This guide provides a description and step-by-step instructions for the use of "Newsroom," a desktop-publishing program for the Apple II series of microcomputers produced by Springboard Software Inc. Based on the 1984 version of the program, this two-hour exercise focuses on the design and production of a newsletter with text and graphics in a school environment. The user learns to create a banner, enter and edit text, and select and incorporate in the text clip art from the more than 600 graphics included in the package. Instructions are also provided for laying out and printing the newsletter. A glossary of newsletter and computer terms, a drawing of the main menu screen, samples of the clip art, a sample newsletter, and a list of the materials needed are included. (RP)