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How do one make such beautiful sheets??



AnnDyr
Norway

How do one make such beautiful sheets??
 
Hi everyone. I am new to this, and I would really like to contribute. There is nothing wrong with my creativity, but I am wondering how you make the sheets. They are all so professional and colorful and detailed. How do you use your computers to do this? Are there any specific programs? All I have is Paint and Paint 3D, and it is a pain in the neck to even try to get an A4-format. Or do you do everything by hand, and scan it? I appreciate any advice! Best regards, Anne from Norway.

3 Jan 2020      





maryse pey�
France

 
Hi Anne,
 
Welcome on ESL.
 
You will find some tutorials with the link above.
 
At the very first I was completely unable to do something other than a very simple document then... I have found the tips like : "copy and paste" on a page.doc or page.docx and ... and .... or how to make a powerpoint.
 
You need training. 
 
Take care of the weight of the pictures, of the banned copyright or watermarks.
 
Welcome again and good training. I am sure you are going to surprise yourself ! It is often simpler than we think.
 
Maryse ;) 

3 Jan 2020     



AnnDyr
Norway

Thank you, Maryse! :-)

5 Jan 2020     



Matthew@ELSP
Japan

Welcome.
You could also browse others� worksheets, find a format you like, and then ask the contributor if it�s O.K. to use their contribution as a template. Of course you need to insert your own content, but if the document is already in a format that you would like to use, and if the contributor says it�s O.K., you could save time and learn that way.
Microsoft Word, even the 1997 version, is perfectly good enough to insert images, Word-Art and Auto-shapes.
I usually save my files as �Word 97-2003� format before uploading here.
I do that as the latest version of Word uses a more user-friendly menu layout when opening files of that format.
I do not usually make particularly colouful worksheets (as at work I have to make many, many copies of only black&white).
However, you have my permission to download and then use anything of mine as a template.
I very rarely download from here - I am not trying to increase my points as I never need them.
If I had a way to give you colouful templates, and if I knew what kind of layouts you were trying to create, I would give you some files. 

5 Jan 2020