How to Create a Newsletter With MS Word 2007

1. Start a new document and change the page setup. Open the new document by going to the 'File' menu and choosing 'New.' Then, return to the 'File' menu and select 'Page Layout.' When the page layout window comes up, click on 'Margins' in the 'Page Setup' area and choose the 'Narrow' option. Your newsletter will now go as close to the edges of the page as standard printers can allow.
2. Use the 'WordArt' feature to create a decorative title for your newsletter. To use this feature, go to the 'Insert' menu and choose 'WordArt .' A small window with numerous different designer font styles will come up. Choose one of the WordArt fonts and then click 'OK.' A WordArt box will appear in the middle of the document. Click on the box and hold down the mouse button to the drag the box to the top of the document. Once you have the box where you would like to title to be, click in the box and type the title of your newsletter.
3. Create columns to give the newsletter a more standard newsletter format. Most newsletters are not typed directly down the page in long blocks of text as a standard Word document is typed, but instead contain columns like a magazine or newspaper. To create these columns, pull down the arrow by 'Columns'. The 'Columns' feature will be listed in the main toolbar in Word 2007. Choose 'Three' from the list to create a newsletter with three separate columns of text going down the page. When you create columns, it may cause your title to break into three columns as well. To restore the title to one column, simply highlight it, pull down the 'Columns' arrow again and select 'One.'
4. Type text directly into the columns. Once the columns are established, text can be entered just as it is entered into a standard Word document. Simply click into the document and begin typing. When text reaches the end of one column, it will automatically wrap up to the next one.
5. Add graphics from the 'Insert' menu. You can select 'From File' to browse for a picture that is saved to your hard drive or choose 'Clip Art' to select a graphic from the Word clip art library. Once the picture has been added to the document, it can be moved anywhere in the newsletter by dragging and dropping it with the mouse and can be resized by using the blue handles that will appear on the sides and corners of the image. Click on the handle to grab it and hold the button down while you drag the handle inward or outward on the image.
6. Save the newsletter. If this newsletter is a one-time thing, you may just want to save the document. To do so, use the 'Save' option available under the 'File' menu. If you will be creating similar newsletters in the future, you can save the file as a template. To save as a template, select the 'Save as Template' option under the 'File' menu. Once your newsletter is completed, it can be printed or left in digital format and emailed or put on a website.