3-day Virtual Seminar

Microsoft Word - Desktop Publishing

Overview

Learn how to create flyers, brochures, greeting cards, business cards, certificates forms, and other desktop publishing projects with Microsoft Word. In this webinar you will learn four elements of design (proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast) and how to apply them to your creations. You will also learn how to effectively use fonts, color, drop caps, icons, images, decorative borders, columns, tables, kerning, and white space to make beautiful documents.

Areas Covered in the Session

• What is desk-top publishing (DTP)?
  
• What are the four elements of design and how can they improve the look of my document?
  
• Layout
  
  • How do you change paper size?
    
  • How can you rotate your page?
    
  • How can you change margins?
    
  • How can you add a decorative page border?
    
• Fonts
  
  • What is the difference between a serif and sans-serif font?
    
  • What font effects are available?
    
  • How do you increase or decrease spacing between letters?
    
  • How many fonts should you use?
    
• Newspaper columns
  
  • What is a newspaper column?
    
  • How do you insert multiple newspaper columns?
    
  • How do you control the space between columns?
    
  • How do you control the width of each column?
    
  • How do you force a column break?
    
  • How do you create different sections with a different number of columns?
    
• Tables
  
  • How do you insert a table?
    
  • How do you adjust the width of table columns and the height of table rows?
    
  • How do you add a gap between rows and columns?
    
  • How do you change the border or a table, row, column, and/or cell?
    
  • How do you add white space within a table?
    
  • How do you create a repeating column header?
    
• Graphics
  
  • How do you insert graphics (shapes, icons, images) and text boxes?
    
  • How do you control the placement of a graphic?
    
  • How do you make text flow around a graphic?
    
  • How can you use a table to help you position a picture?
    
• Sample DTP Projects
  
  • How do you create a flyer or brochure?
    
  • How do you create a greeting card?
    
  • How do you create a business card?
    
  • How do you create a form?

Who Will Benefit

• Small Business Owners 
  
• Administrative Professionals
  
• Nonprofit Professionals
  
• Library Professionals
  
• Teachers
  
• Students
  
• Job Seekers
  
• Office Workers
  
• Home Users
  
• Anyone who needs to create Professional-Looking Documents without access to or experience with specialized desktop publishing software