The flyer is nothing but what you know as a pamphlet. In simple words, a flyer is a form of paper advertisement mostly printed and distributed to the mass media. Most of us would have received or even distributed those. It is one of the most used forms of advertisement. The cost of making and printing flyers is comparatively cheap when compared to others. You can create your own customized pamphlet for your brand or event or business. Many use different advanced tools to make those flyers, like PhotoShop and various online tools. A beginner luckily can make use of Microsoft Word to make a flyer with ease. Yes, they do have few advanced tools too. This write-up will help to make a flyer in Microsoft Word.
Make Flyer in Microsoft Word
MS Word is one of the best tools for making some simple flyers. If you want advanced ones, go for the tools specifically designed to serve the purpose. You will find free flyer templates on Word, and you can choose one of those to make your ads.
For instance, as October is nearing, let us invite everyone for a Halloween party at the office.
Procedure to Make A Flyer in Word
Download a Flyer Template
Step 1: Open MS Office on your PC.
Step 2: On the left corner, you can find the File icon. Click on it.
Step 3: Choose New. On the lest panel, you can see various options.
Step 4: Scroll and click on the Flyers. You can type a Flyer in the search for an online templates bar at the top of the page.
Step 5: You will get various Flyer templates. Scroll to choose the one you are looking for.
For instance, we are going to invite people to a Halloween party at the office. So, in this case, the template has to be a part professional and part casual. I am choosing the above template.
Step 6: Select the template and click Create. The template will download and open in a new window.
Note: The above steps work on Word for Mac 2011 and the later version as well.
Edit the Flyer Template
- All you have to do now is to Edit the Flyer with your own content.
- The template will open in an entirely New Window. All you have to do is customize the contents.
- In the model template, I would like to edit the date, venue, and contact details.
- To edit the content, keep your cursor on the particular place and click it. You can now type your own content.
Of course, you can customize and add images to the flyer. However, you cannot go beyond a limit. Like cropping and moving the template structures and all isn’t possible.
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Insert a picture
- To add pictures, select Insert in Menu bar >> Picture.
- Choose the one you want to insert and click Insert.
- Drag the image to the desired place.
- You can also adjust the size of the image and rotate it accordingly.
You can insert pictures like the brand logo, branding images, and other stuff. For instance, I inserted a Spooky dinner image. Other than that, you can explore through the word insert to insert charts, clip arts or tables, etc.
That’s it. We have successfully created our flyer now. From the above image, you can clearly see the changes I made.
Don’t forget to save the document.
That’s it about creating Flyers using MS word. If you have any queries, post them in the comment section below. We will respond ASAP.