LibreOffice-Suite-Writer-6.3/C3/Creating-Newsletters/English

Title: Creating Newsletters

Author: Nancy Varkey, Pratik Kamble

Novice Reviewer: Nikita and Pooja

Domain Reviewer: Praveen and Nancy

Keywords: Create newsletters, Column break option, Add image, Add banner, Animated text, word count

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide: Title	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Creating Newsletters.
Slide: Learning Objectives	In this tutorial, we will learn how to: Create newsletters in LibreOffice Writer Use column break option Check the word count
Slide: Learning Objectives	We will also learn to add the following to the newsletter: Image and Banner Text animation and Watermark
Slide: System Requirements	This tutorial is recorded using Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 6.3.5
Slide: Code files	The files used in this tutorial are provided to you in the Code files link on this tutorial page. Pls download and extract the file. Make a copy and then use it for practising.
Slide: Newsletter	Newsletters are publications which get circulated regularly to its subscribers It is used to communicate latest news, new ideas and events Newsletters usually have multi-column format This makes it easier for the reader to look at different sections
Only Narration	A Newsletter can be created very easily using LibreOffice Writer. This makes reading of articles easier and faster.
Open Newsletter.odt	Open the file Newsletter.odt The same is available in the Code files link for practice.
Only narration	We will now learn how to insert columns in our document.
Click on Page icon	In the Sidebar deck click on the Page icon.
Click on the Styles gear icon	Click on the Styles gear icon to open the Page Style dialog box.
Click on Columns tab >> In Settings, select the 2-column icon	Click on the Columns tab. Under Settings, select the 2 columns with equal size icon.
Point to Autowidth and Spacing	Under Width and Spacing, Autowidth gets checked and Spacing is 0.5cm.
Click on Apply >> click on Close	Click on the Apply button and then on the OK button.
Click on Close Sidebar Deck	Close the Sidebar deck.
Point to 2 columns	Observe that our document changes into 2 columns format.
Click on Format menu >> Click on Column option (Only Highlight)	Alternatively we can add columns by clicking on the Format menu. And then on the Columns option.
Only Narration	Now let us insert an image into our newsletter.
Cursor at the end of column 2 >> press Enter thrice.	Place the cursor at the end of column 2 and press Enter thrice.
Click on Gallery icon in the sidebar	Click on the Gallery icon in the Sidebar.
Point to New theme Select Computers	Below the button New theme, we can see various theme folders. I will select the Computers folder.
Select Computer-laptop-black from the list Select Insert option (Only Highlight)	Then select Computer-Laptop-Black from the list. Right-click and select the Insert option.
Only narration	Alternatively we can also drag-and-drop the image.
Click on X icon of the Sidebar deck	Close the Sidebar deck.
Point to the image	The inserted image fits the width of column 2 into which it was inserted.
Resize and reposition the image	Resize the image as shown.
Point to newly added image	So this is how we can add an image to the newsletter column.
Only Narration	Next, we will learn about the Column break option.
Cursor at the beginning of second last para	I will keep the cursor at the beginning of the fourth paragraph.
Click on Insert >> More Breaks >> Manual Break	Now click on the Insert menu in the menu bar and then on More Breaks. From the sub-menu select Manual Break.
Insert break dialog box	Insert break dialog box opens up.
Select column break >> Click OK	Under the section Type, select the Column break option and click on the OK button.
Point to new column	We can see that the paragraph shifted to the second column of the page.
Click on Insert >> More Breaks >> Manual Break >> Select column break >> Click OK	Repeat the above steps for the last paragraph also. We see that the paragraph is now in page 2 of the newsletter.
Only Narration	Next we will learn how to highlight a portion of the article in a different colour.
Drag cursor along the text	Select the paragraph on page 2 by dragging the cursor along the text.
Click on highlight color icon	In the Formatting toolbar, click on the Highlight color icon drop-down.
Color palette box Select Lime	From the Color palette box, select any color of your choice. I will select Light Lime 3.
Click anywhere else to deselect the text	Click anywhere else to deselect the text.
Point to new background color text	Observe that the background color of that text portion has changed as per our selection.
Only Narration	Next we will learn how to add Banners to the newsletter.
Scroll up >> place the cursor at the end of column 2 on page 1.	Scroll up and place the cursor at the end of column 2 on page 1.
Click on star icon in the drawing toolbar	Now, locate the Stars and Banners icon in the Drawing toolbar. And click on the down arrow to expand the options.
Point to different shapes Select Horizontal scroll	We see different shapes to choose from. Let us select Horizontal scroll.
Go to column 2 Hold left mouse button and drag to draw the shape Click anywhere else to deselect the shape	Come to column 2. Hold the left mouse button and drag the shape in the empty space of column 2. Click anywhere else to deselect the shape.
Move it to end beginning of the document	Now let’s move the newly added banner to the beginning of the document.
Go to page 1 >> place the cursor before the word FOSS in column 1	First go to page 1 and place the cursor before the word FOSS in column 1.
Press Enter key four times	Now press Enter key four times.
Repeat for column 2	Repeat the process for column 2 also.
Click on banner to select it Drag and place it in between columns 1 and 2	Come back to the banner and click on it to select it. Now drag and place it in the empty space in between columns 1 and 2.
Only Narration	Inside the banner we can type any text of our choice.
Double-click and type This is a newsletter	Double-click inside the banner and type, “This is a newsletter.”
Press Ctrl+A keys Make the text Centre-align, increase the font size to 16, make the text bold	Now press Ctrl+A keys to select the full text. Centre-align it, increase the font size to 16, make the text bold.
Click anywhere else to deselect	Now click anywhere else to deselect the banner.
Only Narration	We can even add effects to our newsletter. I will demonstrate how to do so.
Select the heading FOSS	Select the heading FOSS.
Click Format >> Character	Now go to the Format menu and select Character.
Point to Character dialog box Click Font Effects tab Select Blinking option	Character dialog box opens up Click on the Font Effects tab. Under the Relief or Effects section, check the Blinking option.
Click on OK button	And click on the OK button.
Point to word FOSS	We can see that the word FOSS is blinking. This effect is useful to draw the attention of the reader of the digital newsletter.
Only Narration	Now let’s learn how to add a watermark.
Slide : Watermark	Watermark is used to indicate that the document is to be treated in a special way. For example- Confidential, Private, etc. Let me demonstrate how to add a watermark.
Click Format >> Watermark	Go to the Format menu in the menu bar and select the Watermark option.
Point to Watermark dialog box Point to Text field and type confidential	Watermark dialog box opens up. In the Text field, type “For internal circulation”.
Increase to 70 % transparency >> Change color to Light Red 3 Click on OK button	Increase the transparency to 70 % and change the color to Light Red 3. Then click on the OK button.
Scroll to page 2 >> Point to the Watermark	We can see our Watermark is added to the newsletter.
Only Narration	Lastly, we will learn about the Word count feature in Writer.
Slide : Word count	Word count feature helps to maintain word count in a document. It helps us to know the number of words in the document which we typed. It also counts pages, paragraphs, lines, and characters.
Select Highlighted text	Select the last paragraph which we had highlighted earlier.
Point to Status bar	Observe the word count that is displayed in the Status bar.
Click on Word and character Count	Click on Word and Character count in the Status bar.
Point to Word count dialog box Point to words under selection Point to document section	The Word Count dialog box opens up. It shows the word count for the current selection. And also for the whole document as well.
Point to Character including spaces and excluding spaces	It also shows the total count of Characters including spaces and excluding spaces.
Click on Close button	Close the Word Count dialog box by clicking on the Close button.
Press Ctrl + S, Click on the X icon	Save all the changes and close the file.
Only Narration	This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
Slide: Summary	In this tutorial, we learnt how to: Create newsletters in LibreOffice Writer Use Column break option Check the word count
Slide: Summary	We also learnt to add the following to the newsletter: Image and Banner Text animation and Watermark
Slide: Assignment	As an assignment Open Newsletter practice.odt file provided to you in the Code files link Use 3 column option format Add a Banner and type the text Spoken Tutorial in it
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Slide: Acknowledgment	The Spoken Tutorial project is funded by MHRD Govt of India
Slide: Thank you	This tutorial was originally contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2011. This is Pratik Kamble along with the Spoken Tutorial team from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching.

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