How to Write a Newsletter

Susan Spangler

  1. Open a Word® Document
  2. Click on “File” and scroll down to and click on “Page Setup.”  Under the “Margins” tab (it should automatically open to that tab), make sure your margins are 1 inch all around.  Click “OK.”
  3. SAVE!!  Go to “file,” “Save As,” Choose the spot where you want to save, give it a title, and click the “save” button.
  4. Now choose an appropriate font on the toolbar.
  5. Click the “center” alignment button on the tool bar. 
  6. For the title, change the font to a larger size like 24 or larger
  7. Type the title of your newsletter and “enter.”
  8. Then change the font size back to something more reasonable (something in the 10-12 range).
  9. Click on the “left” align button.
  10. Click on “format” on the tool bar.  Look for “columns” and click on that.
  11. Click on “two” columns, and the column width and spacing will automatically adjust below.  If you’d like a line in between the columns, click in that box, and be sure to click “from this point forward in the “apply to:” box at the bottom.  Click “OK.”
  12. Save!!!
  13. Begin typing with a sub heading by bolding the font or italicizing it, maybe make it two sizes bigger….
  14. Type your article, spacing as you will.
  15. Save!!
  16. To insert a picture, “enter” from your last line of text. 
  17. Click on the “center” alignment button on the tool bar.
  18. Click on “insert” on the tool bar.
  19. click on “Picture,” and “From Clipart.”
  20. this will bring up a side menu, where you can search for what you’d like to put in your newsletter.  When you find what you like, click on it to insert it.  You may have to resize it to get it to fit in your column. “Enter” again after you have inserted it.
  21. SAVE!!
  22. Click the “left” alignment button again to continue your text.  Continue typing and inserting pictures until you run out of room!  You might leave room to sign it….
  23. SAVE!!!
  24. If you would like to add a border, click on “Format,” “Borders and Shading,” the “page border” tab.  Then choose a style and click “ok.”