A Few Quick Tips onA Few Quick Tips on

To Help Make Your Brochures Great!

Prepared by:Prepared by:Paula Trapani-WienerPaula Trapani-Wiener

Librarian, LRMSLibrarian, LRMS

PublisherPublisher• The most “different”

of the Microsoft Office programs

• Some features are similar to Word and PowerPoint, but other features are VERY different.

BrochuresBrochures

• If you are asked to make a 3-panel brochure, here are a few things you should know…

In Publisher…In Publisher…

Your TemplateYour Template• I created a template

for you to easily “fill in the blanks” instead of starting from scratch.

• It already includes the text boxes you need along with instructions on what to put in these text boxes.

• Here’s how to save it:

Go to class project page.Go to class project page.

First, click First, click ““LibraryLibrary” ” from LR from LR Homepage.Homepage.

Then, click Then, click ““Class Class ProjectsProjects” ” here.here.

Once you’re here, scroll down to Social Studies: 7th Grade, and click “Middle Passage & Slavery Brochure.”

Once you’re here, click “Publisher Template.”

Click this link first, then click Save in the pop-up window.

Click the pull-down arrow and select “My Documents” as the destination. Then click “Save.”

Now, you’re ready to make Now, you’re ready to make changes to this template!changes to this template!

• Double-click “My Documents” and find the new document you just downloaded called “Middle Passage Template.”

Editing the TemplateEditing the Template

• You may want to change the “theme” or design layout from the one that I used—– Do this FIRST (before you start typing in

information or adding photos).– Changing the layout/colors may affect the

placement of text boxes, etc. So it’s better to do that before you have actual info. in the text boxes.

– Click “Brochure Options” and/or “Color Schemes” in the gray area at the left.

By clicking Brochure Options, you’ll have new designs to choose from.

Your BrochureYour Brochure

• Publisher wants you to see the whole page at once, but that means that the font may be difficult to read.

• To enlarge the document, just click either the magnifying glass with a plus sign in it or select a % greater than 66%.

Your Brochure cont’dYour Brochure cont’d

• A 3-panel brochure has 2 pages.• Small 1 and 2 in lower left corner of

document.• Page 1 includes the cover page, but

it is actually “last” or furthest to the right.

• This looks “wrong,” but trust me—it’s right! It will be perfect once it’s printed out and folded.

We are now looking at page 1.

Front cover

We are now looking at page 2.

• Please don’t hesitate to Please don’t hesitate to ask questions while ask questions while you’re working! you’re working!

Presentation Presentation Created By:Created By:

Paula Trapani-Paula Trapani-WienerWiener

LibrarianLibrarianLawrence Road Lawrence Road Middle SchoolMiddle School