This document provides guidance on designing effective documents using Microsoft Word. It discusses basic design principles like considering your audience and message. It offers tips on using complimentary colors and avoiding clashing or overused colors. The document reviews effective and ineffective fonts and how to format text. It compares using clipart versus photos and how to properly size and format images. Overall, the document is an instructional guide for designing documents in Word.

1. Diana Silveira
Rachel Eichen

2. Agenda
Introduction
 Basic Design Principles
 Photos & Clipart
 Basic Page Settings

Refer to Word Handout:
http://goo.gl/lzkYm

3. Before you begin, consider
your..
Audience
 Message
 Resources
 Time-frame
 Format


4. Don’t use clashing colors

5. Use complimenting colors

6. Color Scheme Designer
http://www.colorschemedesigner.com/

7. Psychology of Colors
http://fearlessflyer.com/the-psychology-oflogo-colors/

8. Red (Intensity & Energy)

9. Yellow (Cheerfullness)

10. Green (Nature & Tranquil)

11. Black (Boldness & Authority)

12. Purple (Sophisticated & Royal)

13. Be careful of overused or hard
to read fonts
Like Comic Sans MS
And Times New Roman
And Courier New
PalaceSCriptMT
Vladmir’s Script

14. Good Fonts
Calibri
Berlin Sans FB

Use crazy fonts for headings only, not for
body text

17. Where to Get Fonts
http://www.dafont.com/
 http://www.fontsquirrel.com/
 http://www.urbanfonts.com/freefonts.htm
 http://www.google.com/fonts
 http://openfontlibrary.org/
 http://www.fontspace.com


18. Downloading Font Tips
Make sure: Commercial - Free and Not
for "Personal Use”
 Fonts will not display on computers they
are not installed on
 Save as PDF before you share (NOT
.doc)


19. Use fonts and emphasis to draw
attention
Paranormal Romance
Book Club
Can’t get enough of Edward and Bella?
Seriously hooked on Sookie?
If so, come join the Paranormal Romance
Book Club!
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Room 103

20. Use fonts and emphasis to draw
attention
Paranormal Romance
Book Club
Can’t get enough of Edward and Bella?
Seriously hooked on Sookie?
If so, come join the Paranormal Romance Book Club!
Meets Every Friday from 2 – 4 PM
Room 103

21. Formatting Text
Paragraph Spacing
 Bullets/Number Styles


22. Clipart vs. Photos (Clipart)
Combination of shapes
 No size limit
 More “cartoon”-y
 Difficult to create your
own
 Usually better for printing


23. Clipart vs. Photos (Photos)
Real people and places
 Size limit
 More professional
 Bigger file size
 Not as good for
printing


24. Be careful of low resolution
photos…
This picture might look good, small..

25. But it loses quality when
bigger..

26. Resize Proportionally

27. Clipart can be resized

28. Not all photos look good in
B&W

29. Not all photos look good in
B&W

30. Get Clipart & Photos

Using the Toolbar on the side

31. Where to find free pictures
Creative Commons
 Library of Congress (might be down)
 Office.com
 Florida memory
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32. Page Setting Options
Orientation
 Margins
 Page Size


33. Tips
A lot of tips will translate between Office
products
 There is ALWAYS more than one way to
do anything with Office
 Save Often
 Refer to Word 2010 Handout:
http://goo.gl/lzkYm


34. Personal Project
Assignments
One clipart or photo
 Two different fonts
 Non-traditional page layout


35. Diana Silveira
Rachel Eichen
diana@novarelibrary.com
rachel@novarelibrary.com
slideshare.net/adverb
www.novarelibrary.com
www.learnsurge.com

36. Diana Silveira
Rachel Eichen

37. Agenda
More tips and tricks
 Pictures
 Flyer review


39. Picture Toolbar

40. Writing instructions?
Stick to 1 process
 Use numbered steps and action verbs
(e.g. “1. Click on the red icon”)
 Bold names of menu items
(“Click on the File menu”)
 Use screenshots


41. Screenshots
Alt + Print Screen for just a window
 On a mac: Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+3
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42. Diana Silveira
Rachel Eichen
diana@novarelibrary.com
rachel@novarelibrary.com
slideshare.net/adverb
www.novarelibrary.com
www.learnsurge.com