Software choices

 Software choices

To create my project I will investigate the software I will be using. My project is an article so I will be looking at Lucidpress, Flipsnack and Microsoft Word. Lucidpress is used to create the content for individuals, teams and businesses. Also It is used in case in design & publishing, content marketing and graphic design services. Lucidpress offers many free templates and it consist of 3 pages that I can use for free. Another reason that I will be using there is a lot how to guides that will help me create my outcome for a high standard. Another software is Flipsnack. It has option to publish my work. I think I will use both of them to create my final project. Here I add some screenshots how I tested software:

                                                          Lucidpress website

First I sign in and choose the template that I want 

                                                        Screenshot 1 - Lucidpress templates 

When I think about article I also think about magazine, so I will choose magazine template

                                                           Screenshot 2 - Magazine template

I went deeper and I found something that suits my needs - food magazine template

                                                                 Screenshot 3 - Food Magazine

But I can see this is upgrade version so I will look into another free template:

                                                                  Screenshot 4 - Free Template

On the left and right side there is a menu with useful tools that I can work on customization of my template, adding images and changing font. 

                                                                    Screenshot 5 - Tools

In my opinion Lucidpress is great software and it will help me to create an extraordinary content article. The template I have choose contains of 6 pages, but I will try to fit my article to 4 pages including the cover of the magazine. Here I add the link to the 2 minutes video "Easy design + Brand management: What is Lucidpress? 

                                                                 What is Lucidpress

Another software I will be using is Microsoft Word. This program is a word processing software. 

                                                      Screenshot 1 - Microsoft Word

For me Word is well-known. I used it to write in high school. Microsoft Word is an excellent tool because it allows one to type fast, and it is simple to correct mistakes by simply pressing the backspace or delete keys. There are templates for any type of document, I can align the text to the center, right, or left margins, or justified with just one click, spelling and grammatical errors are highlighted immediately, I can easily correct any mistakes. Also, I can change the fonts, size of the text, add a table or picture. In my opinion, this is fantastic software and if I want to be a content writer in the future I should know this program perfectly. 

Screenshot 2 - Testing Microsoft Word

 Also I will be looking at Flipsnack. With this software I can create a flipbook of my magazine. The definition of Flipbook is: "series of illustrations of an animated scene bound together in sequence so that an illusion of movement can be imparted by flipping them rapidly" (Merriam - Webster, 2021). 

 

                                                               Screenshot 1 - Flipsnack

After I sign up I have to choose the size of my flipbook

                                                            Screenshot 2 - Choosing size

Also I found there few guides that I can know how to edit the text for example

                                                     Screenshot 3 - How to guides

From today's lesson I know I will have to upload jpg files from Lucidpress to create my flipbook in Flipsnack software

                                              Screenshot 4 - Uploading images from Lucidpress

To summarize in my opinion this sort of software is proper for writing a good content article. The advantages of this software are that they are free to use, easy for beginners, and convenient. Now I know how to create my magazine with an article. 

Sources:

Merriam-Webster (2021) Available at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flip-book (Accessed date:12 November 2021)

Soffar, H. (2014)) Online sciences. Available at: https://www.online-sciences.com/technology/what-are-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-microsoft-word/ (Accessed: 12 November 2021).