Looking to create a flyer, announcement, or another piece of collateral for internal use within the Chicago Methodist Senior Services community? You’re in the right place.
Review the gallery of available designs below, decide what design template meets your need, and click to download the template as a Word doc or PowerPoint for you to edit and use as needed.
Policy Statement: In its expectation to create materials consistent with its branding guidelines, CMSS strives for the CMSS brand to be recognizable both internally, among staff and externally, within the community.
How to select images when adding clip art to a design template:
Design Guidelines:
Avoid scattered graphics and cluttered layouts. Too many elements on a page makes it hard for the eye to focus. When less is on a page, every element there counts for more and can be taken in more readily by the audience. For the same reason, avoid mixing different shapes in the same layout, such as mixing circles with rounded-corner rectangles and ellipses. Stick to one type of shape and treat each one consistently for particular types of information. This will build a clean and visually strong look.
Give content room to breathe draws attention to it. Use an adequate amount of white space to create a visually balanced layout and to help the reader’s eye move through the content easily. Simplify layouts and their readability by avoiding the use of borders around images, boxing in elements or creating other types of content containers within a page.
Visually align elements to create a balanced and well organized look. Align text and other elements to each other, to the margins or the grid.
If you don’t have access to the century schoolbook font (font for body copy on flyers), that can be downloaded below with instructions on how to download and install the font on your computer.
Not sure how to make a design or edit your flyer template? ↓ Watch instructional videos below ↓
When you are done with your design, please submit it to Ellen Woodward for approval before printing and/or distributing the flyer. Please email it to ewoodward@cmsschicago.org .
If there is something below in the template library that you’d like to have customized, or something you need that isn’t offered, please contact Ellen Woodward at ewoodward@cmsschicago.org.
Word Flyer Template Library
PowerPoint Design Template
Zoom Background
Download this image to add as a virtual background on Zoom. Follow instructions from Zoom here.
If you need assistance, reach out to Ellen Woodward at ewoodward@cmsschicago.org.
Instructional Videos: How to Edit a Flyer Template
Making Edits to a Flyer Template
Adding Images to a Flyer
Installing a Font on Mac
Installing a Font on PC
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