INTRODUCTION:
Traditional
VS Digital
Using
Microsoft Word 2007
Scanning
Too big for
the scanner?
What you need
No scissors, no glue, no
pen!
Necessary
Equipment
Internet
Connection
HOW TO
Scrapbooking with
Word 2007:
Starting a page
Adding Background Color
Adding a Page Border
Adding a Background Picture
Before you add your picture
Add a photo
Resizing or tilting your
photo
Cropping your photo
Sample of a
Scrapbook Page
Created in Word 2007
Scanner
You don’t have to have a scanner to start digital scrapbooking . Perhaps the images you want to digital scrapbook are already in jpeg format, or maybe you intend to borrow a friend's scanner, or pay to have the photos scanned. One word of caution, think twice before leaving your original photographs with anyone.
Digital Camera
Once again, you don’t need this to get started. But having a digital camera will capture those future images for future books.
Ink
Yes ink, lots of it! I figure it costs me a $1-$2 for each digital
scrapbook page (includes cost of ink and paper). Of course, if I mess up and have to reprint, my
cost doubles.
Find out which ink cartridges your printer uses for color
photographs. My HP printer uses two different types of color ink
cartridges; one for color photographs and another for color flyers.
There are also other ink options for black and white photos. But,
there are as many different ink cartridges as there are printers, so you
will need to discover what works the best for you and your printer.
I sometimes refill my ink
cartridges. I absolutely hate the ink refill that uses the
hypodermic type needle – far too messy. I prefer the ink refill
with the built in needle. Yet, after too many times of removing the lid
from the tip of the built in needle, the needle itself can pull free of
the bottle, and cause a mess of its own.
A note on Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word 2007 is the program we will be exploring. If you aren’t ready to invest in Word 2007, yet have an older version of Word, don’t. Don’t use Word for scrapbooking. Instead, go buy a scrapbooking software program. It will be far more fun than using an older version of Word. But when you are ready to try Word 2007, come back for some how-to’s and tricks.
