How to make a magazine using microsoft word?

Question

I need step by step instructions or a website

Answer 1

Word isn't the ideal tool for the job here. Things to consider:

1) How are you going to print it? Are you just looking at a newsletter-style single sheet of paper, or are you going to have many pages? If you're planning on a folded, stapled publication, take a look at a magazine printed this way, and note what page numbers each sheet of paper has.

Word 2000 and below doesn't support the printing features (printing multiple pages to a sheet, and re-ordering the pages so they appear on the correct sheet) known as "imposition" which make this booklet printing easy. For 2002 and above, see:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/CreateBooklet.mspx

2) Where are you going to print it?
If you have an A3 or equivalent-sized printer, and a long-armed stapler, it's possible to print it yourself. However, you can get much better output and (if you have a high enough run) lower costs if you print externally.

Many print places won't take Office files, as MS Office isn't designed for high quality printing, and it usually requires quite a bit of extra work on their end to get them up to scratch. So, speak to the printer early if you plan to use one, ask as many questions as possible.

3) Plan ahead! Make sure you know what features you're going to have, work out what style you're going to have... Nothing makes a magazine look bad like one where each article is in a different point size and font because somebody different wrote it. Use placeholder text (http://www.lipsum.com ) to get a feel for your design. Use http://www.yotophoto.com to find great images to go with your articles.

Some sites that may help you get the layouts you want:
http://research.microsoft.com/~jckrumm/Word%20Tips/technical%20publishing.htm
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=482

If you start to find Word limiting your ideas, move up to a DTP package such as Scribus:
http://www.scribus.net