This week, I thought we would do something relatively simple, to ease the students into getting familiar with Microsoft Publisher. Birthday Cards!
There are wizards that talk you step-by-step how to create a variety of celebratory cards, but I wanted the cards done in a specific way. A simple A4 page, folded in half, with a photo or image at the bottom, and a ‘Made by…’ tag, upside down at the top, so that when folded, you had the writing on the reverse side of the card.
The second part of the exercise was to print a verse or some text in the inside of the card. This involved patience, and knowing how the printer pulled paper through, and how to reposition the printed page in the paper tray to print on the inside in the correct position.
These days it always so easy to go out and buy a birthday card, and there are even places on the internet such as Moonpig.com that you can go to, to have them made for you…but really there is nothing quite like a personalised card that you know that someone has put some time and effort into creating for you.
For some introductory notes, there are some interesting resources on the two following websites. The first is Learnthat.com's Introduction to Microsoft Publisher 2003 and Inpics.net's Publisher in Pictures tutorial – have a look and see what you think!
The results around the class were very good, and good fun was had by all.
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