Create a Storyboard
with Microsoft Word
by
Agatha Taormina
| One easy way to create a storyboard is to first create the storyboard using the drawing tools in Microsoft Word. | ||
To create a storyboard in this way:
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Note: if you cannot locate the drawing toolbar:
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| To create a storyboard, first create the boxes for your
storyboard.
To create a box with the drawing toolbar, select AutoShapes, Flowchart, and the shape of your choice in the pop-up menu. I chose the rectangle in the first row of shapes. |
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The shape will appear on your page.
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| Create as many shapes as you need, and place them where you wish. | ||
To connect the shapes with lines to show the connection
between the shapes:
Create as many lines as you need and connect them to your storyboard shapes. Remember that you can reposition and/or resize any shape or line by clicking on it and moving it or resizing it with your cursor. |
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To add text to one of your shapes:
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Add Text |
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| Once you have completed your storyboard, save your document
as a web page.
Word will create a folder to contain the document. Inside that folder will be a .gif file. That file is your actual storyboard. Rename the file to reflect its content. Don't forget to add the .gif extension to the filename. Now you can create a new web page file and insert the .gif file of your storyboard in that file. You might eventually want to use image mapping to make each of your storyboard shapes a hot link to that particular page of your web site. |
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Design Center Readings
Last Revised:
February 12, 2004
© Agatha Taormina