theoldehearth Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I'm working on Microsoft Word and I know there must be a way to do the three fold pamplet layout but I can't find it! Can any of you shed some light on this and point me in the right direction? Geez I feel like a dummy right now.:embarasseShannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapermom Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 do you have microsoft Works? there is a task launcher, click on that if you do, it will give you a menu of tasks.. click on newsletters and flyers. There are templates in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luci Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Try changing your layout from portrait to landscape. Then use 3 columns and adjust your column widths if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldehearth Posted October 2, 2006 Author Share Posted October 2, 2006 You know what I DO have Microsoft Works,LOL! My computer is fairly new and I'm still trying to figure out the new programs on it. I don't even know what all we have,oh the things I learn everyday! Thanks a bunch you guys, I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savedbygrace06 Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Go to File, New Document and I think it gives you an option to choose tri-fold brochure. If not, if you have Publisher, you can do it in there. But the easiest way is to change your Page Layout, like someone else here said, to Landscape and then 3-column layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luci Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I taught word processing, and the page layout was the easiest for my hs students to do a brochure or newsletter. They had problems using the templates. However, I haven't used MS Works in several years. I taught on Word. Sometimes people don't realize that Word and Works are not the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savedbygrace06 Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I personally don't like Works ... to me it seems very limited. But if it's all you got, you make due with it. It's all I had for the longest time but it used to frustrate the heck outta me. LOL I like my Word and I don't really use templates. I would just rather start from stratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k&g Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I use Word - made the columns using the text box option and adjusted as needed. Printed two sided - once you have the text box spread out enough the input of the info is pretty easy. I too prefer Word to Works ... but that's me! Good luck. PM me if you have other questions - I don't mind helping if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldehearth Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 Thanks for all tips! I pretty much had it figured out using Word and going through Column feature. Aside from trying to figure out the spacing for each column, it turned out fine. It took me awhile but the text box feature Lori, that sounds alot more simple and quicker than fighting with the indent spacing for each column (the words kept disappearing if I type too far to the next column so I had to keep adjusting the indent back and forth.Also it wouldn't center properly when I hit the center button so I had to do that manually. I'm going to try the text box next time. It sounds like it would save alot of headaches!Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinetreecandles Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 If you don't have Microsoft Office, but would like to use some of the templates that are available, then try http://www.openoffice.org/.It is free and will open most MS Office things. If any of the templates use Macros then it may not work, but for most things it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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