Session 7 - Tri - Fold Brochures

Brochure Tips.

These tips are not too dissimilar to those that we last week for flyers/posters.

http://www.businessknowhow.com/directmail/ideas/brochures.htm

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjpVsUM2MPQ

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Create your brochure.

Today we will look at how to create a simple tri-fold brochure - the tool we will use is of course WORD!! You could also use Publisher to create a tri-fold brochure, but like Access, it is not part of the student version that you would buy at a computer store. If you download the Chisholm 2016 suite, you will get Publisher.

Before you start, I suggest getting an A4 piece of paper and decide how you might want to fold your brochure. Once you have decided how you will fold it, you can write Front, Back etc. Then unfold it so you can see which panel relates back to your document. You could also use this piece of paper to "sketch out" your brochure.

Start by loading Word with a Blank Document.

Change your Page layout to Landscape

In Page Layout, set your Margins to be Narrow and set your document to be 3 columns.

Insert Column breaks at the top of each column so that you can see your 6columns (3 columns each side of your page).

Put the information that you want on the relevant panels and the all you have to do is print it double-sided, which is the default within Chisholm.



With double sided printing, you can flip on the long edge or the short edge - which do you thing is relevant for this task??????


You could also get a template from office online http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/tri-fold-business-brochure-TC006206299.aspx

Class Activity

Your library will be running some special activities during the school holidays aimed at Primary School age children. Create a tri-fold brochure for the library to advertise the programs that will be running. Print your brochure and share with your class mates.