1. Newspaper Article

2.  This article will need two picture boxes  To insert a Picture Box click on Insert in the toolbar and scroll down to Picture. Select Empty Picture Frame.  A small box similar to a Text Box will appear on the screen, drag this box to the top right hand corner of the page.  Create another Picture Box using the same method  Drag this picture box to the top of column two, just under the headline box. Resize the picture box so that it fits the width of the column.

3.  Log on to your PC using your username and password  Go to the Start menu and select Microsoft Office Publisher  Once you have opened Publisher select the option: blank page sizes  Double click on option 4: A4 portrait  In the toolbar at the left hand side select the second icon form the top – this is the Text Box icon

4.  To create a Text Box you need to select the icon in the toolbar on the left then click and drag the cursor to create the size of bow you need  Click and hold the cursor in the top left hand corner of the page, drag the cursor to the bottom right hand corner of the page to create a large rectangular box  Select the Text Box icon again and create a small rectangular box in the top left corner of the page that stretches to the middle of the page. This box will be used for your newspaper title

5.  Select Text Box again and create another text box below your title box. This box needs to be the same height as the title box, but needs to be the width of the page. This will be your headline box.  Once you have created this text box click on it and slide it down about 1cm so that it is separate from the title box.  Lastly, create a fourth text box inside the headline box. This box needs to be in line with the bottom of the headline box and the same width.

6.  To create you columns: go to the toolbar menu at the top of the page, select Arrange  In the drop down menu select Layout Guide, in the box that appears select the tab called Grid Lines  In the Column Guides section select 2 and click ok. Your page will now be divide into two columns

7.  Now that you have your columns you need to create a text box for each column  Select the text box icon and create two Text Boxes inside each column – try to make them the same size as each column, but do not draw over your headline box.