(5) Change the background color, perspective, and other graphic features of your SIDEBAR text box by trying out many alternatives offered by MS Word’s formatting buttons and drop0-down menus: (4) Pull the top and bottom of the text bar to make sure it fits the top and bottom of the grid: (3) Click and select ALPHABET SIDEBAR text box (my personal preference) or any other sidebar text box you like. (2) Go to the INSERT tab and select TEXT BOX to display the pre-set text box designs: This will help you align the SIDEBAR more easily. OPTIONAL STEP: Turn on your gridlines by selecting the GRIDLINES check-box in the VIEW tab.
(1) Create a MS Word 2007 or 2010 document. MS Word 2007 and MS Word 2010 come with a number of impressive page layout features that perhaps you generally don’t expect from Word since it’s not known as a “page layout application” (like InDesign, QuarkXpress, or PageMaker).įor example, did you know how easy it is to add a very stylish SIDEBAR to your technical document by using MS Word 2007 or MS Word 2010?
