To maintain brand consistency across all your communications it is essential you have a set of water-tight, consistent Word documents and templates for your users. But once you have distributed them, how do you ensure your carefully crafted templates are used consistently and your users don't start making things up as they go along! Well, by thinking of every eventuality - make it easy for them to use your brand font by having the right one set as default - change the theme colours to your brand colour palette - these are just a few examples! 1. Page size Before you do anything, set the page size to your desired print size and orientation and consider creating templates for all intended sizes - A4, A5, A3, landscape and portrait for example. 2. Language Another tip before you set up your template - cut out the mix of English US and English UK spellings by setting the default language to your desired language for all new documents. Select Tools > Language, find and select *your language*, THEN click the 'Default' button. Now all your documents will use the [...]The post 10 tips for branded Word documents appeared first on Creative graphic & website design agency.
