WikMail Stationery Tutorial
Christmas
This Christmas tutorial may be a little more involved than the Butterfly tutorial. There are more sections of the Stationery Creator used so it will provide more practice overall. Download the four pics. All the graphics were prepared in Paint Shop Pro (PSP).
to your computer. File them so you can easily find them again. The pics are 'Merry Christmas Everyone', The little girl, the man and the lady. Just right click on each one and 'save as'.
Lets begin the Christmas Tutorial
Open Stationery Creator - Menu /Tools/Stationery Creator. See below.
In Stationery Creator Click on Sections/General.
Stationery Name
This is were you decide on a name for the stationery and insert it in the space provided
Scrollbars Colors
I selected Christmas colors here for the scrollbars. The colors where all in the pics anyway.Top Section
Click on 'Sections' again at the top of the Stationery Creator and select 'Top Side Main'. Click on the little blue square beside 'Use Top Section'. Enter '150' in the space for the height. Now click on 'Sections' again and select 'Top Center'. Click in 'Use as background image.
Insert Image
Click on 'Browse, navigate to the pic (where you filed it in your computer) merrychristmas_everyone.jpg and click open. The Merry Christmas header should now be showing at the top on the right side of the Stationery Creator. Select 'Top Center' in the Background Alignment. Select the Font you wish to use and the size.
Left Side
Click on 'Sections' and select 'Left Side', make sure 'Use Left Side' is ticked. Leave the width at 25. Now click Browse and go to where you have filed the man_christmas.jpg and open. The man should be showing on the left now.
Right Side
Click on 'Sections' and select 'Right Side', make sure 'Use Right Side' is ticked. Leave the width at 25. Now click Browse and go to where you have filed the lady_christmas.jpg and open. The Lady should be showing on the right now.
Message Area
Click on 'Sections' and select Message Area. Click 'Browse' and locate the pic, girl_christmas.jpg and open it.
Select 'Bottom Center' in the Alignment box. In the Message Border area put 5 in the width box, and select 'dotted' in the style box.
Now go to the top where it says Background color. Click on the little dropper icon and use it to click on the green background of the little girl pic. The text area of the stationery should now be green. In the Message text margins, I selected 50 50 170 50, you might like to play with the settings here. In the Use Stationery Font area I selected Verdana size 10 and a color of white I also clicked on the Bold button. This is how your stationery should look.
Now you are almost finished (if you have lasted this long- Congratulations !!!).
Name and Save StationeryAt the top left select a name for your stationery(if you have not already done so). Click on 'File' and 'Save As'.If you do not have a Christmas Folder then right click in a clear section and choose 'Create a new directory'. Name it Christmas. Now click on the Christmas 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 Christmas 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. You do not have to make an .exe file. The reason for making it is so it can be posted on a website or be sent to someone.
I hope you enjoyed doing this Tutorial and it has been helpful in acustomizing you with the WikMail Stationery Creator. If you have problems click on the contact tab at the bottom of this page and we will get back as soon as possible.