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

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Creating Newsletters.
00:06	In this tutorial, we will learn how to:
00:10	Create newsletters in LibreOffice Writer
00:14	Use column break option
00:17	Check the word count
00:20	We will also learn to add the following to the newsletter:
00:25	Image and Banner Text animation and Watermark
00:32	This tutorial is recorded using Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 6.3.5
00:45	The files used in this tutorial are provided to you in the Code files link on this tutorial page.
00:53	Please download and extract the file.
00:57	Make a copy and then use it for practising.
01:02	Newsletters are publications which get circulated regularly to its subscribers
01:09	It is used to communicate latest news, new ideas and events
01:15	Newsletters usually have multi-column format
01:20	This makes it easier for the reader to look at different sections
01:26	A Newsletter can be created very easily using LibreOffice Writer.
01:31	This makes reading of articles easier and faster.
01:36	Open the file Newsletter.odt
01:40	The same is available in the Code files link for practice.
01:45	We will now learn how to insert columns in our document.
01:50	In the Sidebar deck click on the Page icon.
01:55	Click on the Styles gear icon to open the Page Style dialog box.
02:01	Click on the Columns tab.
02:04	Under Settings, select the 2 columns with equal size icon.
02:09	Under Width and Spacing, Autowidth gets checked and Spacing is 0.5cm.
02:17	Click on the Apply button and then on the OK button.
02:22	Close the Sidebar deck.
02:25	Observe that our document changes into 2 columns format.
02:31	Alternatively we can add columns by clicking on the Format menu. And then on the Columns option.
02:42	Now let us insert an image into our newsletter.
02:47	Place the cursor at the end of column 2 and press Enter thrice.
02:53	Click on the Gallery icon in the Sidebar.
02:58	Below the button New theme, we can see various theme folders.
03:03	I will select the Computers folder.
03:07	Then select Computer-Laptop-Black from the list. Right-click and select the Insert option.
03:15	Alternatively we can also drag-and-drop the image.
03:20	Close the Sidebar deck.
03:23	The inserted image fits the width of column 2 into which it was inserted.
03:29	Resize the image as shown.
03:33	So this is how we can add an image to the newsletter column.
03:38	Next, we will learn about the Column break option.
03:42	I will keep the cursor at the beginning of the fourth paragraph.
03:47	Now click on the Insert menu in the menu bar and then on More Breaks. From the sub-menu select Manual Break.
03:57	Insert break dialog box opens up.
04:00	Under the section Type, select the Column break option and click on the OK button.
04:08	We can see that the paragraph shifted to the second column of the page.
04:13	Repeat the above steps for the last paragraph also.
04:22	We see that the paragraph is now in page 2 of the newsletter.
04:27	Next we will learn how to highlight a portion of the article in a different colour.
04:33	Select the paragraph on page 2 by dragging the cursor along the text.
04:38	In the Formatting toolbar, click on the Highlight color icon drop-down.
04:44	From the Color palette box, select any color of your choice. I will select Light Lime 3.
04:52	Click anywhere else to deselect the text.
04:56	Observe that the background color of that text portion has changed as per our selection.
05:03	Next we will learn how to add Banners to the newsletter.
05:08	Scroll up and place the cursor at the end of column 2 on page 1.
05:15	Now, locate the Stars and Banners icon in the Drawing toolbar. Click on the down arrow to expand the options.
05:24	We see different shapes to choose from. Let us select Horizontal scroll.
05:32	Come to column 2.
05:34	Hold the left mouse button and drag the shape in the empty space of column 2. Click anywhere else to deselect the shape.
05:44	Now let’s move the newly added banner to the beginning of the document.
05:50	First go to page 1 and place the cursor before the word FOSS in column 1.
05:57	Now press Enter key four times.
06:02	Repeat the process for column 2 also.
06:06	Come back to the banner and click on it to select it.
06:11	Now drag and place it in the empty space in between columns 1 and 2.
06:19	Inside the banner we can type any text of our choice.
06:24	Double-click inside the banner and type, “This is a newsletter.”
06:30	Now press Ctrl+A keys to select the full text.
06:35	Centre-align it, increase the font size to 16, make the text bold.
06:45	Now click anywhere else to deselect the banner.
06:50	We can even add effects to our newsletter.
06:54	I will demonstrate how to do so.
06:58	Select the heading FOSS.
07:01	Now go to the Format menu and select Character.
07:06	Character dialog box opens up Click on the Font Effects tab.
07:11	Under the Relief or Effects section, check the Blinking option. And click on the OK button.
07:19	We can see that the word FOSS is blinking.
07:23	This effect is useful to draw the attention of the reader of the digital newsletter.
07:30	Now let’s learn how to add a watermark.
07:34	Watermark is used to indicate that the document is to be treated in a special way.
07:40	For example- Confidential, Private, etc.
07:45	Let me demonstrate how to add a watermark.
07:49	Go to the Format menu in the menu bar and select the Watermark option.
07:55	Watermark dialog box opens up.
07:58	In the Text field, type “For internal circulation”.
08:04	Increase the transparency to 70 % and change the color to Light Red 3. Then click on the OK button.
08:17	We can see our Watermark is added to the newsletter.
08:22	Lastly, we will learn about the Word count feature in Writer.
08:27	Word count feature helps to maintain word count in a document.
08:32	It helps us to know the number of words in the document which we typed.
08:38	It also counts pages, paragraphs, lines, and characters.
08:45	Select the last paragraph which we had highlighted earlier.
08:50	Observe the word count that is displayed in the Status bar.
08:55	Click on Word and Character count in the Status bar.
09:00	The Word Count dialog box opens up.
09:03	It shows the word count for the current selection. And also for the whole document as well.
09:11	It also shows the total count of Characters including spaces and excluding spaces.
09:18	Close the Word Count dialog box by clicking on the Close button.
09:22	Save all the changes and close the file.
09:25	This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
09:30	In this tutorial, we learnt how to: Create newsletters in LibreOffice Writer
09:37	Use Column break option
09:40	Check the word count
09:42	We also learnt to add the following to the newsletter: Image and Banner, Text animation and Watermark
09:53	As an assignment Open Newsletter practice.odt file provided to you in the Code files link
10:01	Use 3 column option format Add a Banner and type the text Spoken Tutorial in it
10:09	The video at the following link summarises the spoken tutorial project Please download and watch it.
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10:30	The Spoken Tutorial project is funded by MHRD Govt of India
10:35	This tutorial was originally contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2011.
10:43	This is Pratik Kamble along with the Spoken Tutorial team from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching.

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