Brochure page creation exercise

The following are steps for creating a brochure page. This can be modified to create a flyer or handout as well. Normal text steps are the buttons or menus you need to click and instructions in italic are things like writing text, choosing a color, or re-sizing/re-positioning a picture. I'll put my finished product at the end.

Page Layout → Orientation → Landscape → Page Color → Choose Color → Page Borders → Choose Style → Undo (Use arrow at top or press Ctrl + z) → Columns → Three.

Insert → Shapes → Choose a basic shape (I recommend rectangle, rounded rectangle, or oval) → Hold left mouse button down and drag to create a shape on the left side of the page →  Make shape the size you want by pulling on the little circles at the corners. This shape will act as one of the columns on your brochure. → Note that you are now on the Format bar at the top of the page → Shape Fill → Choose color → Shape Outline → More outline colors → Choose color (or choose no outline) → Add Text (This button is at the left of the screen) → Type something → Highlight Text (Click and Drag. Move arrow over text option box that appears.) → Change text font, size, and color as you want. Center text is you want.

Insert → Clip Art → Enter a keyword in the Search for box → Choose a picture (notice you are back on the Format bar only with different options) → Place cursor after text and before picture. Press Enter key until picture is located where you want it. → Click picture once to select it for editing. → In the Format bar, hover the mouse arrow over different Picture Styles to see the effects. Choose one if you like. → Picture Shape → Choose a shape → Undo → Note Picture Border and Picture Effects. Play with them if you like.

Insert → Text Box → Draw Text Box → Hold left mouse button down and drag until you have the desired size within your shape. → Shape Fill → Choose color → Shape Outline → Choose color or no outline → Type text → Highlight text → Use text option box to change text font, size, and color.

Right click outside shape to stop editing inside shape.

Insert → Shape → Choose shape. → Create shape in center portion of page for middle column. → Repeat previous Shape steps.

Insert → Picture → Choose picture from folder and insert. → Fix placement, choose style or customize as you want. Add text above or below as you want.

Insert → Text Box → Simple Text Box →Position → Position in top right with square text wrapping (This is your right side column) → Reposition and resize. (You can right click the box to get the option to remove content control) → Type your text. → Shape fill → Shape outline → Highlight text → Change type font, size, color. → Repeat until you have as many text boxes as you need. Try to make sure you text lines up down the page.

Insert → Clip art → Search for a color → Choose something that looks like a background → Position → Position in Middle right with square text wrapping → Move into position and resize → Customize using picture styles, shape, border, and effects. → Send to Back → Send behind text.

Insert → Clip art → Search for an appropriate keyword. Choose something and insert. → Position → Position to Middle right → Move into place. Organize it among text.

Insert → Blank page.

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