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HR Turnover- Discussion
Post
The article which I researched
discussed lack of parental leave
as a driving force for employee
turnover in the IT industry. In
this article, they discussed how
workers feel more confident that
their employer is "invested in
their future" when they do offer
parental leave, as opposed to
jobs that do not offer it. The
article also went into detail
about how it generally takes 20
percent of the cost of the
employees' salary, just to replace
them. Interestingly talked about
was a question from the
standpoint of the employer;
which was taking into
consideration if the employee
was not offered paid parental
leave, would they come back to
work with their best go getter
attitude and work ethic? Or on
the other end, would they be
resentful about not having the

leave, not working to the best of

their ability, ultimately coming
back around to hurting the
business themselves. I think that
organizations would adopt
policies of turning over
employees every so many years,
because they probably think that
by doing this they will be getting
constant fresh, new, perspectives
and ways of thinking that could
keep the business ever-evolving
and growing. I could see where
they would think this is a good
idea, however there is a high
value to place on employees who
stick with their company or
organizations for many years,
because it shows their loyalty
and commitment to their
employer.

Florentine, S. (2014, October

29). Lack of Parental Leave
Drives Employee Turnover.

Retrieved January 17, 2016,

from
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40574/staffmanagement/lack-ofparental-leave-drivesemployee-turnover.html
Gory, A. (2015, August 19). 5
Causes of Employee
Turnover & Ways to Combat
it. Retrieved January 17,
2016, from
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Article Title
A column break is inserted before and after each column
that acts as a sidebar. To insert a column break, press
Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Or, on the Page Layout tab, in the
Page Setup group, click Breaks, and then click Column.

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by Name Style

Using styles helps save you time and keep

your document consistent. To modify a style,
on the Home tab, in the Styles group, rightclick the name of the style you want to edit
and then click Modify. All content where the
style is applied will update automatically.

The body text throughout the articles in this

template uses the Normal paragraph style.
Following are some other styles applied
throughout the template:

Another way to modify a style is to simply

customize an instance of the style where its
applied in the document. Then, on the Home
tab, in the Styles group, right-click the style
name and then click Update [style] to Match
Selection.

Using Styles
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To view column breaks, section breaks, and other
formatting marks, on the Home tab, in the Paragraph
group, click the pargraph mark icon.

Page #

Large article titles, such as on the first

page, use Heading 1 style.

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Orange headings in the sidebars and

within articles use Sidebar Heading
style.

Orange section titles in articles use the

Heading 2 style.

Use the small tables provided in some of the

articles to call out quick reference
information related to the article, such as
contact information or event dates.

Small article titles use Heading 3 style.

This style is List Bullet 2.

This style is List Continue.

Text in sidebars uses the Sidebar Text

style.

White headings on orange text in tables

uses the Heading 4 style.

The heading inside contact information

tables uses Heading 5 style.

Contact Info is the name of the gray

text style inside the small contact
tables.

Access all styles used in this template on the

Home tab, in the Styles group.

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This picture caption uses the Caption 2

paragraph style and is inside a text box
so that you can move it easily as
needed to accompany a photo.

To setup a document for multiple column

text, on the Page Layout tab, in the Page
Setup group, click Columns and then click
the number of columns you need. You can
also click More Columns to specify column
widths, the space between columns, or to
automatically add a vertical line between
columns.
To change the number of columns for just
part of the document (or if you want text to
wrap to just the top part of the page and a
new article to start below as shown on this
page), insert a section break before the
position where you want to start the new
column layout. To do this, on the Page
Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click
Breaks and then click the type of section
break you need.

Select a section break

When changing many types of page layout
formatting for just part of the document
such as paper size, margins, or orientation,
the best section break type to use is a Next
Page section break because it automatically
starts the new section on a new page.
However, when changing the number of
columns as you might in this newsletter, you
may prefer to select a Continuous break. The
continuous section break (used a few times
throughout this template) starts a new
section immediately after the preceding one.
So, for example, you can have a threecolumn article followed by a four-column
article, on the same page.

Working with Columns

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This placeholder article provides the

following tips: Caption 2 style is used to add
picture captions. Captions are in

Creating thermometer
charts
using
text boxes for easy
placement
relative
images.
tables, as shown
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Setting up multipage articles.

Wrapping text around images

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charts (provided that Excel is installed on

your computer). Insert a chart in Word from
the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group.
Charts are easy to create and use and
automatically coordinate with your active
document theme.

Sidebar Setup
The sidebars in this template use simple, single-row
tables for the gray-shaded headings and thermometer
charts shown below for easy alignment.

However, notice in the sidebar at left that the

thermometer charts were created using
single-row Word tables. This is because they
automatically fit the tight space without
having to remove any chart elements. And
you might be surprised to learn that its easy
to make them essentially mathematically
accurate.
To use a table as a thermometer chart, do
the following:
1.

Add Sidebar Content

2.

Adding content into a column to create a sidebar is no

different from adding text. As noted earlier in this
template, apply the styles provided for headings,
sidebar text, and even pictures to align them quickly and
easily.

3.
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On the Insert tab, in the

Tables group, click Table
and then drag across the
grid to select the first
two cells in the
first row. Click to
insert a two-cell,
one-row table.
Click in the table and
then, on the Table
Tools Layout
tab, in the
Table group,
click Properties.
On the Columns tab of
the Table Properties dialog box, change
the Measure In setting to Percentage.
You can then set the percentage to up
to one decimal point in accuracy.

Setting up multipage articles

Word is designed to allow text to
automatically flow from one page to the

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next. So, when you want an article to
continue on the next page, just keep typing.
In the case of this placeholder article, it is
separated into two placeholder content
controls (one on this page and another that
starts at the top of the following page) just so
that you can still see the layout of the
following page while you begin adding your
own text on this page. As mentioned on the
first page of this template, remember that it
might look like the layout is skewed when
you replace a long piece of placeholder text
by starting to type your own, but it is not. As
you add your content, the layout that follows
will move down automatically and back into
position.
To remove the second placeholder control
that starts immediately following this one,
just select it and then press any key. You can
then continue typing from this page and your
text will automatically flow onto the next.

Wrap text around images

The photos in this article that are angled with

white borders are floating images. That is,
they are setup for text to wrap around
themwhich is why they can span multiple
columns in a three-column section.
Additionally, as mentioned earlier, the photo
of the young woman in the body of this
article is set to wrap text so that text will flow
around the image as you add your own text.
To select text wrap settings, start by
selecting the image and then do the
following:
Notice the image of the young woman thats
within a text column on the preceding page.
The background has been removed from that
image to allow text to wrap directly around
the subject.
Office 2010 introduced several new and
improved picture formatting tools in Word,
PowerPoint, and Excel. Among those is the

5
1.

On the Picture Tools Format tab, in the

Arrange group, click Wrap Text and then
select either Square, Tight, or Top and
Bottomdepending on how you want
the text to wrap.
You might be happy with the default
behavior as soon as you do this.
Otherwise, continue to step two for
customization options.

2.

To set a specific position or control

behavior (such as whether or not the
image moves with text), on the Picture
Tools Format tab, in the Arrange
group, click Position and then click
More Layout Options.

On the Text Wrapping tab of the

Layout dialog box, you can set a specific
distance from the image for text to wrap
and control whether text can wrap on
both sides, one side only, or just above
and below the image.

On the Position tab of that dialog box,

you can set a specific position for the

because text can wrap around a text box just

like it can around a picture. Similarly, the
orange divider bars that you see on pages
containing more than one article are shapes
set to wrap text. So, these text boxes and
shapes can easily span multiple columns
without having to insert a section break or
change the number of columns for just that
portion of the page.
When you select a text box or a shape, on the
Drawing Tools Format tab, in the Arrange
group, you have the same settings for text
wrapping and positioning that are described
above for wrapping text around pictures.
Note that, because text is set to wrap around
the orange divider bars, your article might
appear to slip below or above a bar,
depending upon length. To adjust the
position of a divider bar shape to
accommodate the length of your articles,
just select the shape and then use the up and
down arrow keys on your keyboard to nudge
it to the proper position.

image on the page

and select or clear
the option to
allow the picture
to move with text.

Adding article
titles, bylines,
and dividers
The article titles and
bylines for this
newsletter are created
in text boxes. This is
Remove Background
tool that you can use to
remove backgrounds
from your own images,
similar to the sample
image on the
preceding page.
To do this in Word, first insert your image
into the document (on the Insert tab, click
Picture), and then select it. Then, on the
Picture Tools Format tab, in the Adjust
group, click Remove Background.
The Remove Background feature
automatically displays what it believes to be
the central subject of the image. However,
its easy to adjust this if the immediate result
is not what you need.
On the Background Removal tab, click Mark
Areas to Keep or Mark Areas to Remove

and then drag your mouse pointer in a line

across the portion of the image you want to
add or remove. When you are finished
making adjustments, click Keep Changes.
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