Desktop Publishing and Mail Merge
- 1. Word Tutorial 4 Desktop Publishing and Mail Merge Microsoft Office 2010 ÂŽ
- 2. Objectives XP ⢠Identify desktop publishing features ⢠Format text in columns ⢠Insert drop caps ⢠Insert symbols and special characters ⢠Create WordArt ⢠Edit, resize, and move WordArt ⢠Align and wrap text around graphics New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 2
- 3. Objectives XP ⢠Add clip art to a document ⢠Edit clip art ⢠Edit a photograph ⢠Add a page border ⢠Balance columns ⢠Perform a mail merge New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 3
- 4. Overview of Elements XP of Desktop Publishing New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 4
- 5. Overview of Elements XP of Desktop Publishing New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 5
- 6. Formatting Text in Columns XP ⢠In newspaper-style columns, a page is divided into two or more vertical blocks, or columns ⢠Click the Page Layout tab, and then, in the Page Setup group, click the Columns button New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 6
- 7. Inserting Drop Caps XP ⢠A drop cap is a large, capital letter that begins the text of a paragraph, chapter, or some other document section ⢠To open the Drop Cap menu, click the Insert tab and then click the Drop Cap button in the Text group New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 7
- 8. Inserting Symbols XP and Special Characters ⢠In printed publications, it is customary to change some of the characters available on the standard keyboard into more polished-looking characters called typographic characters New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 8
- 9. Inserting Symbols XP and Special Characters ⢠To insert a symbol or special character: â Move the insertion point to the location where you want to insert a particular symbol or special character â Click the Insert tab, and then, in the Symbols group, click the Symbol button â If you see the symbol or character you want in the Symbol gallery, click it (for a more extensive set of choices, click More Symbols to open the Symbol dialog box) â In the Symbol dialog box, locate the symbol or character you want on either the Symbols tab or the Special Characters tab â Click the symbol or special character you want, click the Insert button, and then click the Close button New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 9
- 10. Inserting Symbols XP and Special Characters New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 10
- 11. Using WordArt to XP Create a Headline ⢠WordArt is specially formatted, decorative text ⢠WordArt is considered an object (something that you can manipulate independently of the text) ⢠With WordArt you can use all of the ordinary text effects, plus you can add rounded, or beveled, edges to the individual letters, format the text in 3-D, and transform the text into waves, circles, and other shapes ⢠You can rotate WordArt ⢠The colors of WordArt text can be edited in two ways: â By changing the fill (the interior color) â By changing the outline (exterior color) ⢠You can also change the style of the outline New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 11
- 12. Using WordArt to XP Create a Headline ⢠To insert Word Art: â Click the Insert tab and then, in the Text group, click the WordArt button â In the WordArt gallery, click the style of text you want to insert â Type the text you want in the Edit WordArt Text dialog box â Click the Font and Size arrows to select the font and font size you want â Click the OK button â Use the tools on the WordArt Tools Format tab to format the WordArt â Drag any handle to resize and reshape the WordArt (to avoid altering the WordArtâs proportions, press and hold down the Ctrl key while you drag a handle) New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 12
- 13. Using WordArt to XP Create a Headline New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 13
- 14. Using WordArt to XP Create a Headline ⢠Wrapping text around a graphic â WordArt is considered a floating graphic, meaning it is attached, or anchored, to a specific paragraph â An inline graphic differs from a floating graphic in that it is located in a specific position in a specific line of text in the document â When you move a floating graphic, its text wrap setting dictates how text will wrap around it in its new location â The default text wrap setting for WordArt is In Front of Text â The other wrap settings for graphics are Square, Tight, Through, Top and Bottom, Behind Text New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 14
- 15. Using WordArt to XP Create a Headline ⢠To wrap text around a WordArt object, click the Drawing Tools Format tab, click the Wrap Text button in the Arrange group, and select the wrapping option New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 15
- 16. Using WordArt to XP Create a Headline ⢠Resizing WordArt â When resizing, you need to consider both the font size and the size of the text box that contains the WordArt â You change the font size for WordArt text by selecting it and then choosing a new font size using the Font size box in the Font group on the Home tab â To resize a text box, you drag the text boxâs handles or, for more precise control, use the Size button on the Drawing Tools Format tab to specify an exact height and width ⢠Moving Word Art â Move a WordArt text box to a new location by dragging it New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 16
- 17. Using WordArt to XP Create a Headline ⢠Applying Word Art styles â The WordArt Styles group on the Drawing Tools Format tab includes four tools that allow you to alter the color, shape, and overall look of WordArt â You can select a new style using the Quick Styles button â To change the fill color, use the Text Fill button â To change the outline color, use the Text Outline button â To add special effects (including shadows, beveling, and 3- D rotation, and transforming the shape), use the Text Effects button â If your WordArt already includes some of these features, you can use the Text Effects button to fine tune the effects New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 17
- 18. Using WordArt to XP Create a Headline New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 18
- 19. Inserting Clip Art XP ⢠Clip art comes in all forms of media, including video, audio, and photographs â A small collection of clip art comes with your installation of Word â You can also download more clip art from the Microsoft Web site Office.com ⢠To search for and then insert clip art in your document, you use the Clip Art task pane â In the Search for box in the Clip Art task pane, you enter words or phrases, known as keywords, that describe the image, sound, or video you need New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 19
- 20. Inserting Clip Art XP New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 20
- 21. Cropping a Graphic XP ⢠Cropping a graphic means cutting off part of the graphic (the part you crop is hidden from view but remains a part of the graphic in case you want to restore it) ⢠You can crop a graphic using the Crop button in the Size group on the Picture Tools Format tab New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 21
- 22. Cropping a Graphic XP ⢠Graphics can be cropped to shapes New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 22
- 23. Moving and Aligning a Graphic XP ⢠You can move a graphic by dragging it ⢠Like WordArt, a clip art graphic is anchored to a specific paragraph in a document â When you drag a graphic to a new paragraph, the anchor symbol moves to the beginning of that paragraph â When you drag a graphic to a new position within the same paragraph, the anchor symbol remains in its original position and only the graphic moves New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 23
- 24. Overview of a Mail Merge XP New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 24
- 25. Overview of a Mail Merge XP New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 25
- 26. Editing Photographs XP ⢠A photograph is also a graphic object so it can be manipulated and edited like other graphics ⢠To insert a photograph, click the Insert tab, click the Picture button in the Illustrations group, browse for and select the picture from the Insert Picture dialog box ⢠You can rotate a photo by dragging the Rotation handle that appears on the photoâs border when the photo is selected, or you can use the Rotate button in the Arrange group on the Picture Tools Format tab New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 26
- 27. Editing Photographs XP New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 27
- 28. Editing Photographs XP ⢠To remove a photographâs background: â Select the photo, and then click the Remove Background button in the Adjust group on the Picture Tools Format tab. â Drag the handles on the blue border as necessary to include parts of the photo that have been incorrectly marked for removal. â For marking specific areas to keep, click the Mark Areas to Keep button in the Refine group of the Background Removal tab, and then use the drawing pointer to select areas of the photo to keep. â For marking specific areas to remove, click the Mark Areas to Remove button in the Refine group of the Background Removal tab, and then use the drawing pointer to select areas of the photo to remove. â Click the Keep Changes button in the Close group. New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 28
- 29. Editing Photographs XP New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 29
- 30. Editing Photographs XP ⢠You can change a graphicâs look by selecting a picture style from the Picture Styles gallery on the Picture Tools Format tab New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 30
- 31. Balancing the Columns XP ⢠For columns in a document to appear balanced on a page, meaning of equal length, you can insert a continuous section break at the end of the document ⢠With a continuous section break, Word adjusts the flow of content between the columns so they are of equal or near equal length ⢠The columns remain balanced no matter how much material you remove from either column later ⢠The columns also remain balanced if you add material that causes the columns to flow to a new page; the overflow will also be formatted in balanced columns. New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 31
- 32. Balancing the Columns XP ⢠To insert a continuous section break, move the insertion point to the end of the text in the right column, click the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Breaks button, and below âSection Breaks,â click Continuous New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 32
- 33. Inserting a Border Around a Page XP ⢠Use the Page Borders button on the Page Layout tab to open the Borders and Shading dialog box New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 33
- 34. Performing a Simple Mail Merge XP ⢠The term mail merge refers to the process of combining information from two separate documents to create many final documents, each containing customized information â A main document contains text and place holders called merge fields â Merge fields tell Word where to insert customized information â The content of the merge fields come from a data source (such as a table in a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet, or an Access database) New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 34
- 35. Performing a Simple Mail Merge XP New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 35
- 36. Selecting a Data Source XP ⢠In the Mail Merge task pane, verify that the Use an existing list option button is selected ⢠Click Browse in the Mail Merge task pane ⢠Navigate to and open the desired data source New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 36
- 37. Inserting Merge Fields XP ⢠You can insert individual merge fields to create an address ⢠Or you can use the Address block link in the Mail Merge task pane, which inserts a merge field for the entire address New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 37
- 38. Inserting Merge Fields XP ⢠You can insert merge fields to create a salutation, which may be, for example, a first name or a title and last name New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 38
- 39. Previewing the Merged Document XP ⢠When you preview the merged document, you see the main document with the customized information inserted in place of the merge fields ⢠In the Mail Merge task pane, click Next: Preview your letters New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 39
- 40. Merging the Main Document XP and Data Source ⢠In the Mail Merge task pane, click Next: Complete the merge ⢠Click Edit individual letters in the Mail Merge task pane ⢠Verify that the All option button is selected, click the OK button, and then scroll to display the entire first letter New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2010 40