what is a letterhead

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What is a Letterhead?


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A letterhead is some form of design for your stationary. Typically, a name and addresswould be included in a letterhead, along with contact details. A logo is often incorporatedinto a letterhead. The one you're going to be designing is this one:

To design a letterhead like the one above, three elements were used: AutoShapes,Textbox and a Line.

So, start a new Microsoft Word documentSet the page margins for your letter (see the earlierPage Marginslesson, for how

to do this.)Add the Pyramid AutoShape (See the earlierUsing AutoShapessection for how to

do this.)

The Pyramid AutoShape can be added by clicking on AutoShape in the Drawing toolbar(Click on View > Toolbars > Drawing, if yours is not visible.) Click on "MoreAutoShapes", just like you did in thelogo lesson. When you get the dialogue box, clickon the Conceptual category. The pyramid is at the bottom. But you can use any shape

that takes your fancy.

When you add the pyramid, it will be rather big, so resize it to something smaller. Onceyou have the pyramid AutoShape on your page, can add a textbox. If you don't know howto do this, see the sectionWorking with the Textbox Object.

When you've added an AutoShape, and a textbox with an address in it, you work mightlook something like this one:

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placed in a textbox that has the Lines removed. You can then move your address in toposition.

For a finishing touch, we can add a line quite easily. In fact, you already know how to adda line, because you did it in theHeaders and Footerssection. But try this:

Click the line tool on the Drawing toolbarPosition your cursor at the top left of your pyramidHold down the left mouse buttonKeep the mouse button held down and drag the mouse downwardsLet the mouse button go when you're happy with the line length

You are aiming for something like this:

We now have three separate objects on the page: an AutoShape, a Textbox, and a Line.We now need to group them, so that they can be moved around as one object.

To group your objects, do the following:

Click on one of your objects with the left hand mouse buttonIt will have the white squaresHold the shift key down on your keyboardKeep the Shift key held down and click a second object with your left mouse buttonWith the shift key still held down, click the third objectAll three objects will be selected and have white squares around them:
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Once all the objects are selected, click on any of then with yourRight mousebutton

From the menu that pops up select GroupingFrom the Grouping submenu, click Group (with your left mouse button)

Your three objects have now been turned into one object. Move the single image to whereyou want your letterhead to appear:


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The arrow-headed cross is where the left mouse button has been held down. The imageis being moved upwards.

And here's the finished letterhead once more:

In the next lesson, you learn how to save the letterhead as a template, so that you canopen it up quite quickly whenever it is needed.

Create a Template in Microsoft Word -->


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