type
• Teachers Using School Technology
• Select Style Heading 2
• Press Enter

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Create a List of ContentsFor the Newsletter

• Type
• Technology Can Make Record Keeping Easier
• Select Style Heading 3
• Press Enter
• SAVE THE FILE!

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Insert a Column Break

• Choose
• Insert
• Break
• Column Break
• OK

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Add a Headline

• Type
• Cover Story
• Select Style
• Heading 1
• Enter

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Add Article Title

• Type
• A New Computer Learning Lab
• Select Style
• Heading 2
• Enter

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Type the Article

• Teachers and students watched as our new
  computers, printers and scanners were unloaded
  and brought into the school. This was a first
  installment on purchases resulting from the grant
  written by our technology coordinator.
• Select Style
• Normal

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Insert clip art

• Select
• Insert
• Picture
• Clip Art

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Insert clip art

• Select
• A Computer Image
• Insert (or OK)

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Move Resize Clipart

• Move Clip Art directly under the title A New
  Computer Lab
• Click and Drag the Clipart to proper placement
• Click and Resize Clipart to approximately 1 inch

Clipart Move Handle
Clipart Resize Handle
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Wrap Text Around Clipart

• Select
• Format
• Picture
• Wrapping
• Square
• OK

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Complete Newsletter

• Complete the following Steps
• After the article, A New Computer Learning Lab,
  add the titles from the first column
• Format the styles of each title according to what
  they are in Column 1
• Type text to form each article

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Finish Document

• Save the File
• Print File
• (Finished product should look similar to the
  document on the right)