WikMail Stationery Tutorial
Butterfly Flowers
This is a basic tutorial and should get you started when you first purchase the WikMail program. I know what it is like wanting to get going with new programs and sometimes you need a little tutorial like this to get you going with the Stationery Creator. You need to practice using the different elements in the Stationery Creator and further Tutorials on WikMail World will help you get the necessary practice.
Use these Graphics of mine to get the practice. Just right click and "save as" to your desktop or somewhere handy. You can of course use your own graphics or tubes here.
Start Butterfly Flowers Tutorial
Open Stationery Creator - Menu /Tools/Stationery Creator. See below.
In Stationery Creator Click on Sections/General.
Background Image
Click on Browse to get and insert the butterfly_flowers_tile.jpg (get it from where you downloaded it to)
It should look like the pic below - if it dosen't then make sure that 'Tiled' is selected at the bottom under Background Alignment(stationery).
Scrollbar Colors
Now set the scroll bar colors. Play around with the colors until you get the match you like. (you might like to leave this until the letter is finished.)
Margins
I chose 100, 50, 50, 50 again you will find that you may need to play around with these settings to get the look you want.
Message Area
Click on Sections and select Message Area.
Background Color
Select a color , try using the dropper tool to pick a color from the background. If you use my Butterfly image then you are stuck with that backgound. Here's mine:
Background Image
Click browse and select butterfly1.jpg.
Alignment - select bottom right.
Message Border
I selected 8, and using the dropper tool chose the mauve or purple flower on the background to select the color.
Style
Click on the little arrow and select a style for the border. I chose Double.
Transparency
Now set the transparency so that you can see the background through this message layer but can still clearly see the text.Message Text Margins
I set them all at 20 - again when you create a letter you will have to play with these settings.
Select the Font and size
I chose Verdana size 10 and checked Bold.
Select the Font Color to suit.
Now click on sections and go back to General.
Set the scroll bar colors if you have not set them or they need changed.
Name and Save Stationery
At the top left select a name for your stationery. Click on file/Save As. If you do not have a Flowers Folder there right click in a clear section and choose 'Create a new directory'. Name it Flowers. Now click on the flowers folder and it will appear on the save stationery pop up - click 'save stationery as'. It will be saved to your WikMail program and can be viewed in the send mail.
Create .exe File
Click on File again. select 'Export to Zip .exe File'. select Flowers and the name of the stationery which will be listed there. uncheck ZIP and check EXE and click on Execute. The .exe file will be stored in your WikMail Program, Zipped Stationery.
My finished stationery:
