Layout of the newspaper. Magazines and newspapers: choice of grid and types of layouts. Preparing a text document

Evgeniya Shteidle
Creating a newspaper in Microsoft Office Publisher. Master class for teachers

municipal budgetary preschool educational institution No. 27

"Combined Kindergarten"

Create a Newspaper in Microsoft Office Publisher

Master Class

Made:

Steidle E.S.

Kemerovo

Every teacher uses many forms and means of working with children, to involve the parents of pupils in the educational process of a preschool educational institution. Traditional forms are no longer of interest. New forms and techniques are needed that are still little known and cause difficulties when working with them.

Today I will introduce you to, and I will remind you who worked there. This the program offers the teacher wide range of layouts and types of publications for creation professional print publications, web publications: brochures, paper models, newsletters, business cards, information plates, calendars, postcards, announcements, posters, certificates of honor, invitations, programs, websites, etc. For example, using the Bulletins application to publisher program You and your children can create newspapers, "Paper Models" and "Information Plates" will help you to creating demonstration or handout for educational activities, "Invitations" - in writing invitations for parents or guests to some event or parent meeting, "Certificates of honor" - in creating letters of thanks or certificates for rewarding. In applications Publisher for many types of publications, there are publication templates, also called publication wizards... Each of these blanks is available in many different designs. You can view a set of publication templates by publication type or design style.

Tasks master class:

1. Acquaintance with the types of booklets, the main points of production "Successful" booklet.

2. Getting to know microsoft Office Publisher:

3. Familiarity with the algorithm create a newspaper as booklets in Microsoft Office Publisher;

4. Formation of interest in educators to the use of ICT in work;

1. Design and content of the booklet, newspapers, etc..

Before creation of a newspaper you should put the following questions:

1. What is this newspaper?

2. Who is it for is created? Who will read it?

3. How will it be distributed?

Newspaper - one of the most time-consuming projects requiring the possession of several computer programs: Word (texts, Publisher(layout) and technology (digital camera, camcorder, scanner, etc.).

I bring to your attention today to try to pass the newspaper of our garden, namely to post information about our event dedicated to ICT, performed in microsoft Office Publisher... Therefore, we will have 2 leaf: title page (1 page) and event announcement (2 page)... All information can be taken in a folder on the desktop « Newspaper» (photo, information about the kindergarten and the head, logo)... You just need to copy the necessary text or picture and paste it into the publication.

1. So, let's enter publisher program... You can find it by clicking Start, All programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Publisher... Or the icon of this programs can be found in the taskbar (bottom of the desktop).

2. On the main panel programs in the catalog, click - Create a

3. And in the drop-down list, select-Bulletin (slide 4)

A wide variety of four-lane newspaper blanks... The format of each newsletter has its own name - Travel, Pea, Dots, Echo. Opening successively different sheets, choose the one you like. Text information. All text in Publisher is in a kind of container called text fields. In a newsletter, each column is a separate text field, and these fields are connected to allow text to flow from one column to another. By creating completely new text box, don't worry about its exact location and size. Columns can be moved at any time, and the text box can be resized. Remember that the text must be readable and nicely formatted.

Please note that for a competent layout of a multi-page publication, the bottom and top borders of the text or blocks on each page must be at the same level. IN Publisher it is possible, unlike the text editor Word. The role of borders in the publication is sometimes performed by colored blocks filled with text or graphics.

4. We select colors for the layout according to the sample, in order to style newspapers were united

5. The bulletin is forward-looking marked up: there is room for a name newspapers, editorial column, “square” for a photo or picture.

6. Enter the name newspaper "Zvezdochka"... Then we put the release date and the serial number in small boxes under the heading editions: April 18, 2018, Issue 1 (1, and also place the name of the kindergarten in the upper left corner.

7. Insert text and pictures on the required topic .

8. Change the size of the picture (squeeze the corner of the picture, place it in the text)

9. We design page 1, then page 2.

10. Let's look at the general view of the booklet .

13. Let's print the booklet.

Algorithm booklet creation:

1. Launch microsoft Office Publisher program:

Start, All microsoft Office programs, Microsoft Office Publisher

2. Select the Types of publications, Booklets, Select the type of booklet, Create a.

3. Change (optional) booklet design.

Options Color Scheme (choose) Font scheme (choose) Publication layouts (select

4. Insert text and pictures on the required topic (copy - paste from your sources).

Change the size of the picture (squeeze the corner of the picture, place it in the text.

5. We design page 1, then page 2.

6. Let's look at the general view of the booklet (for each page separately. Preview)

8. print our newspaper.

File Print Page (1) Number of copies (1) Printing

Flip the sheet File Print Page (2) Number of copies (1) Printing.

And now, Dear colleagues, I suggest that you divide into subgroups and try on your own create a newspaper about our past today's event. You can leave your impressions in memory of us in your newspaper... On your computers there are folders with photos of our event, and there are photos of our holidays. You can choose what you like the most and start developing newspapers... Enjoy your work, everyone.

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Content:

Through this article, you will learn how to create newspapers using Microsoft Word. Design what your newspaper will look like, then bring the idea to life in Word on your Windows or Mac computer.

Steps

Part 1 Project

  1. 1 Browse several different newspapers. Consider the relative position of the basic elements of the newspaper to understand the principles of layout and layout on paper:
    • Materials - the main content, which accounts for the main part of the text.
    • Images - illustrations and photographs are also important elements of the newspaper. They separate large blocks of text and add context to the stories.
    • Headings - the first thing the reader pays attention to when deciding whether to read or not read the material.
  2. 2 Consider the dimensions of the printer. If you do not have an industrial-scale printer available, then it will be limited to the paper size of 210 by 297 millimeters, which most printers support.
    • This size matches the default page size setting for Word on most computers.
  3. 3 Think about your page layout in advance. Before you open Word and start formatting, you should have a general idea of \u200b\u200bthe layout of your future newspaper. Take a few sheets of note paper and sketch a few options.
    • Think over the design of different pages. The front page will differ significantly from the rest of the pages of the newspaper, as well as the sections should be stylistically different from each other.
    • Draw some lines to figure out the filling. If there are too many columns, the text will be highly compressed, and not enough columns will make the page scattered.
    • Try different layouts of blocks of text on your draft page. Place the image inside the text, above or below the storyline.
    • Choose a suitable place for your headline. It should grab the reader's attention, but at the same time a heading that is too large will distract from the text.

Part 2 Implementation

  1. 1 Open Microsoft Word. Double click on the Word icon that looks like a white "W" on a blue background.
  2. 2 Click Create. The white rectangle is at the top left of the screen. This will open a new document.
    • Skip this step on Mac computers.
  3. 3 Enter the name of the newspaper. Type the name of the newspaper or the headline you want on the page.
  4. 4 Start on a new line. Press the ⌅ Enter button in the document to move to a new line.
    • This step will add columns but leave the newspaper title as it was.
  5. 5 Click Page Layout. This tab is on the blue ribbon at the top of the Word window. This will open the toolbar in the ribbon Page layout.
  6. 6 Click Columns. This item is on the left side of the panel Page layout... A drop-down menu will appear on the screen.
  7. 7 Click More Columns…. This item is at the bottom of the list. Loudspeakers... A window with additional options will appear.
  8. 8 Select the number of columns. For example press Two at the top of the window to divide your newspaper into two columns.
    • You can also specify a number in the "Number of columns" field by selecting the required number.
  9. 9 Select the "Apply" drop-down menu. The field is in the lower left part of the window.
  10. 10 Select To end of document. Select this item in the drop-down menu to apply the number of columns to the entire document excluding the title.
  11. 11 Click OK. After that, the Word document will be divided into the selected number of columns.
  12. 12 Add text content. Start with a heading, then press ⌅ Enter and type the section. When you get to the end, leave a couple of blank lines, and then specify the next heading and print the next section.
    • As you enter text, the columns will be filled from left to right.
  13. 13 Insert photos. Click on the place in the newspaper where you want to insert the photo, then click on the tab Insertthen Picture, select an image and click Paste in the lower right corner of the window.
    • The photo can be reduced or enlarged by dragging the corner of the image.
    • Click on the photo, then select the tab Format, Further Wrap textand then select a wrap option to position the text around the image.
  14. 14 Align the newspaper title to the center. Click the tab home, select the title text, and then click the "Align Center" icon in the form of centered horizontal lines in the "Paragraph" block.
  15. 15 Change the format of the newspaper. The program allows you to add many different details before saving, but most often the following parameters are changed:
    • Font and text size - select the part of the text that you want to change, then click on the downward arrow to the right of the current font in the "Font" section of the tab home... Now select a new font and font size from the numerical dropdown next to the font.
    • Bold heading - highlight the heading you want to change, then press F in the Font box to make the text bold. You can also press the buttons H or TO to select underline or italic text.
  16. 16 Save the newspaper. Press ^ Ctrl + S (Windows) or ⌘ Command + S (Mac) to save the newspaper, then select the folder to save, enter a title and press Save... Your newspaper is ready!
  • Choose a convenient newspaper font like Arial Narrow. If you want your craft to really look like a real newspaper, then check out which fonts newspaper folks use the most. You can find a lot of information on the Internet about fonts for newspapers at different times.

Warnings

  • Choose "Black & White" printing to avoid wasting ink in the printer.

    Open Microsoft Word. Double click on the Word icon, which looks like a white "W" on a blue background.


  1. Click Create.

    The white rectangle is at the top left of the screen. This will open a new document.

    • Skip this step on Mac computers.

  2. Enter the name of the newspaper. Type the name of the newspaper or the headline you want on the page.


  3. Start on a new line.

    Click the button

    in the document to go to a new line.

    • This step will add columns but leave the newspaper title as it was.

  4. Click Page Layout. This tab is on the blue ribbon at the top of the Word window. This will open the toolbar in the ribbon Page layout.


  5. Click Columns. This item is on the left side of the panel Page layout... A drop-down menu will appear on the screen.


  6. Click More Columns…. This item is at the bottom of the list. Loudspeakers... A window with additional options will appear.


  7. Select the number of columns.

    For example press

    Two at the top of the window to divide your newspaper into two columns.

    • You can also specify a number in the "Number of columns" field by selecting the required number.

  8. Select the "Apply" drop-down menu. The field is in the lower left part of the window.


  9. Select To end of document. Select this item in the drop-down menu to apply the number of columns to the entire document excluding the title.


  10. Click OK. After that, the Word document will be divided into the selected number of columns.


  11. Add text content.

    Start with a heading, then click

    and print the section. When you get to the end, leave a couple of blank lines, and then specify the next heading and print the next section.

    • As you enter text, the columns will be filled from left to right.

  12. Insert photos.

    Click on the place in the newspaper where you want to insert the photo, then click on the tab

    Insert then

    Picture , select an image and click

    Paste in the lower right corner of the window.

    • The photo can be reduced or enlarged by dragging the corner of the image.
    • Click on the photo, then select the tab Format, Further Wrap textand then select a wrap option to position the text around the image.

  13. Align the newspaper title to the center. Click the tab home, select the title text, and then click the "Align Center" icon in the form of centered horizontal lines in the "Paragraph" block.


  14. Change the format of the newspaper.

    The program allows you to add many different details before saving, but most often the following parameters are changed:

    • Font and text size - select the part of the text that you want to change, then click on the downward arrow to the right of the current font in the "Font" section of the tab home... Now select a new font and font size from the numerical dropdown next to the font.
    • Bold heading - highlight the heading you want to change, then press F in the Font box to make the text bold. You can also press the buttons H or TO to select underline or italic text.

  15. Save the newspaper. Press ^ Ctrl + S (Windows) or ⌘ Command + S (Mac) to save the newspaper, then select the folder to save, enter a title and press Save... Your newspaper is ready!

Starting a newspaper or newsletter is rewarding and rewarding. With its help, you can tell your family the latest news or tell employees about new events in the life of the company, or even show, say, students what journalism is! The Microsoft Word editor makes it possible to create newspapers and newsletters without any problems, which we, in fact, will tell you about now.

Method 1 of 3: Newspaper Design
Take some newspapers.

Get inspired by what you see on the shelves of newsstands. Look and think what is good and what is not very good. Watch and learn how to arrange headlines and images to attract the reader. Try to understand how all these basic newspaper elements interact.

  • Stories are the essence of the newspaper, most of the text.
  • Images are important too, as they break down walls of text and provide context for stories. In addition, captions explaining the meaning of the images are important.
  • Headings are the first thing the reader sees. It is the headlines that help readers understand whether he will buy the newspaper or not.
  • Sidebars - These provide additional information on a story topic.

Before starting work, you need to think over the template. Exactly. It’s pretty good to have a sketch of what the newspaper should look like in your head or on drafts before you open your text editor.

Draw different pages. The first page is significantly different from all the others, and different sections may have slightly different styling. Draw lines to see how the columns affect the look of the page. Too many columns - the text seems too crowded. Too few columns - everything seems blocky, awkward ... Arrange the text blocks in different ways. Place text around images, place an image under or above text, in general - see for yourself. Experiment with the position of the headings. The headlines, remember, should grab the readers' attention, but not distract them.

Decide on the page size. In America, for example, the standard format is 37x55 centimeters. Yes, you can do something different in a text editor - but can you print such sheets on a home printer?

Refer to the format of the newsletter. And that, only two columns and a standard A4 sheet. The fold of newspaper sheets does affect the design. A regular newspaper is folded in half horizontally to keep important content on the top half of the first page.

Collect all of your articles in suitable formats. If you are in the business of design, then you will surely have articles from many authors. Make sure you can work with the format of these articles so that there will be no problems later.

Method 2 of 3: Create a newspaper
Create a new document in a text editor.

With Word open, you can either just create a new document or create one from a template.

  • Templates: Template menu, Newsletter section. There you can choose from a variety of templates created by Microsoft. These templates often provide instructions on how to change text and images. Templates are an option for those in a hurry and want to make a newspaper as quickly as possible.
  • Those who want to do everything on their own can choose to simply create a new document.

Resize the page. If you chose the newsletter format, you can leave the default sizes. If you want a full-blown newspaper, you have to change a few things:

Click the Page Layout tab\u003e Page Setup. there click on the arrow at the bottom right. In the window that appears, open the Paper tab, select Custom Size from the drop-down menu. Set the width to 15, the height to 22. Ignore the program's warning that the document has gone out of print margins. If you won't be typing at home, this is not a problem. Without a widescreen monitor, viewing a page will now be difficult.

Create a title. Double-click on the section of the document header that is above the top border. Open the Header & Footer Design tab. There you can insert dates, page numbers and change the location of headings.

Typically, a different headline is placed on the front page of the newspaper. The name and dates are quite appropriate here. To give your first page a different heading, go to Design\u003e Options\u003e Different First Page. You can change the font and style of the heading in the same way as the font and style of regular text. You can draw the heading in a graphics editor and just paste it into Word as a picture. Method 3 of 3: Content filling
Columns.

Word can automatically create columns to format the content you add. However, here you have several options. To access column creation, go to Page Layout\u003e Page Setup\u003e Columns.

  • Set the number of columns you want to see.
  • By clicking on More Columns you will have access to creating custom columns. Place the cursor where you want to make the change in the column, go to More Columns\u003e This point forward and click Apply to. Everything above the cursor will not change, everything below will change.
  • It will be useful to take into account how the article will look at one or another column length. Believe me, working on speaker parameters is a tricky one.

I Pictures. Through the Insert tab, open the folder with pictures, select the ones you need and insert them. The text editor will insert the image where the cursor is. Then the Format tab will open.

You can move and resize the image with the mouse. You can change how the text wraps around the image using the Arrange\u003e Text Wrapping menu. To move the image freely around the page, click the Position button in the Arrange menu. Select any option under With Text Wrapping. This will unlock the image so you can move it wherever you go.

Captions for pictures. In Word, you can add a caption to any image inserted into your document. Everything is simple here - right click on the image, Insert Caption option. In the window that opens, you will need to enter the signature text itself.

Checking the Exclude Label box will prevent the editor from printing a common label in front of your signature. You can change the font and style of the signature in the same way as the fonts and styles of all other texts.

Side stripes. They (and not only) can be added using the Insert\u003e Text Box menu. The text editor will offer several styles to choose from, although you can always draw your own by choosing the Draw Text Box option from the bottom of the menu.

Text boxes can be moved and enlarged / reduced.

Font and style. So, you have the contents of the newspaper. Why not play with styles now? You understand that the more convenient it is to read the newspaper, the better! A good font choice is more important than you might think!

Experiment with headlines until you find the best combination of size and look and make sure the newspaper is consistent in terms of appearance. Yes, templates can change slightly from section to section, but general points (font, font size, etc.) should remain the same.

Decide on your colors. Traditional newspapers use color sparingly for both dramatic effect and for economic reasons. Color printing is significantly more expensive than black-and-white printing. Decide what elements of your paper, if any, necessitate the use of color.

However, if you distribute the newspaper in digital format - do not deny yourself anything, but also know when to stop.

Two-sided printing. To make everything look like a real newspaper, you need to print on both sides of the sheet! here you need to go into the printer settings and check if it can do this.

Final edit. At the stage of final editing, you should find all the errors and typos that have managed to hide from you until this very moment. Anyway, find and fix all problems. Check everything, because the quality of your publication will directly depend on how well you check everything!

  • To make your newspaper look very “newspaper-like”, choose one of those fonts that are often used in popular newspapers. Finding such fonts on thematic sites will not be a problem.
  • Newspaper-style templates are good. Some sites even offer everyone to download templates for text editors with which you can create newspapers ... well, or something very similar to them. Using templates like this can be a great time saver.

Every student is able to type simple text in Word, but sometimes it is necessary to break the text into columns . You may need to create a school newspaper or you might want to publish your own booklets or leaflets. It doesn't matter what. The important thing is that in Word 2010 this is done very quickly and easily. We have already learned how to create a brochure.

Now let's try to create text in several columns, or, as they are also called in newspaper columns.

How to break text into columns

Select all the text (or part of the document) that you need to break into columns, and click in the menu - Page layout - on the button - Columns -, and select the required number of speakers. I chose three columns as an example.

That's what I did.

As you understand, this way you can create any number of columns available for the program. Everything is done fully automatically. Here you can place both table charts and graphic objects. Try and improve.

Column breakdown is done in the same way.

Good luck! I was with you - Lyudmila

Knowing the InDesign layout program is useful for any graphic designer. With InDesign, you can design layouts for books, magazines, brochures, flyers, and even web pages. InDesign is tightly integrated with other Adobe products, in particular with programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator, which allows the designer to work with both raster and vector graphics when creating a layout.

InDesign is a fairly simple program - a person familiar with the basic principles of layout will not be difficult to master. However, DTP is a rather slow process and it can be time consuming to create a layout. At the same time, it often happens that the deadlines are tight, and the work does not move, since the designer does not have an exact understanding of exactly how the layout should look. The lack of creativity can be filled by downloading a ready-made template. Today on the Internet you can find many free and at the same time professionally laid out layouts, books, magazines, booklets and other printed materials. All that remains for the designer is to replace the “fish” with the text provided by the customer and place his own illustrations. FreelanceToday brings you 6 sites with free InDesign templates.

StockInDesign is one of the best sites to find the right free template to create your own layout. The site features work of the highest quality, comparable to premium paid templates. The template folder always contains the "Read me" file, which contains tips for working with the document, as well as links to free images and fonts that you can use in your design. Also, the creator of the template often places a short video in the folder, where it describes in general terms how to edit the document. Experienced designers are unlikely to find this useful, but beginners will definitely appreciate this kind of care.

The Best InDesign Templates site offers both paid and free InDesign templates. There are relatively few free templates, the selection is small, but all templates are very professional. Here you can download templates for catalogs, flyers, magazines and calendars. There are layouts for different versions of Adobe InDesign - from CS2 to CS6. New free templates appear regularly, the designer only needs to subscribe to the newsletter to keep abreast of all the news.

Creativity Crate is the portfolio of designer Angela W. There are seven free templates, mostly brochures and flyers. The templates are quite high quality, but a small selection does not leave the designer room for maneuver - it will be a great success if any of the presented are useful when creating your own layout. This way, the site owner draws the attention of users to his portfolio - a good marketing ploy that other freelancers should also use. The templates presented have several color schemes and are ready to print.

If the inspiration left the designer while working on the layout of the book, then he should take a look at Blurb.com. There are not many free layouts, but some can be used in work. All templates are compatible with Blurb BookWright application and Adobe InDesign CC with Blurb InDesign plugin installed. Not a bad site with which you can quickly typeset a book or magazine.

Branding and marketing communications company Handle has some beautiful InDesign templates that you can download for free. The choice is small, so the presented templates can only be considered a source of inspiration. Templates can be used as-is, however site owners recommend using them as a starting point when creating your own layout.

INSTEAD OF CONCLUSION

There are quite a few free templates for InDesign, much less than for Photoshop and Illustrator. The explanation is simple - when creating a layout for printing, you have to take into account the wishes of the customer and the likelihood that it will be possible to find a template with a suitable arrangement of elements is very small. However, it makes sense to keep sites with free templates in browser bookmarks - it may be useful in the future.

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