OpenOffice.org 2 - Newsletter Workshop View a tutorial on this topic

Platform: PC

Description

One popular way of using OpenOffice.org™ 2 is to create attractive publications that combine text and graphics. Here is a step-by-step guide to using StarOffice to create a newsletter for an elementary school classroom. The techniques applied in this project could, of course, also be employed to create any number of other printed documents for a variety of audiences.

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Key # Length
1. preview What the completed project looks like 29198 1:02
Key # Length
1. locked Adjusting the page margins 29199 1:41
2. locked Adding a banner section 29200 1:12
3. locked Adding a 2 column body section 29201 1:45
Key # Length
1. locked Inserting banner text 29202 0:50
2. locked Formatting banner text 29203 2:44
3. locked Inserting clip art as the banner title 29204 1:10
4. locked Adding a border 29205 1:16
Key # Length
1. locked Inserting an article from an existing file 29206 1:15
2. locked Choosing fonts and alignment for the title and author 29207 1:23
3. locked Setting the paragraph spacing 29208 2:07
4. locked Moving an article to the top of the next column 29209 1:02
5. locked Monitoring your layout progress 29210 0:57
Key # Length
1. locked Splitting an article between pages 29211 2:23
2. locked Linking frames 29212 1:05
3. locked Inserting an article into linked frames 29213 1:14
4. locked Wrapping text around frames 29214 1:21
Key # Length
1. locked Creating a transparent graphic in Draw 29215 1:54
2. locked Inserting clip art into an article 29216 0:39
3. locked Resizing the clip art 29217 0:51
4. locked Setting the text to wrap around the clip art 29218 1:20
5. locked Making clip art appear in the background 29219 0:47
Key # Length
1. locked Making important items stand out 29220 0:59
2. locked Adding article dividers 29221 1:34
3. locked Saving the newsletter as a Web page 29222 2:00
4. locked Saving the newsletter as a PDF 29223 1:22
Tutorial series by Sarah DePriest
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