Creating a Brochure in Word

I. Set up your page

    A. Go to File

        Page Setup

        Margins-change to landscape OK

    B. Go to Format

        Columns

        Change to 3 columns

        Check: equal column width

        Check: line between columns (the line will show up later) OK

    C. Turn on the overwrite option by pressing the Insert key.

    D. Press your Enter key until your cursor moves all the way through 3 columns on two pages.

        Stop at the bottom of the right column on page 2.

    E. Save your setup calling it "brochure followed by homeroom"

II. Identify information locations

    A. Label each column so you remember how it will look folded.

        Page 1.

            Left column: inside flap Center column: back

            Right column: cover

        Page 2

            Left column: inside left

            Center column: inside center

            Right column: inside right

III. Plan your information to fit into those locations-use a scrap piece of paper and rough it in.

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