Class Newsletters
Class officers publish a letter or newsletter each fall that is mailed to all members of the class. This communication typically includes highlights of ALC and Homecoming Weekend, class news, event plans, Annual Fund updates and news from campus, along with any other messages or news the officers wish to convey.
Class officers are responsible for planning the content and layout of their newsletter (typically at ALC), as well as deciding which officer will be responsible for each piece. Each class officer team can design its own newsletter or can use a template we provide. Newsletters are due by November 9th.
Instructions for using the newsletter template
1. Go to www.wheatoncollege.edu/alum/Volunteer/home
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Class Officer Sample Newsletter
3. Save newsletter to your own desktop or hard drive (Save As).
4. Change the header and footer to reflect the class for which the newsletter is being created. (To do this, go to View, then Header and Footer. Click anywhere in the header box to highlight, erase or change text. You can also click on the Wheaton seal, erase it and replace it with another graphic if desired.) Scroll down to the footer and do the same. Hit Close (in the small editing box that should appear on your screen) to save your changes.
5. Change the content of the newsletter by clicking inside any text box, highlighting the text and deleting it. You can then replace the text in that box with your own content. You can change the photograph by doing the same.
6. If you would like to remove a text box altogether (to make room for other boxes, content or images), click once on the text in that box, then click once on the border of the text box. This will highlight the whole box, which you can erase with your delete key.
7. To create a new box(es), go to Insert, then Text Box. Put your cursor where you‚d like the text box to appear and click. You can change the size and shape of the text box by clicking and dragging the sides or corners of the box. Place your cursor inside the box to begin typing content into the box. To remove the box, click on the box to highlight it, then click on any of the walls of the box (avoiding the circles within those walls). You should see a symbol that looks like a plus sign with arrows on the ends of each line. When you see this symbol, you can drag the whole box and place it where you want it.
8. The template is four pages long, although you may only need two. If you need to use more than two pages, you will need to create your own text boxes on pages three and four. If you need additional pages, place your cursor on the last page of the template, then click Insert and Break. Choose Page Break, which should create an additional page that includes the class Web address in the footer.
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