Creating A Flyer For Print Or Email

To create a flyer, please do the following:

1. From the program's main menu, point to Flyers, then click Create flyer.
2. In the Create flyer - Select the flyer you want to create page, select a flyer category from the Categories section.
3. Click the desired flyer template from the Templates section, then click Next.
4. In the Create flyer - Select property page, select the property you want to create a flyer for. If desired, use the search options to find the property. Once you have selected the property, click Next.

5. In the Create flyer - Edit text and pictures page, you can make changes to the flyer text and pictures. Clicking on any text or graphic box will highlight it, enabling you to then change its properties.

6. To change the properties of text and graphic boxes, you can use the design and formatting features on the Flyer Designer tool bar. To determine which feature is associated with a given icon, point to the icon and a descriptive box will appear.
7. In the case of both text and graphic boxes you can:
   • Resize or drag-and-drop them to another location
   • Change the border line weight, style and coloring

Additionally, in the case of text boxes you can:

• Add new text or edit existing text
• Change font, font size, font color, add bolding, italicizing or underlining
• Change the text indentation and justification
• Change the fill color

You also have the option of inserting hyperlinks, text merge codes, and picture merge codes, as well as adding text and graphic boxes and arranging these boxes in layers.

8. Once you have finished editing the flyer's text and graphics, click Next.
9. You now have a choice of the following four options as listed in the Create flyer - Distribute flyer page. Whichever option you choose, the flyer will be saved in the flyer list on the My flyerspage.
   • Publish the flyer to the web and send a link to your contacts in an email
   • Print the flyer
   • Publish the flyer to the web and view it in Adobe Acrobat, from where you can save the flyer to your computer's hard disk drive
   • Save the flyer so you can print, email or web publish it later

These four options are described in the sections that follow:

To publish the flyer to the web and send a link to your contacts in an email, please do the following:

1. Once you have completed steps 1-8 in the "To create a flyer" section above, select I want to publish this flyer to the web and email a link to my contacts in the Create flyer - Distribute flyer page, then click Finish.
2. In the Send flyer link window, address the email to the contact you want to send it to.
3. In the View or edit email for "[contact]" window, edit the email Subject field if desired, edit the email message if desired, then click Send.

To print the flyer, please do the following:

1. Once you have completed steps 1-8 in the "To create a flyer" section above, select I want to print this flyer in the Create flyer - Distribute flyer page, then click Finish.
2. In the Print message box, confirm that your printer settings are as desired, select the number of copies you want to print, then click OK.

To publish the flyer to the web, view it in Adobe Acrobat, and save it to your computer's hard disk drive, please do the following:

1. Once you have completed steps 1-8 in the "To create a flyer" section above, select I want to publish this flyer to the web and view it in Adobe Acrobat in the Create flyer - Distribute flyer page, then click Finish.
2. To save the flyer, click the Save icon (the floppy disk) in the Adobe Acrobat tool bar.
3. In the Save a copy message box, select the folder where you want to save the flyer file, then click Save.
4. To close the Adobe Acrobat window, click File, then Close.

To save the flyer so you can print, email or web publish it later, please do the following:

1. Once you have completed steps 1-8 in the "To create a flyer" section above, select I want to finish this flyer and print, send or publish it later in the Create flyer - Distribute flyer page, then click Finish. The flyer has now been saved in your My flyers folder.
2. To access the flyer for printing, publishing or sending, point to Flyers in the program's main menu, then click My flyers.
3. In the My flyers window, select the flyer and then click on the desired action menu item to initiate the printing, publishing or sending process.

To store a flyer as a link in your Marketing links library for inclusion in an email, please do the following:

1. In the program's main menu, point to Flyers, and click My flyers.
2. In the My flyers window, select the flyer and click Add to link library in the action menu.
3. In the Add to link library window, select a category, enter a name for the link, and enter a description for the link in the fields provided, then click OK.
4. In the My flyers window, click Close.
5. To add a link to this flyer in an email, simply create an email using one of the options in the Email menu, then click Insert link at the bottom right hand corner of the selected email window.
6. In the Select marketing link window, select the email, and then click OK.

Please note that Top Producer 7i lets you create, edit, and distribute flyers in a variety of ways. The program's Flyer designer includes many advanced features for editing existing flyer templates, as well as for designing and saving your own completely unique flyers and templates. The preceeding instructions demonstrate only one method of creating a flyer.

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