This two-part class will take you into the word of design using Microsoft Word. Attendees will work along with the instructor to creategraphically appealing and meaning handouts, brochures and flyers. During the first week, you will be introduced to: · Basic graphic design philosophy and trends · Inserting Pictures and Clipart · Using Existing Templates · Changing basic page settings

1. Diana Silveira
Rachel Eichen

2. Agenda
 Introduction
 Templates
 Basic Design Principles
 Photos & Clipart
 Basic Page Settings
Refer to Word Handout:
http://goo.gl/lzkYm

3. Before you begin, consider
your..
 Audience
 Message
 Resources
 Time-frame
 Format

4. Templates
Pros
 Variety of templates
 “Fill in the blank”
 Quick & easy
Cons
 Difficult to “customize”

5. Don’t use clashing colors

6. Use complimenting colors

7. Color Scheme Designer
http://www.colorschemedesigner.com/

8. Be careful of overused or hard
to read fonts
Like Comic Sans MS
And Times New Roman
And Courier New
PalaceSCriptMT
Vladmir’s Script

9. Good Fonts
Calibri
Berlin Sans FB
 Use crazy fonts for headings only, not for
body text

10. Use fonts and emphasis to draw
attention
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11. Use fonts and emphasis to draw
attention
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12. Formatting Text
 Paragraph Spacing
 Bullets/Number Styles
 WordArt

13. Clipart vs. Photos (Clipart)
 Combination of shapes
 No size limit
 More “cartoon”-y
 Difficult to create your
own
 Usually better for printing

14. Clipart vs. Photos (Photos)
 Real people and places
 Size limit
 More professional
 Bigger file size
 Not as good for
printing

15. Clipart can be resized

16. Be careful of low resolution
photos…
This picture might look good, small..

17. But it loses quality when
bigger..

18. Resize Proportionally

19. Not all photos look good in
B&W

20. Not all photos look good in
B&W

21. Get Clipart & Photos
 Using the Toolbar on the side

22. Page Setting Options
 Orientation
 Margins
 Page Size

23. Tips
 A lot of tips will translate between Office
products
 There is ALWAYS more than one way to
do anything with Office
 Save Often
 Refer to Word 2010 Handout:
http://goo.gl/lzkYm

24. Personal Project
Assignments
 One clipart or photo
 Two different fonts
 Non-traditional page layout

25. Diana Silveira Rachel Eichen
diana@novarelibrary.com rachel@novarelibrary.com
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