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Creating a Roaring
Twenties Magazine
Using the Newsletter
Template in
Microsoft Publisehr
Making Folders
Prepare for your research by making a folder in your U drive
Step
Action
1
Open the “My Computer” icon on desktop
2
Double click on your U drive
3
File > New > Folder
4
Click on the words “New Folder” and rename it
“Notes”
Bay City Schools Tutorial
Microsoft Publisher Tutorial
Let’s Begin Creating
Your Magazine
Open Up the Publisher
Icon on the Desktop or go
to “Programs”, Microsoft
Publisher
Open Publisher
Select Newsletter
Example of Newsletter Template
Use the Wizard
Select Color Scheme
Select Number of Columns
When Finished with Wizard,
Click on Area of Newsletter You
Wish to Change
Customize Your Magazine
Text Box Feature
You can create a text box
and paste text from a
WORD document. When
you PASTE the text,
Publisher will
automatically place it
into columns.
Library Web Site for Research
Resources
Frances Hart Ewers Library
Connecticut Digital Library
East Lyme High School Resource Center
Digital Libraries
• The Library of Congress—American
Memories
• Librarian’s Internet Index
• Internet Public Library
• The Digital Librarian
Favorites
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Stories of the Century
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
The History Channel
Year by Year
American Cultural History
Prepare a picture or image for
insertion
• Go to Google.com Images or The Librarian’s
Internet Index
• Try American Memories for historical images.
• Copy and paste the image or, if you would like to
save it
• Right click on image, select “Save Picture As”,
name it, and select your U:drive as a place to save
it
• Be sure to consider using the scanner or digital
camera for images.
Insert a Picture
• Select Insert > Picture from File
• Click the Look In: Box and select the place
where the picture is saved. (This could be your U
drive.)
• Double click on the picture to insert it.
Or
Select Insert>Picture>Clip Art. Type a keyword in
the “Search for Clips” box and Enter. Right
click on selected picture and select Insert.
Use Noodletools.com to create a
bibliography
• Find “Subscription tools” and select NoodleBib
3.0
• Select MLA preference style
• Begin bibliography by moving mouse over “Add
Citation” and select the type of source
• Fill in the required fields
• Click “Create” button when finished
• Save your bibliography, then cut and paste it into
your Publisher magazine.
Here is How You Can
Convert Your Magazine
to an
Online Magazine on
the Web
To Save Newsletter
as a Web Site
• Click File > Create Web Site from Current Publication
•Convert to Web Site> Use Web Site Wizard to Automatically…>
Ok
•This command converts your publication …..Yes
•Name your file (newsletter) and Select a location for saving it, such as
your U: drive
•File> Web Page Preview
Convert to Web Site
Use Web Site to
Automatically…OK
Click Yes
Web Page Preview
Web site … OK
Create a Folder for Your Web
Site
You now have a web site. You need to save images and other text
associated with the newsletter by:
File>Save As Web Page > Name it (Publisher will automatically add
a folder named Publish for example, C:\My Documents\Publish
This is your web folder. You can create and name another or ‘umbrella’
folder to put this folder in it with the Home page files, the home page,
and the Publisher files. You should give this folder a unique name
All of the material in this ‘umbrella’ folder must be given to the
Webmaster (home page, images, publisher files)