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Beyond BIU: Designing Documents with Microsoft Word

 

Beyond BIU: Designing Documents with Microsoft Word

B I U or bold, italic, underline are the three formatting tags most often associated with Microsoft Word. At one time, these styles were the main thing to use in order to highlight text, format information and design Word documents. Today Microsoft Word is a sophisticated piece of desktop publishing software with a variety of different tools and resources. With a little inspiration and a few quick tips the designs one can achieve with Microsoft Word are only limited by the imagination.

 

 

 

 

Resources


In the Library

Graphic Design Cookbook: mix and match recipes for faster, better layouts
Koren, Leonard & R. Wippo Meckler
SSCC Library Z246.K67 1989

The Non-Designers Type Book: Insights and techniques for creating professional-level type
Williams, Robin
SSCC Library Z 250.7W55 1998

On the Web

Laying Out Technical Documents in Microsoft Word
http://www.research.microsoft.com/users/jckrumm/Word%20Tips/technical%20publishing.htm

Microsoft Office Assistance Center
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/

Microsoft Template Gallery
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/templategallery/

Journalist’s Tool Box
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com

Zen and the Art of Painless Screen Shots
http://dept.seattlecolleges.com/tlc/resources/screenshot.html

Free Images

Seattle Municipal Archives
http://www.cityofseattle.net/cityarchives/

Microsoft Design Gallery Live
http://dgl.microsoft.com/

Nasa Photo Gallery
http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html

TLC Photo Gallery
http://dept.seattlecolleges.com/tlc/photogallery/

Free Images
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/

 


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