How to Make Brochures on Microsoft Word

There are two methods in making a brochure

Brochures are documents used to inform that are folded in a compact form. To make a brochure out
of scratch, you have to:

Method
1
Using a Template
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Open Microsoft Word. It's a dark-blue app with a white "W" on it.
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Type brochure into the top search bar, then press ↵ Enter. Doing so will search the database for
brochure templates.
On Mac, if you don't see the Template page, click File in the top menu bar and select New from
Template… in the drop-down menu.
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Select a brochure template. Find a brochure template that you like and click on it. The brochure's
preview page will open.
Most brochure templates will be formatted roughly the same, so you should choose a brochure based
on appearance.
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Click Create. It's to the right of the brochure's preview. Doing so will prompt Word to begin loading
the brochure, which should only take a few seconds.
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Enter your brochure's information. Depending on the template that you chose, this step will vary;
however, for most brochures, you can replace the placeholder text in each spot with your company's
information.
Most brochures have several pages of information, including a testimonial section.
You can replace the photos in the brochure by clicking a photo, clicking the Format tab, clicking
Change Picture, clicking From a File, and selecting a file from your computer.
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Save your brochure. To do so:
Windows - Click File, click Save As, double-click This PC, click a save location on the left side of the
window, type your brochure's name into the "File name" text box, and click Save.
Mac - Click File, click Save As..., enter your brochure's name in the "Save As" field, click the "Where"
box and select a save folder, and click Save.

Method
2
Creating a Brochure from Scratch
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Open Microsoft Word. Its app icon resembles a white "W" on a dark-blue background.
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Click Blank document. It's a white box in the upper-left side of the window. Doing so opens a blank
Word document.
Skip this step on Mac.
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Click the Layout tab. You'll find this at the top of the Word window. A new toolbar will appear below
the row of tabs here.
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Click Margins. This option is on the far-left side of the Layout toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click Custom Margins…. It's at the bottom of the Margins drop-down menu. Doing so opens a new
window.
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Lower each margin. In the "Margins" section at the top of the window, you'll see several different
margin options (e.g., "Left"), each of which has 1 in a text box to the right of it. Change the value in
this text box to 0.1 to ensure that your brochure's margins are wide enough to accommodate your
content.
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Click Landscape. It's in the middle of the window.
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Click OK. This is at the bottom of the window. Doing so saves your changes and reformats your Word
document.
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Add columns to your document. To do so:
Make sure that you're still on the Layout tab.
Click Columns
Select a number of columns in the drop-down menu.
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Add column breaks. This will ensure that each column (i.e. panel) of your brochure holds separate
paragraphs of information. To do so:
Make sure that you're still on the Layout tab.
Click Breaks
Click Column in the drop-down menu.
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Enter your brochure's information. There are two main types of information that you can add to your
document:
Text - Type in your brochure's information on a per-column basis. You can edit the text that you type
by clicking the Home tab and then selecting options in the "Font" section while the text that you want
to edit is highlighted.
Images - Make sure that your cursor is at the point on the page in which you want to insert a photo,
then click Insert, click Pictures, select a picture, and click Insert or Open.
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Save your brochure. To do so:
Windows - Click File, click Save As, double-click This PC, click a save location on the left side of the
window, type your brochure's name into the "File name" text box, and click Save.
Mac - Click File, click Save As..., enter your brochure's name in the "Save As" field, click the "Where"
box and select a save folder, and click Save.

How to Create Pamphlets & Flyers in Word

Brochure DIY for Word
Posted on 14, October, 2015

Last Modified on 15, October, 2015

Brochures and pamphlets can be incredibly effective marketing tools for businesses of all shapes,
sizes, and industries. Use them to advertise new products, educate customers about your business, or
even distribute menus! If you’re a small business, you may want to produce flyers for reasons similar
to these. However, if you don’t have access to design programs, like Adobe’s Photoshop or Illustrator,
or just don’t have the money to hire a graphic designer, you may not know where to begin with your
brochure design! Luckily, there are accessible options out there for making a custom brochure.
Believe it or not, if you have Microsoft Word on your computer, you can create your own brochure or
pamphlet by following the simple steps below. We'll go over how to create a brochure from scratch,
as well as how to make one using a premade template!

Designing Your Own Brochure in Word

I'm using Microsoft Office 2010. If you have a different version of Office, the screen shots below may
look a little different, but the overall process should be very similar no matter what version you have.

Open a new Word document.

Under PAGE LAYOUT > PAGE SETUP, open the dialogue box for more options. Brochure Setup
In the dialogue box, change all the MARGINS to .5” and change the ORIENTATION to "Landscape."
Click OK to close the dialogue box. Brochure Design
Next, click the COLUMNS drop down under PAGE LAYOUT. For a traditional trifold brochure setup,
select the THREE column option. Trifold Brochure
It can be confusing trying to visualize what the brochure will look like when it's printed out and
folded. Check out the graphics below to see what columns you should put your pamphlet information
in for it to print out correctly in the end.

Folded BrochureFolded Brochure

The above example is the result of me trying my hand at creating a Displays2go brochure from
scratch. I used Word heading styles for the titles, size 10 Arial font for the body text, and then
inserted some images from my computer make the design a little more visually engaging! If you read
the brochure from left to right when it's still in the Word template, the design might look a little odd
and out of order. It's important to remember that once you fold the trifold brochure properly, the
order will match up!

If you want your trifold brochure to open up to inner pages, simply complete two 3-column Word
templates. After printing, just attach the two back-to-back before folding. For a really professional
look, use double-sided printing!

Brochure Outline
Using Free Templates
Microsoft Word provides free trifold brochure templates for users to download and fill in with their
own information. These pamphlet templates come with the page setup, spacing and even some
design elements all built in and ready to use. These templates are great for getting even the most
novice designer started.

To access a brochure template, open Word and go to FILE > NEW. Brochure Templates
There you will see a section titled “Available Templates” and underneath it a section titled
“Office.com Templates.” In the search bar, search “brochure” and choose the design you like the best!
Please note that you will need internet access for this step. Pamphlet Word Templates
Once you have chosen the template you like best, select it and press DOWNLOAD (or double click the
template icon). The template will then open in its own word document! Takeaway Design
All you have to do now is fill in the template with your desired text, titles, and images! Using Word for
Brochures
Display Your Brochures with Pride!
Now that you’ve made your very own custom brochures, display them in your business with pride!
We offer a wide range of brochure holders that are perfect for showcasing your expertly made
takeaways.
 Make a brochure
using Publisher
Applies To: Publisher 2016 Publisher 2013

For anything from a trifold or 3-panel brochure to a flyer,

a template is the fastest way to start a new publication.
Here’s how to choose and customize a brochure
template.

1.

On the Start page that appears when you open Publisher, click Brochure (You can get to
the Start page anytime by clicking File >New).

2.

3.

4.

Click a brochure in the gallery of brochure templates and click Create.

5.

Tip:  Click the arrows next to More Images to get a better look at the template.

6.

For more about finding brochure templates, see Find

brochure templates.
 Change your template
Don’t like the brochure template you chose? You can
change it.

1.

Click Page Design > Change Template.

2.

3.

Replace the template text or graphics by right-clicking a text box or graphic and
clicking Delete Text or Change Picture.

4.

Customize a template
After you find a template you like, you can customize it.

1.

Click the Page Design tab and experiment with color themes, font, and backgrounds.

2.

3.

When you’re happy with the results, click File > Print and choose an option:

4.

1.

Click Export to find save as PDF or other Pack and Go options for photo or commercial
printing.
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3.

Click Print to make copies on your personal printer.

4.