Tuesday, November 30, 2010

TIME TO START WORKING ON YOUR HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER

Sending a family newsletter can be fun and easy, if you have the right tools. Fear not, I am here! You can find holiday- and season-themed templates online. Fill them with information, schedules and pictures. Click send, and that's it!
Microsoft Word templates -There are plenty of free templates for Microsoft Word online. These templates also work in OpenOffice and other word processors compatible with Word.
Microsoft continually updates its selection, so there is a lot of variety. All you have to do is find one you like. Download it. Then just change the text and pictures as you like. If you use Microsoft Office for Mac, there are templates just for you!
iWork Community - Speaking of Macs, you may be using iWork has your productivity suite. If you are, you probably already know that Pages includes newsletter templates. These can be found in the Template Chooser, in the Page Layout section.
Still not satisfied? You can also get more templates online. iWork Community a site that Apple recommends for downloading user-made templates. You'll find some newsletter templates to help you out.
Microsoft Publisher templates - If you have Microsoft Office Professional, you may use Publisher. Publisher is quite a bit more robust for designing layouts and similar projects.
Microsoft also has a whole library of newsletter templates just for Publisher. They work the same as the word templates. Just download, open and change the content to your liking.
Microsoft Clip Art - Clip art can liven up any document or presentation. But you can spend hours hunting it down on the Internet. Who has time for that?
Well, Microsoft has put together a generous collection of free clip art. There are photos, drawings and animations. They'll add a little pizzazz to whatever you're working on.
HP Creative Studio - Usually you need software installed on your desktop to design newsletters and similar projects. But HP Creative Studio lets you make newsletters and other projects online. There's nothing to install.
HP Creative Studio lets you choose from a bunch of different layout options. You can choose whichever one you want. Then just upload your photos to it. Finally, customize the text, if applicable.
Kodak - Kodak doesn't offer newsletter templates. But you'll find plenty of other cool printable projects on its site. Of course, many of these are perfect for the Christmas season.
For example, you'll find party invitations and Christmas cards. There are also advent calendars to help you count the days 'til Christmas. You'll even find templates for creating ornaments!

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