MICROSOFT WORD 2011 DESIGN DOCUMENT BUILDING BLOCKS Last edited: 2012-07-09 1
Understand Building Blocks... 4 Insert Headers and Footers... 5 Insert a simple page number... 5 Return to body of the document... 5 Create and save custom Headers and Footers... 6 Add Cover Pages... 7 Insert the cover page for the document... 7 Replace a Cover Page created in an earlier version of Word... 8 Delete a Cover Page... 8 Save a custom cover page in Cover Page gallery... 9 Quick notes... 10 Use text boxes for document design... 10 Add Text Box in the document... 10 Add text to Text Box... 11 Position Text Box... 11 Format text in Text Box... 11 Print Text Boxes... 12 Create, save and insert Quick Parts... 12 Create and save Quick Parts... 12 Insert the building block in another document... 14 Last edited: 2012-07-09 2
The following training document is using information from Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Help Last edited: 2012-07-09 3
Understand Building Blocks With Building Blocks, the document can be quickly and efficiently designed elements such as a cover page, header and footer, textbox, watermarks The colors being used by the Building Blocks are determined by the document s theme The colors of elements in the Building Blocks go together with the themes as well as they are all part of one family such as: Alphabet, Annual, Austere Last edited: 2012-07-09 4
Insert Headers and Footers Headers and Footers are text, or text and graphics, printed in the margins of every page of the document Headers appear in the top margin, and Footers are printed in the bottom margins Headers and Footers can be as simple as a page number, or as complex as a photograph, or a logo Insert a simple page number Go to Insert tab Header & Footer group click on Page Number Point to the position to place the page number in the document Select a desired page number format Return to body of the document Go to Footer & Header Tools tab Design tab Close group Click Close Header and Footer button Last edited: 2012-07-09 5
Create and save custom Headers and Footers In Word 2010 comes with a gallery of built-in Headers and Footers. However, they need to be customized each time to use for each particular document. Therefore, it s easy to create and save formatted headers and footers, either by customizing the built-in headers and footers, or by starting from scratch Go to Insert tab Header & Footer group click on Header or Footer select a desired style Enter the information in the Header or Footer block Format the text as desired Select entire the text in the Header or Footer block Go to Header & Footer Tools tab Design tab Header & Footer group click on Header or Footer select either Save Selection to Header Gallery or Save Selection to Footer Gallery Last edited: 2012-07-09 6
Add Cover Pages Word 2010 includes a gallery of Cover Pages with placeholders for document information such as author name, document tittle and document date Insert the cover page for the document Go to Insert tab Pages group click on Cover Page Select a desired cover page layout from the gallery of options After insert a cover page, replace the sample text with document information text by clicking to select an area of the cover page of the cover page, such as the title, and typing the text If the Cover Page has a picture inserted, right-click on the picture select Change Pictures to browse a different image Last edited: 2012-07-09 7
Replace a Cover Page created in an earlier version of Word Delete the first cover page manually Add a cover page with a design from the Word gallery Delete a Cover Page Click anywhere on the cover page Go to Insert tab Pages group click on Cover Page click Remove Current Cover Page Last edited: 2012-07-09 8
Save a custom cover page in Cover Page gallery Select all the elements in the cover page Go to Insert tab Pages group click on Cover Page click Save Selection to Cover Page Gallery In the Create New Building Block dialog box, do the following: In Name box, enter a name for the custom cover page Click OK Last edited: 2012-07-09 9
Quick notes Word will automatically put the cover page at the start of the document If insert another cover page in the document, the new cover page will replace the first cover page Use text boxes for document design In Word 2010, text boxes include graphic elements in the same families as the other building blocks in the document themes Text Box is used to provide information and to add graphic interest and professional design look to the documents Two types of text boxes in the Text Box gallery: Quote Sidebar, Annual Quote, Annual Side Bar and so on Add Text Box in the document Go to Insert tab Text group click on Text Box Select desired text boxes style from Text Box gallery Last edited: 2012-07-09 10
Add text to Text Box Click inside the Text Box Type or paste text Position Text Box Select the text box Do one of the following: Move the mouse to the border of the textbox to become a drag the text box to a new location. Go to Drawing Tools tab Format tab Arrange group select position options by clicking Position or Wrap Text Format text in Text Box Select the text inside the text box Go to Drawing Tools tab Format tab use the formatting options Last edited: 2012-07-09 11
Print Text Boxes If having problems printing text boxes, make sure that the Print drawings created in Word check box is selected Go to File tab click Options In the Word Options dialog box, do the following: Select Display Under Printing Options section, select Print drawings created in Word check box Create, save and insert Quick Parts Word 2010 has several different types of building blocks such as Cover Pages, Page numbers, Headers, Footers and Text Boxes. However, Word has one other building block gallery called Quick Parts Gallery which used for building blocks that don t fit into any of the above categories. Create and save Quick Parts Select the field need to create as a building block in the document Do one of the following: Last edited: 2012-07-09 12
Go to Insert tab Text group click on Quick Parts select Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery Press ALT + F3 In the Create New Building Block dialog box, do the following: In Name text box, enter the name for the building block In Category box, select Create New Category to create a new category In Options box, select a desired option to apply for the building block Insert content only Insert content in its own paragraph Insert content in its own page Click OK Last edited: 2012-07-09 13
Insert the building block in another document Select the place to insert a Quick Part Go to Insert tab Text group click on Quick Parts select desired building block to insert in the document Last edited: 2012-07-09 14