Write a newsletter

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Write a newsletter (Intermediate level)

As an educator you could be required to design a newsletter for your fund raising efforts / the Science Club or perhaps a monthly school newsletter reporting on sports scores, house points, merit achievements, the Big Walk, etc. This newsletter will be distributed to the whole school – so it will need to be professional and well-designed. You would use Microsoft Word to create this newsletter.

By the end of this task you could achieve the following outcomes:

Choose a template for your newsletter
Add or remove columns
Select colour and font schemes
Use the text flow styles
Insert new text boxes
Edit graphics
Group objects you want to keep together

Create your own newsletter – one which you will find useful. Alternatively, follow this example. To do so you would typically work through the following steps:

1.	Start Microsoft Word. See how »
2.	Choose a newsletter template: You will want to consider your target audience when you do this – are they parents or learners? See how »
3.	Save your work: Remember to save you work regularly. See how »
4.	Select a font and colour: If printing in black and white, select that option for your colour scheme. See how »
5.	Type the newsletter.
6.	Manage the text flow around images: Text and images will need to be displayed together attractively. See how »
7.	Insert new textboxes: If you want to add areas of text you should first create a text box. See how »
8.	Edit graphics: If printing in black and white, try to avoid colour graphics. See picture tip sheets »
9.	Group pictures and caption text boxes so that they stay together: You would do this if you want images to be associated with text. See how »
10.	Add or remove columns. Optionally , you may like to alter the column structure of your newsletter See how »
11.	Save your newsletter. See how »
12.	Print your newsletter. See how »