Making a Trifold Brochure Using Microsoft Word
Creating a Tri-Fold Brochure Using
Word
(adapted from an article by Jeff Davis of ZDNet)
Your word processing program can do much more than print documents in portrait or landscape orientation. Using a simple three-column page design, you can turn your word processor into a desktop publisher without spending a dime. It's simple to do and the results are great.
In this lesson, you will learn how to create an effective, low-cost, professional-looking tri-fold pamphlet, using the do-it-yourself method.
Like any other construction project, creating a successful brochure requires planning before the actual execution. So before dragging out the hammer and nails, you should have a fairly good idea of how you want your tri-fold to look. You'll want to take the practical aspects of laying out your pamphlet into account.
Decide what information to include, which pieces are the most important, and where you'll place them.
You can also gather a few examples of different brochures that you find appealing and use them as a guideline.
Next, determine how you want your pamphlet to look -- even draw a quick sketch before you actually get started. This will help you visualize where the pieces of information will fall when you actually fold the paper.
The practical aspects aren't the only ones you need to concern yourself with. After you've decided what to include, you'll want to consider the brochure's visual appeal. You may want to glance at a design book to familiarize yourself with the different visual concepts for creating a pamphlet and also to learn the basic dos and don'ts when designing a tri-fold.
Basically, don't get carried away with extreme borders, multiple fonts, shading, graphics, and so on. Less is more, but you can still have fun with it.
Well, that takes care of the preliminaries. Let's move on to the mechanics of creating a tri-fold pamphlet.
Since the key to building a tri-fold is Word's column feature, we'll start by
Word
(adapted from an article by Jeff Davis of ZDNet)
Your word processing program can do much more than print documents in portrait or landscape orientation. Using a simple three-column page design, you can turn your word processor into a desktop publisher without spending a dime. It's simple to do and the results are great.
In this lesson, you will learn how to create an effective, low-cost, professional-looking tri-fold pamphlet, using the do-it-yourself method.
Like any other construction project, creating a successful brochure requires planning before the actual execution. So before dragging out the hammer and nails, you should have a fairly good idea of how you want your tri-fold to look. You'll want to take the practical aspects of laying out your pamphlet into account.
Decide what information to include, which pieces are the most important, and where you'll place them.
You can also gather a few examples of different brochures that you find appealing and use them as a guideline.
Next, determine how you want your pamphlet to look -- even draw a quick sketch before you actually get started. This will help you visualize where the pieces of information will fall when you actually fold the paper.
The practical aspects aren't the only ones you need to concern yourself with. After you've decided what to include, you'll want to consider the brochure's visual appeal. You may want to glance at a design book to familiarize yourself with the different visual concepts for creating a pamphlet and also to learn the basic dos and don'ts when designing a tri-fold.
Basically, don't get carried away with extreme borders, multiple fonts, shading, graphics, and so on. Less is more, but you can still have fun with it.
Well, that takes care of the preliminaries. Let's move on to the mechanics of creating a tri-fold pamphlet.
Since the key to building a tri-fold is Word's column feature, we'll start by