[nabs-l] Brochure help,

Wed Aug 22 16:54:08 UTC 2012

Hi everyone,
These are all good suggestions. I often have to make brochures for my
classes and I usually ask my teachers for suggestions about font size,
type, and color. A bulleted list is very useful for displaying
important information.
Danielle

On 8/22/12, Ashley Coleman <amc05111 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good Idea,!
> Ashley CJoshua
>
> On 8/21/12, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccuaedu.onmicrosoft.com> wrote:
>> Wow!
>> I was just thinking about this!
>> I hate to highjack this thread, but I've noticed a trend!
>> We have so many students on here, with the same first name!
>> We have two Joshes, 3 Ashleys, etc.
>> We need to come up with a way to make it known, which person with a
>> similar
>> name, we're talking to on this list!
>> Thanks, Joshua
>> ________________________________________
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of
>> Ashley Bramlett [bookwormahb at earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:59 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Brochure help,
>>
>> Ashley,
>> I'm Ashley too and I attend a community college part time getting a
>> certificate while looking for work; I have a BA in liberal studies; I'll
>> get
>> a certificate and extra relevant classes for my resume here at nova.
>>
>> About the brochure, jaws doesn't always describe colors and layout well.
>> However, if you just need a simple brochure, creating one will not
>> require
>> much extra eyes. What is its purpose?
>>
>> Do you have any vision? If so this will aid you in creating it. If not,
>> do
>> the best with jaws and have a sighted person assist you in the layout.
>> Also, your professor should give you tips on things like font type and
>> size.
>>
>> I've not created a brochure, but have created flyers for a club and
>> readers.
>> So, that said, here is what I might do for a brochure.
>>
>> I have a little central vision so this may help me pick a font. I'd
>> select
>> a
>> font with curly edges of letters.
>> such as Georgia. Another idea would be pick one with dark block letter
>> lines
>> such as Impact or
>> Showcard gothic.
>> You should type your information in smaller font, maybe size 12 or 14. If
>> its  a list of important things like dates, you might want to make a
>> bulleted list.
>> Note that Word had several types of bullets, but I think the more common
>> ones are a square bullet or the circle filled bullet; that is what I've
>> seen
>> often. But you can always check with someone sighted to find out.
>>
>> Then you might want to add some pictures by either using clip art or
>> cutting
>> and pasting in existing pictures from other sources.
>> Clip art is in the insert tab.
>>
>> Finally, Microsoft word lets you add page borders and a background color,
>> but I suggest printing on colored paper, its easier.
>> To do either one, go to the page layout tab. If you wish to add a border,
>> go
>> to page borders in that tab. If you tab to the combo box that says
>> art, you can pick any number of picture borders that will be displayed
>> around the page; quite pretty but not sure it would help for this type of
>> brochure. All pictures are spoken so you know what you're choosing; pick
>> one
>> and press enter, otherwise its not selected.
>> Art graphics include apples, cookies, cake, hearts, and even Christmas
>> trees.
>>
>> You can also write text into a box; I suggest picking the first box so it
>> does not look like a template then. To do this go to the insert tab and
>> tab
>> to text box; open that display of choices and press enter on the first
>> choice wich is the simple text box with no additional formatting.
>> It is in the center of your page, but to move it, press the standard
>> commands of control L for left or control R for right.
>> You can also create tables in word; that is accessible too. That might be
>> good for some brochures.
>>
>> If we have more info on the expectations for it and who the audience is,
>> we
>> might have more ideas. You can make it look funny or serious, depending
>> on
>> the audience.
>> hth,
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ashley Coleman
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:19 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Brochure help,
>>
>> Hi all,
>> My name is Ashley and I am attending UNCP for a degree in Special
>> Education Teaching.
>>
>> I am wondering if any of you have had to create a tri-fold brochure for a
>> class, if you did how did you accomplish it.  I am using Microsoft Word
>> 2010 and Jaws 12.
>>
>> Thanks, Ashley,
>>
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