Newspaper Article

SETTING UP YOUR PAGE Log on to your PC using your

username and password Go to the Start menu and select

Microsoft Office Publisher Once you have opened Publisher

select the option: blank page sizes Double click on option 4: A4 portrait In the toolbar at the left hand side

select the second icon from the top – this is the Text Box icon

CREATING A TEXT BOX To create a Text Box you need to select the

icon in the toolbar on the left then click and drag the cursor to create the size of bow you need

Click and hold the cursor in the top left hand corner of the page, drag the cursor to the bottom right hand corner of the page to create a large rectangular box

Select the Text Box icon again and create a small rectangular box in the top left corner of the page that stretches to the middle of the page. This box will be used for your newspaper title

TEXT BOX CONTD. Select Text Box again and create another

text box below your title box. This box needs to be the same height as the title box, but needs to be the width of the page. This will be your headline box.

Once you have created this text box click on it and slide it down about 1cm so that it is separate from the title box.

Lastly, create a fourth text box inside the headline box. This box needs to be in line with the bottom of the headline box and the same width.

COLUMNS To create you columns: go to the toolbar

menu at the top of the page, select Arrange

In the drop down menu select Layout Guide, in the box that appears select the tab called Grid Lines

In the Column Guides section select 2 and click ok. Your page will now be divided into two columns

TEXT BOXES AGAIN! Now that you have your columns you

need to create a text box for each column

Select the text box icon and create two Text Boxes inside each column – try to make them the same size as each column, but do not draw over your headline box.

PICTURE BOXES This article will need two picture boxes To insert a Picture Box click on Insert in

the toolbar and scroll down to Picture. Select Empty Picture Frame.

A small box similar to a Text Box will appear on the screen, drag this box to the top right hand corner of the page.

Create another Picture Box using the same method

Drag this picture box to the top of column two, just under the headline box. Resize the picture box so that it fits the width of the column.