Storytelling can incorporate many elements, including text, music, images and video. Creating a storyboard allows you to lay out and arrange all elements of your story before you put it together. You do not need to purchase expensive software to make a storyboard; in fact, using Microsoft Word, you can make a storyboard by inserting a table into any document. Use your storyboard to pair videos and images with narration, songs, stage directions or camera angles.
Open a new Microsoft Word document. Click "Insert" at the top of the window and then click the "Table" icon. A drop-down menu appears.
Drag your mouse across the drop-down menu to create a table with four rows and two columns.
Left-click anywhere on the screen. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor over the table. This highlights the table.
Right-click the table and select "Distribute Columns Evenly."
Left-click on the table and then right-click it on it. Click "AutoFit" and "Fixed Column Width."
Align your mouse cursor with the right edge of the table. A thick black line appears with two arrows on the left and right side.
Left-click and drag the table edge to the 7-inch mark on the ruler at the top of the screen.
Hover the mouse cursor over the line in the center of the table. When the cursor icon changes, drag the line to the 2.5-inch mark on the ruler.
Left-click in the top-right table box. Click "Picture." The "Insert Picture" window opens.
Browse or search for the first picture you want to insert. Double-click the picture to add it to the storyboard.
Resize the picture, if necessary. Click on any corner and drag the mouse to increase or decrease the size of the picture.
Left-click on the top-left table box. Type the text that goes along with the picture in the top-right box. For example, add descriptions such as "Narration," "Music" or "Video."
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