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4 May, 2010 - 16:52 by Struggling
Hi, I'm not sure how to use this site. Just typing away, and hoping for the best. We're a Church of Scotland magazine, but still find parish Pump very useful. Can anyone tell me how to get the graphics and mouse makes pages onto the A5 booklet? Any advice is helpful. From: Struggling
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Submitted by owlhouse on 4 May, 2010 - 17:27.
I convert all Parish Pump material to A5, using Adobe Photoshop. This program enables you to choose your own measurements/size of page. If you do not have this program let me know and I will try to help. I.m sure there are other ways of achieving the size you need.
Submitted by Scribbler on 6 May, 2010 - 21:41.
While I agree with Link_man there is an easier cheaper method. When you paste the graphic on the page you will see its surrounded by a dotted line with little dots/cirecles at each corner. Just click on a dot and you will see alittle arrow appear.hold the righthand button on your mouse and drag down and you'll see the picture reduce in size.
Submitted by Sue Goodman on 8 June, 2010 - 19:53.
Yes, resizing is quite simple - use the corners to keep the proportions the same. A very useful tip I was given when starting on this editing lark was to use text boxes. Put in a text box, using the graphics tool at the foot of the screen, format it (the box) so that the words will flow round it or avoid it, as you wish, and then copy and paste your clip art into the box. Then you can format the box to make a frame, or click on No Lines and no border will be visible. Hope you have a few minutes to play with these tools and get used to them. I do all my mag in A5 format, just in Word; I haven't got to grips with desktop publishing yet but you can get pretty good results with simple tools. And yes, I agree with the others, the forum is an excellent idea. Love, blessings and good wishes to one and all!
Submitted by Ed in Dorset on 12 May, 2010 - 11:51.
Hello I've been editing a church mag for over 10 years now and Parish Pump has been my lifesaver for most of that time. Only just joined the Forum - this is a brilliant idea!
Submitted by Mrs Kathleen Graham on 13 May, 2010 - 12:07.
Hello. I am also new to Editors Forum. It sounds quite exciting to be able to share ideas between other editors. I am editor of Hope Parish Church Magazine. Hope in Flintshire, not Derbyshire. I have been editor for the past twenty years and produce an A5 magazine. I have a printer and collater in my study so besides editing the magazine I also produce it. Before we had the collater my husband and I used to walk around the dining room table collating it page by page and as we produce 525 magazines each with 40 A5 pages (20 A4 sheets) magazine that was quite a walk ! To distribute our magazing we have 33 people within four villages who have been doing the job for many years. These pepole are not necessarily on the PCC or for that matter come to church, but feel they are 'doing their bit' for the church ~ and they are ~ by delivering it. I work in the programme Corel Draw and find it invaluable as you can type within boxes and drag them anywhere you like, as you can graphics. As for the mousemakes page I just download it to my computer, open and right click it, paste on to my page which I have set up in Corel Draw and it appears with little black corners which you then just reduce or enlarge as you wish. You can then drag the whole thing whereever you like. As for Parish Pump, I just don't know what I would have done without it this winter as everything in the villages had been cancelled due to bad weather which resulted in nothing to report....an absolute God send !
Submitted by Jill Humphreys on 15 May, 2010 - 16:07.
I cannot get anyone to write anything for our magazine so depend upon this great site for most of what goes in it! A new priest in charge is coming in August so hope things will get better then. One thing would be helpful, an advance reminder that the subs are due: I have just had to pay online in a panic now as the magazine goes out next week!