Now why would a PowerPoint Queen (who is also well versed in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), be taking the time to talk about creating Word templates? Or (gasp!) actually designing in Word?? Perhaps it is because this has become a new passion of mine. ‘No way!’ you say. ‘How can that be? Who is passionate about Word?’
(Raising hand) — Me!! Me!!
What an odd concept, right? But it makes sense if you think about it. Both are Microsoft programs, so therefore, they have similar menus and abilities. And yes, both can also be equally frustrating. But that is where I come in. Knowing that we can stretch a PowerPoint to look and feel like a Flash piece and beyond, we can make a Word document look more, well, “designed.” What a concept!
Granted, we are not talking about a program that is set-up to work just like one of the fancy Adobe programs (that I confess to love dearly of course), but you can push and stretch Word to have some high design, hold style sheets, place photos, text boxes, links, and maintain the document as one would in any other type of layout program. Word templates and designs that I have worked on allow the client the ability to fill with their content, or change, or make edits on the fly. And they love that. So why fight it?
Stay tuned and more Word template designs will appear here. But, if you are in the need of a project, I do have some I can show you right now. One-stop shop right here — Let’s get started!
