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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