And now the box looks like this:īut I don’t really like that shade of blue…or any of the colors they have listed. – Choose a color for the border, a color for the inside of the box, or you can insert a photo into the box:

I don’t care for how the shadow looks and it affects the font as well. Make the shape as wide as possible on your document, so the image is the highest quality possible. – Click on the shape you want, then go to the document and click/drag to make the shape. I typically use the first two–the rectangle or the rounded rectangle. In the toolbox (which usually pops up to the right of your document–and is also located at the top toolbar), click on the object palette and you’ll see tons of shape options. – To create graphics we’ll use layers of boxes and shapes, group them together, and then right-click on the whole thing and “save as picture”. – When making headers, set-up the document as “landscape”, so you can create a very wide image. Your version of WORD might be slightly different than mine (if you like nitty gritty details, my version is Word for MAC: 12.2.0) But whatever version you have, the concepts are similar. But we’ll walk through each step and soon you’ll be a pro! Today, we’ll create this header for the Design My Header Contest:Ī bunch of screen-grab images with instructions looks overwhelming. Some resources that are good for that are:īut if you’re looking for the quick and simple method you’ve come to the right place. For instance, you can’t stretch or squeeze a font, flip images, place them at an angle, or many other things. Word isn’t really intended as a “graphics” program but it’s pretty straight-forward and equally frustrating since the program does have limitations. And if you don’t have fancy software, Adobe Illustrator, or even photoshop, you can always create graphics the semi-old-fashioned way, using Microsoft WORD. The best way to do things is to do what works for you.

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