Personalizing Your Boat Notebook Cover in Word - How To

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This post helps shows you how to add your boat's name to our Boat Notebook cover using Microsoft Word.
Here's what you need to do:

First, here're some font styles I considered.

What a difference, right?

I'd love to know what you choose for your Boat Notebook cover!

So let's get started.

Before you do anything, make sure you've downloaded the Boat Notebook covers (thank you so much!).

The Boat Notebook Covers are interchangeable. Pick what you like. Mix and match!

Now open Word to a blank page.

1. You'll want to be using a basic, US letter size (8.5 x 11 in. or 215.9 x 279.4 mm) page.

2. Go to Custom Margins (Layout > Margin > bottom of menu).

3. Change all margins to zero.

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4. When Word protests, click IGNORE.

5. Insert a cover. Insert > Picture. Look for where you put your downloaded files from Etsy. Find the file that says "Boat Notebook Covers." In that file, find "Cover Jpegs." Open that file.

6. Select the front cover you want to personalize. Make sure it has the word "letter" in it.

7. Once selected, the picture fills the frame. Yay!!!! (If it doesn't fill the frame, you didn't pick a front cover that has the word "letter" in its name.

8. Next, a very important step. Click Format > Wrap Text (on right, under Position). Select "Back of Text."

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9. Insert a text box. Insert > Text Box. Pick the first one, top left.

10. When you click it, it should look something like this:

11. Center it in the life ring. Don't worry if it doesn't look perfect yet. We'll fix that.

12. Click in the box and write your boat's name, or whatever you want it to say.

13. Format your text. Click on Home tab to find formatting options.

14. Change the font, font size, color of font, and justification to suit yourself.

15. Obviously you'll have to get rid of the white background and outline. Here's how. Click the Format tab. Then click Shape Fill and Shape Outline. In each, click either No Fill or No Outline.

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Here's the result.

16. Save it as a PDF. Save As > pick file and give name > PDF (instead of Word Document). Note: click "Standard" and not "Minimum."

17. Open your PDF and click Print to print on letter sized paper (8.5 x 11 in. or 215.9 x 279.4 mm).

    Find where it asks you to Custom Scale. Or something like that; printers vary.
    If you want it letter size, say 100%
    If you want A5, say 75%.
    If you want Happy Planner Classic, say 84%
    If you want Half Page, choose 77% (I know it doesn't make sense, but onward)
    For any other size, take the length of your preferred size, and divide by 11 (or 279.4 mm).
    Print.

Thank you for reading this post. I hope it was helpful for you!

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