How To Create A Brochure In Word

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This wikiHow teaches you how to create a brochure using Microsoft Word on both Windows and Mac computers. Brochures are informative documents that can be folded into a compact format. To make a brochure in Microsoft Word, you can either use a pre-made template or create one from scratch.

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Open Microsoft Word. It's a dark-blue app with a white "W" on it.
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Type brochure into the top search bar, then press ↵ Enter . Doing so will search the database for brochure templates.
- On Mac, if you don't see the Template page, click File in the top menu bar and select New from Template… in the drop-down menu.
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Select a brochure template. Find a brochure template that you like and click on it. The brochure's preview page will open.
- Most brochure templates will be formatted roughly the same, so you should choose a brochure based on appearance.
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Click Create . It's to the right of the brochure's preview. Doing so will prompt Word to begin loading the brochure, which should only take a few seconds.
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Enter your brochure's information. Depending on the template that you chose, this step will vary; however, for most brochures, you can replace the placeholder text in each spot with your company's information.
- Most brochures have several pages of information, including a testimonial section.
- You can replace the photos in the brochure by clicking a photo, clicking the Format tab, clicking Change Picture, clicking From a File, and selecting a file from your computer.
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Save your brochure. To do so:
- Windows - Click File, click Save As, double-click This PC, click a save location on the left side of the window, type your brochure's name into the "File name" text box, and click Save.
- Mac - Click File, click Save As..., enter your brochure's name in the "Save As" field, click the "Where" box and select a save folder, and click Save.

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Open Microsoft Word. Its app icon resembles a white "W" on a dark-blue background.
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Click Blank document . It's a white box in the upper-left side of the window. Doing so opens a blank Word document.
- Skip this step on Mac.
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Click the Layout tab. You'll find this at the top of the Word window. A new toolbar will appear below the row of tabs here.
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Click Margins . This option is on the far-left side of the Layout toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click Custom Margins… . It's at the bottom of the Margins drop-down menu. Doing so opens a new window.
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Lower each margin. In the "Margins" section at the top of the window, you'll see several different margin options (e.g., "Left"), each of which has 1 in a text box to the right of it. Change the value in this text box to 0.1 to ensure that your brochure's margins are wide enough to accommodate your content.
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Click Landscape . It's in the middle of the window.
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Click OK . This is at the bottom of the window. Doing so saves your changes and reformats your Word document.
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Add columns to your document. To do so:
- Make sure that you're still on the Layout tab.
- Click Columns
- Select a number of columns in the drop-down menu.
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Add column breaks. This will ensure that each column (i.e. panel) of your brochure holds separate paragraphs of information. To do so:
- Make sure that you're still on the Layout tab.
- Click Breaks
- Click Column in the drop-down menu.
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Enter your brochure's information. There are two main types of information that you can add to your document:
- Text - Type in your brochure's information on a per-column basis. You can edit the text that you type by clicking the Home tab and then selecting options in the "Font" section while the text that you want to edit is highlighted.
- Images - Make sure that your cursor is at the point on the page in which you want to insert a photo, then click Insert, click Pictures, select a picture, and click Insert or Open.
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Save your brochure. To do so:
- Windows - Click File, click Save As, double-click This PC, click a save location on the left side of the window, type your brochure's name into the "File name" text box, and click Save.
- Mac - Click File, click Save As..., enter your brochure's name in the "Save As" field, click the "Where" box and select a save folder, and click Save.

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Question

How can I find a brochure format on word 2007?

Click the circle in the upper right corner, click "new" and search for "brochure".
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How do I open a blank page in MS Word?

Click File and select New. You will see a list of options, one of which will be a blank page.
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How do I print it in the correct orientation?

When you print your brochure, you should check the printing options and choose the option that best suits the look you want for your brochure.
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What is the difference between Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher?

Microsoft Word is the classic word processing program. It is used mainly for text-focused purposes - writing books, essays, letters, resumes, etc. Microsoft Publisher is meant for communications with a more visual emphasis, like flyers, brochures, newsletters, marketing materials, etc. While it is possible to create in Word most of what you can create in Publisher, it can be more difficult and time-consuming because the program isn't set up for such things by default and there may be more tweaking and customizing you have to do. It does have some templates that can help, and for casual users, that's enough. But for businesses or people who create visually oriented materials on a regular basis, it is generally worth it to have a full-fledged program like Microsoft Publisher (or more popularly, Adobe InDesign) dedicated to that.
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How do I change the color of a pre-existing brochure?

Go to the design tab and try the different themes; you can change the and the fonts.
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What should I do if I can't find brochures in my Microsoft Word 2010?

Look for Recent Documents, then scroll through to see if you can find it.
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How can I properly crease my MS Word created brochure to make a bi-fold and a tri-fold?

You can fold the brochure where you want it to be folded, then rub a pencil along the crease, or just use your nails. Make sure to press hard.

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It helps to have a visual mock-up of your brochure on paper before creating it in Word.
Remember to print your brochure double-sided.

Creating a brochure manually takes significantly more time and trial-and-error than does creating a brochure from a template.

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The easiest way to make a brochure with Microsoft Word is to use one of the brochure templates included with the program. Open MS Word, type "brochure" in the search bar located in the upper-left corner of the screen, then hit "enter." Once the templates display on the screen, click through them until you find one you like and select it to get started. Type your brochure's information into the provided spaces and add images, if desired. Save the completed brochure and it's ready to print. If you need to learn how to make a brochure from scratch, keep reading the article!

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