How to add a graphic to your convention letters/invites.

This tutorial will show you how to add a graphic to your letters or invites.

You can follow this tutorial for any invitation or letter you are designing, however, I am going to be using my 2021 convention invitation letters.

I use Microsoft word and word pad for designing my letters and Coral paint shop pro 2020 for graphics and screenshots. 

This tutorial - as all of my tutorials - assumes the reader is an absolute beginner. I am going to walk you through every step using words and screenshots. 

This is my finished letter.

Go ahead and open the letter you want to add the graphic to. 

If you want to add the powerful by faith heading as I have, the font I used is called, "Amasis MT Pro". If you don't have that one or don't like it, you can choose a font that you prefer. You can get free personal use fonts at 101freefonts.com 

Now we are going to insert the graphic you want to use. Go to your word or whatever programme you are using. Click on insert > Pictures > This device.

We're going to search for your graphic.

Now navigate to where you keep your graphics. You will need a PNG file, not a JPEG. a PNG file means the background is transparent so it can be placed on any colour paper. A JPEG means it's a solid picture with its own background.

When you locate the graphic you want to use, click on it and it will open in your letter/invite. See screenshots below.

With the graphic now open in your letter, click on the little box "insert behind text" then choose the "fix position on page" option. See the screenshot below.

Now grab the graphic at any corner to shrink it to the size you require and place it where you want it to be. 

I hope this tutorial was a help.

Enjoy doing your letters/invites.

Don't forget to visit jw.org  and get the link to the convention.

If you would like some free to use graphics I have added a few to the bottom of this tutorial. Just right click on any graphic and choose to save it in a folder. Remember where you put it though so you can find it easily when you want it.

If you need a tutorial about making folders and subfolders, click here.

Here are those graphics I promised you. These are my own graphics from 2008 when I was making digital scrapbooking kits. Click on any image below, then right-click and save as.

How to insert a QR code onto a letter/document

 This lesson will show you how to add a QR code to a letter/document etc

I am working in Paintshop pro-2020 for graphics. Word and Word pad everything else. My operating system is Windows 10.

If you right-click on any graphic and choose the "open link in new tab" option, it will open up a large 'easier to view' image.

If you don't know how to make a QR code go here for a lesson.

This tutorial - as all of my tutorials - assumes the reader is an absolute beginner. I am going to walk you through every step using words and screenshots.
Assuming you have already got a QR code. We need to attach that to the letter/document. In this instance, I am going to show you how to add it to a letter, however, the procedure is the same.

This is the letter I am using. Go ahead and open up the letter you want to add your QR code to. Don't worry, this is much easier than you may think.

OK, now we're going to go and find your QR code.

Find the insert button in your programme. I'm using Word but whatever programme you're using you should have an insert button. See the picture below.

Step 1. Click on the Insert tab.

Step 2. Click on the picture tab.

Step 3. Click on "This device"

See the image below for the next step.

Find the QR code you want to add to your letter and left-click on it. Don't worry where it lands on your page, we're going to put that where we want it.

All around your QR code you'll see little circles. You want to grab any corner and start dragging it inwards - to make it smaller. If you drop the circle, pick it up again. Don't let it intimidate you.

OK, we're now going to manipulate it so it goes where we want it to. 

Don't worry about where it is right now. In a minute you'll be able to put it wherever you want.

See the instructions on the image above.

1. Click on the QR code and you'll see a little box appear in the right-hand corner. Click on the box.

2. Choose the option to have the code go anywhere between writing. You can choose to have it behind writing but there's not much point in that with a QR code.

3. Choose "fix position on page"

Then do ahead and grab your QR code in order to place it wherever you want. 

I normally place mine at the bottom of my letter but it's your letter so your choice. When you have the QR code at what you think is the right size, go ahead and scan it to make sure it's working. 

Note: if you don't have a QR code scanning app, you can also just point the camera of your phone at the code and it'll ask you if you wish to visit whatever website you want your listener to go to. Of course in my letter, I'm pointing them to the online Bible studies.

I hope this lesson has helped you get to grip on inserting a QR code into a letter/document.

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