You may think brochures are useless, but brochure is a general term for catalogs, calendars, sales manuals, basically anything that looks like a book. A magazine could be considered a booklet if it is stapled rather than bound.
A business owner could create a brochure as a small catalog of his products; a student could produce a 4-page booklet for a school project. Many universities use brochures to advertise their academic offering to students. Brochures are used everywhere. And it is not necessary to have graphics programs to create a brochure. Microsoft Word is all you need to create a basic brochure that looks professional and impactful.
Just download the template you need from Microsoft Office Online. Then replace all the text and images with the one you created. If you want to create a booklet from scratch, instead, read the steps below.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Use Word Templates
Step 1. Search for a brochure template
Many professional sites provide free brochure templates, for example at: https://www.savewordtemplates.net/booklet-template.html. You can also browse the official MS site.
Step 2. Download the template
Download it by clicking on the download button at the bottom of the preview. If you downloaded from save-word-templates or other sites, the file will be in.zip format, but if it is a MS word template, it will be in.doc format.
Step 3. Open it in MS Word
It's time to open the downloaded template in MS Word and update the content according to the needs of your business. It is advisable to use the latest version of MS Word for best performance.
Step 4. Save & Print
- Once you have customized it, the brochure is ready. Click on the file menu and click on save, select the directory where you saved it, type in the name of the file, select "template word" to save as, and then click on save.
- Now click on the file menu and then on print, or use the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + P), update the settings according to your printer and paper and click on print.
Method 2 of 2: Using MS Word
Step 1. Go to File -> Page Settings to set the margins A good booklet has margins of at least 3mm, otherwise you risk text or images falling off the page
Expand margins up to 6mm for a cleaner look.
Step 2. Set the page orientation to Landscape ', in page settings.
Step 3. Add Columns' to create a clean line for product photos. If you want to insert four photos on the page, you will need to insert four columns. You can type the number of columns manually instead of choosing the preset ones. You can change the spacing and size of the columns, but the one already set should be fine for most layouts.
Step 4. Add breaks between columns so that each column of the booklet will contain separate paragraphs without the text moving into the adjacent column
Place the cursor on the first column (the one on the left) and go to Page Layout (or Insert for Word 2003) - Breaks - Column The cursor should now be at the top of the next column. Keep inserting breaks until each column becomes an entity of its own.
Step 5. Add text and photos in each column
Click on each column and go to Insert–> Photo. You could use text boxes instead of typing directly into the column if you want the text to be “floating”.
Step 6. Save the booklet
Step 7. Do a printing test or send the file to the printer as a "proof"
Step 8. Make sure there are no spelling or grammar errors using the Spelling and Grammar Checker, if the colors and layout are fine
Let someone read the brochure, because sometimes the Control doesn't report some errors.
