Hello Crisitna
 
I was using open office before ... I changed back to office 2007 because open office wasn �t stable.
Each time I made frames or anything esle and had more than one page. After registering my work, when I opened it up again it was all messy. 
When I added special colour backgroung for some reason the image spreaded !!!
Anyway, I hope you won �t face the same problems I did.
 
I don �t know how to explain you how to use word as mine is set to French language and don �t know if translated would be correct.
I give it a try ;) though
 
Go to the 2nd Tab Insert
Either you insert a single frame or you can use the Quickpart where you can select
anything to test what you like best. than you can change the color and all.
 
It isn �t easy to explane like this as it �s very visual type of work!! LOL 
 
Kasia made you a good suggestion about the templates, they are very nice and easy to use and free of costing points ;)
 
There are also tutorial if you wanna do your own ;)
 
Good luck and good work,
 
Babs