How to Make a Bulletin in Word

When you’re ready to share all the news that’s fit to print about your business, let Microsoft Word do the heavy lifting. By choosing one of Word’s flyer templates, you can jump-start the process of creating a bulletin, avoiding all of the setup and layout and focusing on getting your information onto the page. Because these templates are customizable to your business styles, preferences and content requirements, you'll receive a unique look for your flyer. Making a bulletin in Word also offers you flexibility – you can either print it out to distribute, or save the file and send electronic copies to intended recipients.

Launch Microsoft Word and click the “File” tab. Click “New,” then click the “Flyers” button on the Available Templates screen. Double-click the “Marketing flyers” folder and scroll through the templates. While there may not be a template that directly matches your business or is exactly what your bulletin will be about, you can edit and customize any template. Double-click the most suitable template to open it in a new Word window.

Right-click on the text box with the main bulletin headline, which may be the name of a company or a slogan, depending on the template. Highlight the text and type over it with your own headline, such as the name of your newsletter or the main announcement you’re advertising in the bulletin.

Highlight and type over the other text box areas on the bulletin with information such as an upcoming employee meeting, new product details or a wrap-up of the past year in sales efforts. You can also highlight and copy text from another document and then paste it in here on the bulletin text box. Be sure to check the page(s) of the bulletin for small text boxes which may have placeholder text for contact details, such as your website, email address and phone number.

Right-click an image included on the bulletin template. Choose “Change Picture,” then browse to an image on your network to include on the bulletin. This may be a photograph of your facility or an employee group shot, or something else you’re referencing in the bulletin. You can also add images by clicking the “Insert” tab, clicking the “Picture” button, browsing to the picture and double-clicking it. This enables you to add a company logo to the bulletin as well.

Add additional text boxes to the bulletin to share more information by clicking the “Text Box” button on the “Insert” tab. Choose “Simple Text Box.” When the text box appears on the bulletin, drag it into place on the page, then click a corner of the box and drag it in or out to your preferred size. Click inside the text box to add text.

Click the “Review” tab, then click the “Spelling & Grammar” button on the ribbon to proofread the bulletin. You can also give it to another employee to proof or check for Word’s red and green squiggles under your text, where Word is suggesting there may be an error.

Click the “File” tab and select “Save As.” Type a name for the bulletin file, choose where it should be saved on the network and click the “Save” button.