Designing a basic newsletter in Outlook involves utilizing its built-in themes and then adding your content.
Here’s how you can design a newsletter directly within Outlook using its stationery and theme features:
Simple Steps to Use Outlook Themes for Your Newsletter
Outlook allows you to apply pre-defined visual themes to your email messages, providing a starting point for your newsletter's look.
Follow these steps, incorporating the method outlined in the provided reference:
- Click “file” and then “options.”
- Click “mail.”
- Click “stationary and font.”
- Click “theme,” choose one, and click “OK.”
- Click “new email” and your theme pops up.
Once the theme is applied to your new email message, you then proceed to build the actual content of your newsletter.
Building Your Newsletter Content
After selecting and applying a theme using the steps above, the sixth step involves adding your specific newsletter elements:
- Create your template with its headings, sections, body text, and images.
Think of the theme as providing the background, fonts, and possibly some visual elements. You then add all the core information of your newsletter on top of this theme.
Elements to Include in Your Themed Newsletter
When creating the content for your newsletter within the themed email, consider adding:
- Clear Headings: Use bold text or larger font sizes for titles and section headers to organize information effectively.
- Distinct Sections: Break down your content into logical parts.
- Engaging Body Text: Write the main content for each section.
- Relevant Images: Insert images or graphics to make the newsletter visually appealing and break up text. You can insert images using the "Insert" tab in the New Email window.
- Call to Actions (CTAs): Guide readers on what to do next, perhaps using a link to a website or an email address.
Using themes is a straightforward way to give your Outlook emails, including newsletters, a consistent and pre-designed look without needing advanced design skills. While Outlook themes offer a basic level of design, they provide a foundation upon which you can build a simple newsletter structure by adding your text and images.
