Newsletter Procedures

This page documents how we create the newsletter each month.

Overview

• We create the newsletter in Google Docs
• We sent the newsletter from Google Mail

It's a two step procedure because

• you can't create really beautifully formatted items in Google Mail
• this allows you to add to the Newsletter during the month, reducing the amount of work at the last minute and
• you can work collaboratively on the newsletter (by Google sharing the "Stage 1" document with anyone with a Google account) and
• The document is available on any computer you can log in to and is automatically backed up.

Information Sources

• Information about this month's event
• A tiny writeup & pic from last month's even
• Lynn created this list of sources: Newsletter Sources

Open The Document

• Go to docs.google.com
• Open "Elderberries Newsletter Stage 1"

Fonts

• Article Title: Arial 18 Blue (top row in the colour picker)
• Main Text: Arial 11 or 12
• To reset a chunk of text to Arial 11, highlight it and click "Normal Text" and again, "Normal Text"
• What / When / Where in "This Month" is highlighted in the colour "light red berry 2"

To Add A Photo

• Open the photo with any photo editing software
• Select All
• Copy
• Go to "Elderberries Newsletter Stage 1"
• Click in the cell where you want the graphic
• Paste
• Click on the photo to show its handles
• Drag the handles to resize the photo.

Adding An Article

• Click inside one of the cells
• Under Format --> Table you have options to insert rows, delete rows etc.

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