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Det første layoutprojekt

Et første layoutproject

Dette layout blev lavet til et velgørenheds-salg af planter. Lær teknikkerne, som du kan bruge til mange formål. Du kan gemme og genbruge disse billeder til at øve dig med. Klik på miniaturene for at se billederne i fuld størrelse.

I denne lektion skal du

• tilføje tekstbokse og justere deres størrelse og position
• formattere tekst
• tilføje illustrationer
• justere deres størrelse og position

Start KWord og vælg skabelonen Blank Document. Du får nu en tom side i den størrelse, som er mest almindelig i dit område - sædvanligvis ISO A4 eller US Letter. Du kan ændre sidestørrelsen ved brug af menuen Formatér -> Sidelayout. I dette projekt bruger jeg A4, men du kan nemt tilpasse det til Letter, hvis du vil.

Til denne slags layout skal du bruge en ret stor margen, så sæt top til 25mm og de tre andre sider til 20mm (eller til hhv. 1" og 3/4" hvis du bruger imperiale enheder).

Gå nu til fanebladet Tilføj form i værktøjskassen til højre, klik på værktøjet Tekstform og træk en 3cm høj boks fra margen til margen - du kan se markørens position på linealen i venstre side. Resultater bliver en farvet boks, men det er blot en markering. Nu dukker dialogen Indstillinger for tekst op - du kan ændre navnet på boksen, hvis du vil, resten kan du lade være som det er. Når du klikker på OK, så fyldes boksen med en prøvetekst. Klik nu på tekstredigeringsværktøjet 'T', så forsvinder prøveteksten og du kan skrive din overskrift. Jeg har brugt URW Chancery L, 48 pt til titlen og 24 pt til under-overskriften. Marker begge linjer og klik på for at centrere dem. Lav endnu en tekstboks fra margen til margen 1,5 cm høj og tilføj teksten:

This plant gets its unfortunate name because many people think that the flowers develop a strong smell if taken into a warm room

While a box is selected, hovering over it produces a cross-arrow cursor. You can use this for large movements of the box. We will later use Properties to make fine adjustments.

That's the heading all sorted. Now we need to look at illustrating our page. Many cameras use a 4:3 format, so we will use Image frames that are 8cm x 6 cm.

Using the Image shape tool create your first box touching the left-hand margin, just below your text box. Drag it as close as you can to the desired size - it can be tweaked later. Like the text box it creates a coloured box, then it opens a dialog for you to point it to the desired picture. We will select Hellebore1.jpg for this picture.

Repeat the process, creating this image box immediately below, and just touching the bottom margin. Select the file Hellebore3.jpg.

The third image box should be the same size, touching the right margin, and positioned vertically as close as you can to half-way between the other two. Select the file Hellebore2.jpg

Now we need to tweak the position, to get them exactly where we want them. First, make sure you are using the default (pointer) tool

Tip

The default page already has a basic text frame, covering the whole of the usable page. If at any time you can't reach a frame to work with it, click on an empty part of the page and you should see the frame highlighted. From the Frames menu, Send to Back, so that it's behind your working frames.

Look at the image frame that is best aligned to the left margin - select that frame by clicking on it, right-click and select Frame/Frameset Properties. On the Geometry tab you can see position and size. If your margin is 20mm, set X: to 2cm. Correct the Width to 8cm and Height to 6 cm.

Repeat these settings on the other left-hand image, so that they are perfectly aligned. For the right-hand image, set the Width and Height to match the others. Setting X: to 11cm should line it up nicely.

Now we turn our attention to adding the descriptive text boxes.

Select the Text shape , and draw a box approximately 6cm wide and 3 cm deeps, in the center of the space to the right of your first picture. Into that paste the text:

Flowering Season:

Late winter, typically starting February and lasting for several weeks.

You will see the text automatically wrap to the box. Right-click to get the Frame/Frameset Properties, and adjust the width until the wrap gives you reasonably balanced lines.

The second text box is created and adjusted in the same way, using the text:

Description:

Very dark green, deeply divided palm-like leaves below bright acid-green flowers which are often burgundy-tipped.

The final text box uses the words:

Habitat:

Prefers to be out of strong sunlight.  Thrives under trees where the bright flowers add a welcome glow.

Again, adjust the width on the Geometry tab of the Frame/Frameset Properties. You now need to check the X: setting for the two text boxes Flowering Season and Habitat, making sure that they are identical. The width is less important, but a badly-aligned box is very noticeable. The middle box doesn't have anything to line up with, so just adjust until it looks central in the space.

Just one task left. Return to the heading and sub-heading banners and use the Frame/Frameset Properties to ensure that they start and end on the margins.

That's all there is to it. If you were doing an advertising flyer you could have a smaller-text banner across the bottom with your contact details.

In the next tutorial you will use your own images and text, and we will explore text-flow, both around shapes and between boxes.