How to Create a Calendar With Digital Photos
Creating a calendar that includes digital photos on your home computer involves using a desktop publishing application. Scribus is a free, open-source desktop publishing application that is available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. The software includes a "Create Calendar" wizard that will set up the calendar portion according to your specifications. Scribus will also scale your images to automatically fit the calendar. You can print your calendar on your home printer or at a professional print shop.
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Instructions
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Creating the Calendar
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Download and install Scribus (see Resources).
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Open Scribus. The application will be found under your main "Applications" or "Programs" menu on your task bar.
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Click "Cancel" in the "New Document" window that appears. You will be presented with a blank window.
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Click on "Script" in the main toolbar. Then click "CalendarWizard" under the "Scribus Scripts" option.
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Choose the language, calendar type, day the week begins with and year in the "Select Options and Values" window. Place a check mark in the "Whole Year" box and in the "Draw Image Frame" box. Click "OK" to go onto the next screen.
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Choose the "Page Size" and "Orientation" for each month. Click "OK" to go on to the next screen.
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Choose the font style and size in the "Character" section. Use the default options for the rest of the sections. Click "OK" to create the calendar.
Adding the Images
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Click on "Insert" then "Image" in the main toolbar.
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Click on the upper-left corner of the large X and drag your mouse down to the lower right corner of the X to place the image box in the appropriate position.
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Type "Ctrl+D" to insert an image into the image box. Choose the image from the file browser that appears.
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Right click on the image and choose "Properties" to bring up the Properties window.
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Click on the "Image" tab at the bottom of the Properties window and choose "Scale To Frame Size." This will force your image to completely fit inside the image box.
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Repeat steps 1 through 5, above, for each page of the calendar.
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Print the calendar on a home printer or save the calendar as a .pdf file to have it printed at professional print shop.
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