Microsoft Word for Designers: Layout Fundamentals

Sooner or later, your client or boss is going to insist that you design something in Microsoft Word. Don’t freak out! Instead, learn about Word’s built-in graphic elements such as shapes, icons, SmartArt, and charts. While Word is not InDesign, it has tools to create practical building blocks for professional layouts that non-designer clients can easily edit.

In this session, Jennifer Parkinson shows how common InDesign-style layouts can be re-created in Word, with an emphasis on designing templates that hold up in real-world use. Learn how to leverage Word’s graphic features to create clean, professional templates for marketing documents such as proposals, white papers, and slicks.

Topics include:

• Best practices for importing and managing images
• Formatting shapes, icons, and charts in Word
• Creating and applying a document theme
• Styling tables and text boxes for polished layouts