Booklet : A small book or group of pages

A Booklet is a small bound book that has a paper cover and a limited number of

pages. As you would expect from its name, a booklet is generally smaller in size
than most books.

For example, 5.5” x 8.5” is a very popular size for a printed booklet. That’s
because a 5.5” x 8.5” booklet is very economical to print and fits perfectly into a
standard 6” x 9” envelope, which can be mailed at the same postage rate as a
regular letter. In addition to the 5.5” x 8.5” size, booklets may be printed as a full
8.5” x 11” or as any custom size required.

We all have heard of the idiom – ‘Good things come in small packages’. This
phrase goes very well with the booklets which are a very handy piece of design A
booklet is smaller than a book in size as well as volume and has usually between
four to forty pages.

The various types of booklet are:

Newsletter.

Companies have started using a booklet as a newsletter where the customers get to
know about the company, what is happening in it and any new amendments or
policies. It is a great way to instill trust in the customers and form a stronger bond.

Recipe booklets.

Such booklets contain recipes in short yet descriptive version. These are usually
designed by chefs, companies selling cookery items or ingredients.

Instruction Manual.

It also known as owner’s manual. It contains important information about a

product like how to assemble it, dismantle it, installation process, safety
instructions, warranties and guaranties.

Portfolios.

Companies that are into creative work such as photography, interior designing or
those who make tailored products need a portfolio booklet to showcase their art
and proficiency to probable clients. The clients get a fair idea about the kind and
style of work the company is into.

Reference Guide.

It is just like an instruction manual but a shorter form of that and contains the most
essential information like key features, dos and don’ts etc.

Brochure booklet.

A brochure booklet contains description, information and pictures about a product.

In the times of fierce competition, even the booklets need to be good in design as
well as content. In fact, they need to be bound properly so that they are user
friendly and durable. There are different types of binding options available these
days:

Saddle Stitched.

It is the most commonly used binding. It involves folding sheets that are assembled
together one inside the other and then stapling through the fold line. It is a center
binding and lets the booklet to open flat at the center.

Coil/Spiral Binding.

It is similar to saddle stitching but it requires making holes along the left corner of
its pages and putting a metal or plastic wire through the holes.

Perfect Binding.

Instead of stapling or coiling, in this method the pages are pasted at the spine and
the other three sides of the booklet are cropped to create a perfect look.

These booklets are even available in different sizes so that companies can choose
as per their requirements. Furthermore, the sizes of booklet will also depend on the
type of binding. The various sizes of booklet printing are:

 Small booklets: Mostly the size of booklets is 5.5 x 8.5 and 8.5 x 11. It is
ideal for instruction manuals, reports and brochures
 Large booklets: If a company needs more space for visuals and
information, large booklets are required. The ideal size of such booklets is
12×12.
  Custom size: You can also get the booklet’s size customized as per your
need.
Booklets have become a valuable medium for businesses to prove their
capabilities. Make use of online printing services to get them printed. It is always
better to create a unique booklet with perfect size and binding that can help the
company to shine out.

How to make a booklet

Step 1: Who is your audience?

The design and layout of the draft document for your booklet depends to a large
extent on your audience. For instance, you may be working on a hobby Origami
project in which case you’ll want to create a poster-sized document that you can
fold and crease to create a mini-booklet with just a few pages.

Alternatively, you may be creating a corporate newsletter-style booklet with a lot

of text in multiple columns and with only a few images. Lucidpress has a wide
variety of newsletter and brochure templates that feature multiple columns and
image placeholders for your company’s logo and branding elements.

A third example is a recipe book. In this case, you’ll probably want to ensure all
the pages have a consistent layout, and you’ll want to make sure that the book can
be laid flat on a kitchen counter... which brings us to binding.

Step 2: Nail down your binding

Your choice of binding will affect the layout of your little book, and it depends on
how durable you want your booklet to be and whether you want to open it up flat
(like you would for a recipe booklet). Saddle stitching actually uses staples, not
stitches, and is most commonly used for booklets with low page counts. It’s the
most durable and cost-effective option, but your pages won’t open completely flat.
Wire binding requires punching holes through which coils are inserted, so you’ll
have to double-check that those gutters and margins are wide enough. Like coil
and spiral binding, this option is great if you need to open your booklet up flat, or
expect needing to tear out pages for some reason. Perfect binding—also called
thermally activated binding—is what is usually used to bind paperbacks. While
cost-effective, the downside is that a booklet bound like this won’t lay flat. Perfect
binding (not so perfect after all) is not quite as sturdy as other methods, so you
should make sure you use top-quality glue (resin).

Step 3: Source images

If you haven’t already, now is the time to source images, pictures and illustrations
to jazz up your booklet and make it visually attractive. This is the third step
because when you start creating your book outline, you’ll want to know exactly
how much space your graphics are going to take up on each page. But, never fear:
if your image is a little too big or too small, to change the size, right-click on it and
select Edit Crop or Mask from the context menu.

Step 4: Create an outline

Even though it’s only a small book, the little extra effort spent creating a booklet
outline is well worth the time.

You can easily drag & drop page elements onto a page and then decide how all the
bits and pieces fit together—for instance, where you’re going to include images.

The interface is really just a giant sandbox where you can experiment with colors,
fonts, graphics & layouts. If you’ve already written your content, the

you can also dive right in and start writing from scratch right there and then—
simply drag & drop a text element onto a page.

Step 5: Design your pages

In the interface, in the left pane, simply drag & drop the element (e.g. text, shape,
video, image or table) you wish to add to your layout—plop!—into your design.
Now this is when the fun starts.

In the right pane are all the attributes of the element you’re working on. The Shape
tab gives you options to change these attributes. For instance, if you’re working on
an image, you can change the borders, fill color, shadows & opacity. The Layout
tab helps you to position your image precisely and lock features of the image you
don’t want anyone else to change.

Reading comprehension 

Reading comprehension is the level of understanding of a text/message

Reading comprehension is the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and

to integrate with what the reader already knows.

Fundamental skills required in efficient reading comprehension are knowing

meaning of words, ability to understand meaning of a word from discourse context,

ability to follow organization of passage and to identify antecedents and

references in it, ability to draw inferences from a passage about its contents,

ability to identify the main thought of a passage, ability to answer questions

answered in a passage,

ability to recognize the literary devices or propositional structures used in a

passage and determine its tone, to understand the situational mood (agents, objects,
temporal and spatial reference points, casual and intentional inflections, etc.)
conveyed for assertions, questioning, commanding, refraining etc.

Importance of reading

1. Develops You into A Better Thinker

A leader stays ahead of the pack. Therefore, you must always be updated with the
latest information. Knowing trends and developments in your industry or area of
interest will help you make educated decisions before anyone does.
Anne Cunningham who is an Associate Professor in Cognition and Development
from the University of California, Berkeley, conducted a study which showed
readers were excellent in analyzing information. This allowed frequent book
readers to become better decision-makers than non-book readers.
What separates leaders from followers is that they are able to see opportunity while
others see only failure.
The fear of risk is comfortably managed because they are able to use their
knowledge to weigh costs versus benefits. Before they initiate plans into action,
risk management procedures would already be in place.
2. Builds Your People-Skills
Book readers are often unfairly labeled as anti-social or introverts. People think all
they do is read books and nothing else. As most leaders will attest, book reading
will improve your people or social skills.
A story is a text representation of a world from the eyes and mind of its author.
When you read books, you live vicariously through the author’s filter. You see
his/her perspective and compare them to yours. It helps you understand and
appreciate the opinions of others.
Thus, when you are dealing with your people, you communicate with them with an
open mind. Instead of criticizing, you develop empathy. You allow them the
opportunity to contribute and generate feedback. Meetings become more
productive instead of a venue for argumentation and debate.
3. Stimulates Creativity
Reading stimulates creativity because it encourages your imagination to keep
flowing. Words are processed and depicted in imagery in our minds. In some
cases, we become challenged by the opinions expressed by the author. How many
times have we questioned and criticized the works of an author, yet recommended
the book for others to read?
Creativity is an integral component of leadership because it allows you to “think
outside the box”. Creativity starts off with a series of questions; of how we can
make things better. Sometimes the best solutions are not found in black and white.
You might find them in the grayest of areas. Only those with a creative mind can
filter out the smoke and find what others cannot see.
4. Strengthens Analytical Skills
Haven’t you experienced reading a sentence or a paragraph, then find yourself
going back to try and articulate what you just read. Reading is a constant process
of analysis. You are trying to decipher and understand the information provided by
the author.
Studies have shown that reading regularly not only makes you smarter but also
improves your abstract reasoning skills. It is a cycle that involves receiving and
assimilating information.
In business, you frequently encounter situations that require precise decision-
making. If you can break down information and process potential scenarios from
various courses of action, you will be able to come up with the decision with the
most favorable outcome.
5. Reduces Stress Levels And Improves Mental Health
Running a business or putting in the hours at work can be very stressful. The
decision-making process itself takes you through several stages of stress; from
problem identification to proposing courses of action to risk assessment then
finally implementation. Stress can break your mind and body down. It will hamper
your ability to lead if both your physical and mental health are compromised.
Benefits Of Reading Newspapers

 Newspapers provide news about a country’s economic situation, sports,

games, entertainment, trade and commerce.
 Reading newspaper makes a good habit and it is already part of the
modern life. This habit will widen your outlook and will enrich your
knowledge.
 Reading newspaper makes you well informed. It enables you to take
part in every discussion pertaining to the world’s current events.
 Reading newspapers will improve your knowledge in general and it will
be easy for you to relate to other people who often talks about current
events and politics.
 Newspaper reading is a good habit. People who frequently read
newspapers are more likely to be reading other things in their life than non
readers. Reading is good for you, I bet!
 Newspapers provide information and general knowledge. Reading it
daily will widen the scope of your knowledge which is an integral part of
education and very useful especially for student. Not only are the news
itself that are beneficial for students, but it also develop their language
skills and increases their word vocabulary.
 Newspapers carry the news of the world. By reading it, you will become
updated with current events not only in your nation but news about other
countries as well.
 Newspapers are known to carry well investigated and thorough
journalistic pieces generally impregnated with insightful opinions.
Whether it is a nationwide protest, controversies in an election, an
economic crisis or gender based harassment, newspapers can be rich
resources to follow a case or a story, detail by detail.
 People who read newspapers regularly are more likely to be active
voters.
 Newspaper help you become part of a well evolved society.
Business News (formerly WA Business News) is an independently owned
business media organization which provides a digital news service
and weekly business newspaper. Established in 1993 and based in Perth, Western
Australia, their twice daily business alerts reach 45,000 email addresses and the
paper has a total weekly circulation of 10,100 and readership of 28,280.

The newspaper was founded by Harry Kleyn and his business partners Vanguard
Press as a fortnightly free circulation newspaper in Perth

Business News:importance
they allow citizens to engage in the ongoing economic debate and it allows them to
participate in political decisions that affect their lives at the local, national and
international level.

 media has evolved an excellent deal, and internet media is currently playing a big
function in taking the news to significantly wider audience. Now, people can have
access to news on their mobile phones at any time.

Business news, as the name tells, is all about the business and commerce. This type
of news and information are particularly useful for business owners and
entrepreneurs. Updating with the latest business plays a very important role for
people who want to invest money or already invested them. Expert advice is also
available for people to take an informed decision, particularly during difficult
economic climates.

Business news media plays a significant function in keeping the public updated
about the world of business and commerce. The significance of staying updated
with the newest happenings in the globe of finance is paramount to take advantages
of appropriate investment opportunities and to being able to develop innovative
business ideas.

is the tool to illuminate the complex choices that leaders and entrepreneurs face
every day. Decisions regarding corporate strategy, marketing, operations, human
capital, public presence, governance have a direct impact on our society.
These news networks preserve a complete coverage to what is going on in the
corporate planet. They maintain track of all mergers and takeovers and preserve
interested people informed. It is essential for the people today to preserve
themselves updated about the corporate business.

Entrepreneurs and citizen in general need to analyze all market’s aspects before
beneficial investment. And business news is essential for the analysis. You can be
a dealer or not, but if you want to get updated with the latest happenings in the
business, then you need to keep side by side with news and updates of business
almost every minute. Actually, nobody can reject the fact that staying up-to-
date with the latest events in the business world is very important.

Official document :

 document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right.

official documents" would mean documents issued by some kind of authority or

belonging to some kind of authority.

Official documents are written in a formal, “cold” or matter-of-fact style of speech.

The style of official documents, or ‘officials’ as it is sometimes called, is not
homogeneous and is represented by the following sub-styles, or varieties:

1. the language of business documents,

2. the language of legal documents,
3. the language of diplomacy,
4. the language of military documents.

The most general function of official documents predetermines the peculiarities of

the style. The most striking, though not the most essential feature, is a special
system of terms and set expressions by which each sub-style can easily be
recognized,

for example: I beg to inform you; I beg to move; I second the motion; provisional
agenda; the above-mentioned; hereinafter named; on behalf of; private advisory;
Dear sir; We remain, your obedient servants.
Instructional manuals

are one of the most common forms of writing in business and industry. These
manuals have many purposes: they are often used to train new employees; they can
function as operational policies and procedures; they help to ensure that workers
follow safe procedures; and they can be used to document the expertise of a group
of workers. 

Objective Of Your Instruction Manual

The first step in creating an effective manual is to have a clear objective in mind.

Answers to questions like “What’s is the purpose of creating the instruction
manual?” and “What activities should be included in the instruction
manual?” should be thought of well before you begin writing.

Think About What You Want to Include

In order to create an effective manual, you need to have a good idea of what type
of content you want to include in it.

Keep Your Readers in Mind

When writing a manual, you need to think like a user. We know that you know
everything about your product, but guess what, your customers don’t.

When you begin to prepare instructions, you need to get out of your own head and
start thinking from your customer’s point of view who are engaging with your
product for the first time in their lives.

Collaboration is Key

Writing these documents is not an easy task. You can’t be casual about it. Your
customers are counting on you for help as they rely on the information present in
the instruction manual.
A good way of making sure you don’t miss out or miswrite some critical
information is to get some help. Gather your peers around and start working on the
document collaboratively.

One person could be in charge of writing it while others review it, help organize
the information, and create visual assets for the manual.

 Get Organized

Once you have an idea of all the information you want to include in the instruction
manual, it’s time to organize that information. Outline the flow of the manual into
different sections, or parts.
 Write Clear Instructions

Now that you have everything outlined and organized with a clear structure in
mind, the next step would be to start writing! Always keep in mind that the
primary purpose of user manuals is to help users complete tasks and solve
problems.

Add Structure with Table of Contents

Adding a table of contents to your instruction manual is a must. If your instruction

manual is heavy on pages, the importance of having a table of contents increases
exponentially. The table of content provides navigation to the reader and helps
them go to a particular topic quickly.
Add Visual Aid to Your Instruction Manual

Let’s face it. Instruction manuals are well, boring. They are filled with text and are
not very engaging. Studies have shown that we can get the sense of a visual scene
in less than 1/10 of a second! On top of that, visuals are processed 60,000
times faster in the brain than text.
It’s clear, images and videos convey a richer communication experience than text-
heavy content alone. Making your online manual interactive with how-to videos
and audio instructions can be a great way to enhance engagement and help
customers or clients effectively.
 Time for a test drive!

Since an instruction manual will play a crucial role in helping your users
understand your product, it’s important to always keep on improving the manual
and try to make it even more perfect.
 Magazine Activities for Learning English
Even if you just read the magazines and enjoy their content, you will be learning
new words, sentence structures and common sayings.
If you want to take your learning a step further, here are some activities you can do
with English magazines that will help you study English actively.

You can do these out loud, by writing, through discussion with someone else or
even just silently in your head.

 Describe the pictures. Most magazines have a lot of pictures. Choose some

pictures and describe what you see in them, out loud or in writing. You can find
more ideas on how to learn using pictures .
 Add speech and thoughts. Are there any people (or animals) in the
pictures? Imagine what they would be saying or thinking.
 Summarize the articles. You can test how well you understood an article
by trying to summarize it. Can you describe what the article is about in a sentence
or two? If you can’t, try reading it again and take care to see the meaning instead
of the individual words.
 Discuss the articles. If you read about an event that just happened, or even
if you just find something interesting, share it with someone. Have a conversation
about it. It will be a great way to practice your understanding of the article
and your conversation skills.
 Ask the author. Sometimes reading an article leaves you with more
questions. If you could ask the author anything, what would it be? What else would
you want to know about the topic?

Example of Magazines for Learning English

.Mental Floss,  Fast Company,  Reader’s Digest, Cricket and Cicada, sunset

For improving vocabulary, read as much as you can.

Use New Words

Use a word immediately after you learn it. Try to make a game out of using a
new word as soon as you learn it. Every day, try to slip in a new word into the
conversation, a journal entry, an assignment or an email to a friend. Do this as
often as possible, and repeat the word to yourself.
Read Every Day
Once you’re out of school, word drills and assigned reading become things of
the past. While these were tools for building your vocabulary repertoire while
you were young, it doesn’t mean you should abandon reading. Try to read a
well-written and edited essay, magazine article, book or news article every day.
Nonfiction and technical books will quickly teach you new ways to think and
speak with words you may be unfamiliar with, but any type of reading will help
you along.

Learn Roots
Learn the roots of words. Most words in the English language are built from a
common root, prefix, and suffix, usually with an origin in the Greek or Latin
language. Once you learn a root, you’ll begin to understand more words that use
the same root. For example, -duc- (Latin root word) means to lead or to make,
such as in the words produce or deduce.

Use a Thesaurus
Keep a thesaurus handy. As you write, keep a thesaurus handy and use it when
you find yourself using a word too often, or using a word that you know doesn’t
quite convey the right meaning. This will help you better express yourself, and
you’ll also learn a new word in the process.

Develop Practical Vocabulary

This means you should start by learning words that express what’s important to
you for the task at hand. A good example of this is learning trade language or
words you use often in a hobby or vocation. Rather than immediately turning to
cliches or jargon that’s tossed around, look for clearer words to express to peers
what you’re writing about.

Learn New Words Every Day

To improve your vocabulary quickly, make an effort to learn at least one new
word every single day. There are plenty of ways to do this, such as a Word of
the Day calendar or email list, or simply picking a word from a thesaurus or
dictionary.

Look up Words You Don’t Know

How often do you come across words that are unfamiliar as you read? Don’t just
gloss over them; take the time to look them up, and if you don’t have the time
right then, write them down and look them up later.
Keep a Journal
Journaling won’t just help you develop your writing style, it will also help you
improve your vocabulary. Try to use new or interesting words you’ve learned
recently into a journal entry for the day or the week.

Identify Empty Words

You’re probably familiar with empty words in your speech (such as “uh” or
“um”), but your writing probably has empty words as well. Look for these
empty words in your writing that do not offer any substance to your reader and
replace them with something more appropriate. The same principle applies to
phrases and sentences, so make sure that you haven’t used six or seven phrases
to say something that could be better communicated in one sentence filled with
carefully-chosen words.

Diversify Your Reading List

If you tend to read the same sort of things day in and day out, you may not be
exposing yourself to a wide enough range of vocabulary. Diversify the topics
you read to include natural science, Shakespeare, contemporary literature,
politics, history, philosophy or any other topics you think you may enjoy.

Do Word Puzzles
Word puzzles in the newspaper or a magazine aren’t just a fun way to fill time,
they’re also perfect for boosting your working vocabulary. Crossword puzzles
are a challenge that get your brain working hard to search your memory for
words you do know but don’t use, and this can help you move words from your
memory banks into your working set of vocabulary which will come across in
your writing.

Try Word Board Games

There are plenty of word games on the market designed to improve vocabulary
and language skills without being a bore. Some of these games you may have
played as a child, so it’s time to break them out again and get to work. If you
have a friend who could also use some help or someone with a great vocabulary
you think will challenge you invite them over for a game night.

Practice New Words in Divergent Ways

It takes between 10 and 20 repetitions to make a new word a part of your
vocabulary. To help the word settle into your mind and memory, write it down
(both the definition and a sentence you make up using the word), use it in
conversation, and include it in an email or any other way you can think of.

Make up Associations
Start by saying the new word aloud, then relate it to a word you already know.
A good example of this is gargantuan, which means “very large” or “gigantic.”
Say a sequence aloud: small, medium, large, very large, gargantuan. Then list
things you think are gargantuan.

Use Mnemonics
Mnemonic techniques are memory tricks you can use to remember new words.
You may remember a word by sounding it out and thinking of a funny sentence
that matches the meaning, such as turning egregious (extremely bad) into
“Don’t let that smelly rotten egg reach us!”

Visualize New Words

Research shows that visualization is a great way to remember new words and
their meanings. A good example of this is the word stratovolcano, which is a
high, pointed mountain with a violent explosion. One way to remember this
meaning is the fact that the prefix “strato” sounds like “straight-oh,” which may
make you think of a straight ruler or a “straight-o-volcano,” which describes the
word’s definition.

Make Your Own Vocabulary Tests

Keep a list of the new words you learn each week and incorporate into writing
and conversation. At the end of each week, make yourself a quiz using the
words to cement them in your memory.

Make Synonym Word Lists

Do you find yourself turning to the same word again and again in your writing?
Grab a piece of paper and write it at the top. Next, brainstorm or use a thesaurus
to generate a list of ten to twenty new words you can use instead. You can keep
these lists in a vocabulary notebook and add to them whenever you learn a new
synonym.

Take a Writing Course

There are plenty of online courses as well as in-person classes you can attend to
boost your writing vocabulary and learn how to use new words correctly. Try to
find a self-paced course that uses assignments and quizzes to hep you increase
fluency and brush up on your writing skills. Some classes are aimed at essay
writing or creative writing, so you can find a class that will help you improve
the style you need the most help with.

Edit Your Own Writing

After you finish writing, be your own editor and go though the piece with a fine-
toothed comb to identify overused and nondescript words with something more
precise or colorful. Editing is an important process for spotting writing errors,
but it’s also great for improving the tone, style, and clarity of your writing. It
might help to read the sentences aloud, then note any lack of precision. Search
through your memory for more descriptive words, or consult a thesaurus if you
need to.
In Simple words (improve vocabulary)

1. If you are not a reader and completely new to it, start with simple daily newspaper.
2. If possible, read online as much as you can. Online blogs are easy to read. Pick some
of your interest like blogs related to movies or travel.
3. Like some blog pages read them.
4. Make a copy in which you can write down difficult words and their meanings.
5. Try to enhance the level of difficulty with time.
6. Download Pocket app where you can save articles offline to be read later when you
get time.
7. Buy a simple grammar book and learn rules.
8. Try to chat with friends in English.
9. Watch English movies with subtitles. Pause in between if there is anything you find
important or interesting words and note them down.
10. For speaking, listen as much as you can.
11. Go aloof, and talk to yourself. Anything try to use words you learned that day.
12. Watch shows on YouTube which are entertaining as well as in English.
13. You can maintain a dairy, writing your heart out in English.
14. Buy simple novels and start reading.