Design How-to: Brochures that Get Noticed

You don't need metallic inks or tricky die-cuts to create a brochure everyone wants to pick up. Just offset the folds and work a little design magic. It's easy -- we even give you templates!
Written by John McWade on June 7, 2005

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There's no need to settle for a basic, boring brochure just because your budget is tight. You can transform a plain sheet of paper into something that looks like you spent a bundle -- simply offset the folds.

This brochure how-to includes templates for two kinds of fold variations. With that guidance and other tips on making the most of the layout, you'll have the best brochures around.

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save the trees -- and the file!

Excellent article. I like the "save paper" format, but why not let us file articles electronically and really save time, ink, paper, space and retrieval hassles?!?

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Great!

Sparked a new idea for me...thanks!

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Save to disk

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Excellent article. I like the "save paper" format, but why not let us file articles electronically and really save time, ink, paper, space and retrieval hassles?!?
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You can do this. The article is in PDF format. Just save it to your disk and read it onscreen. Zero paper

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