HOW TO MAKE A BROCHURE

USING MICROSOFT

PUBLISHER 2007

By Jo-Anne GibsonAcadia Junior High School

Getting Started

Steps

1) All Programs from Start menu

2) Microsoft Office

3) Microsoft Publisher

Select “Brochures””

Choose your Design and Brochure Type

3 or 4 Panel

Choose your Colour Scheme, Font and Page Size

Hint: We have yellow and blue paper so if you want these colours asa background colour, leave your background white and we’ll print it oneither yellow or blue paper.

Colour

Font

Page Size

Save your Choices

After you save your publication, you can still change the publication options including the colour, font sizes and number of panels by following the previous steps and re-saving your work.

Save your work often using the “Save As” function in “File”!!!

Replace Placeholder Text

Click the existing placeholder text (text box) and type in your information.

To Change Text Size:

- Highlight text you want to change and choose another font size from the toolbar.

Text BoxesYou can create your own

text boxes using the paint option on the left hand side of the screen. Do not type past the blue lines which indicate your paper folds.

You can also add pictures, charts, word art, graphs and shapes using the paint functions.

Replace Placeholder Pictures

Right click the placeholder picture, click “Change Picture” and then click the source of the new picture. If you select “Clip Art” the Clip Art task pane opens.

Find the picture that you want to insert into the publication (you may use an existing picture from a file) and then double-click the picture. Publisher automatically sizes the image to fit.

Deleting Pictures

Right click the placeholder picture and press “backspace” on the computer keyboard.

You can copy and paste your own pictures or ones you have found from copyright free sites into your brochure.

Remember You’re Working with Two Pages

Page 1 Page 2

Page Configuration

5 1(Front)

2 3 4

Panel Numbers:

6(Back)

Remember you have 6 panels on 2 pages to fill up with information and pictures if you are designing a three-panel brochure. See the diagram to see how the pages will look in the brochure when it is folded.

Citing Information and Pictures

The sources of your information and pictures should be found in your brochure at the bottom of the final panel.

Add Your Name

To identify your work, don’t forget to put your name somewhere on your brochure.

Brochure Aesthetics

To create a brochure that flows well from page to page, keep your text size, titles, fonts, colours, and pictures uniform.

Completing the Brochure

When the brochure looks the way that you want, save the file by clicking “Save As” on the “File” menu.

Printing the Brochure

Before printing, complete a “print preview” from the “File” icon to ensure that all text and pictures have not been cut off. You may need to go back and resize.

Remember that your brochure has two pages so must be printed back-to-back. Please ask for assistance before printing your brochure.

Printing a colour brochure costs $.50