Re: How do I set up a church bulletin?

I would strongly discourage the use of tables for this purpose. I find using
newspaper-style columns must more satisfactory because you can use all of
Word's features in a natural way (some things, such as tabs and graphics are
more complicated in tables).

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"Dawn Crosier" <dlc110161@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Our Church sets up the bulletin as a Landscape 8.5" x 11" page.
>
> Then, what I would do is setup a two column table which spans the
> width of the page. You can then easily place text in the first
> column for the inside page 1 and text in the second column for
> the inside page 2. Insert a Page Break when you want to start
> the front cover and the back cover. Just remember that if you
> use tabs inside the table for alignment purposes, you will need
> to press CTRL+Tab rather than simply TAB.
>
> OR, you can go get a template and modify it to your needs. See
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/results.aspx?Scope=TC&Query=bulletin
>
> I hope that helps.
>
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> Dawn Crosier
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> "newbie helper" <newbie helper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> in message
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> I am new to this and would like to know the best way to set up
> the inside of
> a church bulletin for print. I believe this is with the
> Microsoft Word 2002.
>

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