Copyright © 2001 by Jolene M. Morris

Before using Word to create your new document, plan your design. Make the following decisions:

• Will you use portrait or landscape page orientation?

• Will you use two-page layout or one-page layout?

• Will you use standard-sized paper or other paper?

• Will you use standard text, columns, tables, or text boxes?

• If you choose columns, will it be a 2-column grid with equal-width columns? a 2-column grid with uneven columns? a 3-column grid? other?

• Will you use graphics captions?

• Will you number pages?

• Will your document be bound?

Create a paper design (storyboard) of your document if there are multiple graphic elements.