Do you want to create a very special gift for the new parents? This baby announcement is perfect for framing.
Do you want to create a very special gift for the new parents? This baby announcement is perfect for framing. (You will need a square picture of the new baby.) Wrap in specially created wrapping paper (see article "Wrapping Paper") and your gift will make a big hit.
Open Microsoft Word
1. Change the margins, click on FILE, Page Set up, Margins, Top = 2.0, Left = .5, Bottom = .5, Right = 1.5, click on OK.
2. Change the font, click on FORMAT, Font, scroll to Monotype Corsiva, bold italic, size = 60, click OK, click on center.
3. Type: It's a Girl/Boy!, ENTER.
4. Type: Congratulations to: ENTER.
5. Change the font to regular (no bold or italic), click on FORMAT, Paragraph, spacing before = 12 pts., OK. Type: Parents Names, ENTER.
6. Click on FORMAT, Font, bold italic, size = 36, OK, click on FORMAT, Paragraph, spacing before = 42 pts., OK, Type: The baby's name, (do not hit ENTER).
7. Insert the baby's picture, click on INSERT, Picture, From file, and choose the babies picture.
8. Format the picture, click on it, then FORMAT, Picture, Size, Height = 3.5 inches, Width = 3.5. Layout = square, click on Advanced, Horizontal Absolute position = .0 and column, Vertical Absolute position = 7.0 page, click the box that says "Lock Anchor," uncheck the box that says "Move with text," OK, OK.
9. Insert a text box, Click INSERT, Text Box, (your curser should change to a plus sign), click and draw the text box next to your picture.
10. Format the box, click on the boarder, click on FORMAT, Text Box, Layout = square, click on the Advance button, Horizontal Absolute position = 4.25 and page, Vertical Absolute position = 7.25 and page, click the box that says "Lock Anchor," uncheck the box that says "Move with text," OK, change the size to Height = 2.25, Width to 3.0 inches, OK, change the Colors and Lines, Fill = no fill, Line Color = No Line, OK.
11. Change the font to Monotype Corsiva, regular, size 20, OK, center.
12. Inside of the text box Type: Born on: (date), ENTER.
13. Type: (Time the baby was born), ENTER.
14. Type: (The number of inches long) long, ENTER.
15. Type: Weighing, ENTER.
16. Type: (The babies weight), ENTER.
17. Type: (The name of the Hospital.
18. Print, trim and frame.
