Desktop Publishing – Unit 3 Page Orientation, Columns, Column Breaks

Page Orientation—the relationship between page height and page width

Two layouts to choose from –

Portrait Orientation – vertical (up and down) orientation

Landscape Orientation – horizontal (sideways) orientation

To change orientation

Use the Ribbon Page Layout tab - Page Setup group - Orientation button

If you have trouble fitting your text and graphics on a page, try changing the orientation.

Some graphic arrangements will work out better and look better with a landscape orientation.

Columns—divide page into sections of text running up and down the page with space between

To divide into columns

Use the Ribbon Page Layout tab – Page Setup group – Columns button

The More Columns… command at the bottom of the menu will let you make more specific changes to your columns.

It opens into a Columns dialog box

Inserting Breaks

If you don’t want equal columns, you can specify.

Can have a line between columns if you wish.

Choose number and type of columns-up to 13.

Apply to insertion point down or whole page.

Column Break—invisible mark in document that tells computer to begin a new column. Similar to page break.

Click at the point in your text where you want your new column to begin.

Use the Ribbon Page Layout tab- Page Setup group – Breaks button choose Column

When you turn on the Show/Hide button, the Column Breaks will show up in the document.

Inserting Column Breaks is much easier and more accurate than pressing Enter ten or twelve times to get to a new column.

Section Break—invisible mark that tells computer to begin a new section and allows sections to be formatted differently. Similar to a page or column break.

Use the Ribbon Page Layout tab – Page Setup group – Breaks button – Choose Continuous (Under the Section Breaks bar)

With a section break, you can have one column on the top of your page, and multiple columns later in the same page.

Inserting Text Boxes

Text Box—allows you to place text in a box that can be positioned, sized, colored, and edited.

Use the Ribbon Insert tab – Text group – Text Box button…

I usually choose Simple Text box; it is easiest to work with.

Once you choose this option, the computer will place a text box on the screen.

You can type any text that you need in the box and then slide it anywhere on the page. You can choose different types of text wrapping for the text box. You can also color it in and change border styles and colors.

Click on the Text Box to make it active. Use the Text Box Tools to change line color and styles. Inserting Auto Shapes

Auto Shape—a ready-made shape or symbol located on the Shapes menu which can be placed, sized, colored, and edited.

There are very many Auto Shapes to choose from. They are sorted into categories (Lines, Flowchart, etc.).

Use the Ribbon Insert tab – Illustrations group – Shapes button..

Click on the shape you need and stretch out onto page.

The Auto Shape will have handles which you can work with just like clip art.

Use the Drawing Tools tab on the Ribbon—

Shape Fill button to color the inside of the Auto Shape

Shape Outline button to color the outside of the shape.

To add text to an AutoShape, right click on the shape and choose Add Text from the pop out menu.