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Lesson Objectives
• To understand how to improve layout on a
newspaper
• To understand how to link text boxes, wrap
text, align text and unhyphenate text
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Wrap text around your images
• Double click the
image
• At the top click
Wrap Text
• Choose how you
want your text to
appear
• Usually Tight or
Square
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Which looks better?
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Alignment
Whether the text is on the left, in the
centre, or on the right
A newspaper article should always
be JUSTIFIED. This means that it fits
in the box and the writing spreads
itself out.
Left
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Centre Right
Justified
Hyphenation
When you get little lines in the
middle of the word when it wont fit
the text box
This makes a newspaper look
unprofessional
Get rid of these by
1. Click in the text box
2. Press CTRL+ALT+H
3. Untick the box
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Linking text boxes
• Make each text box link together so your writing flows between them.
Double click the
first text box.
Select the
Format tab
Click Create link
at the top.
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Your cursor will
change into a
jug.
Click on the text
box you want to
link
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