{"id":165379,"date":"2021-04-19T12:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T10:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=165379"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:08:51","slug":"how-to-create-a-restaurant-menu-in-microsoft-word-in-4-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-create-a-restaurant-menu-in-microsoft-word-in-4-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Restaurant Menu in Microsoft Word in 4 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, you\u2019ve fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening your own restaurant or cafe and need to create your menu but aren\u2019t entirely sure how to get started. You\u2019ve probably heard of design programs such as <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe-photoshop.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photoshop<\/a> or Dreamweaver but you don\u2019t need any of those to create a beautiful and professional menu. No, the only program you need is one that you probably use every day; Microsoft Word. In this guide, we\u2019ll answer that question and show you how to create a restaurant menu in Word.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to Create a Restaurant Menu in Microsoft Word<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You will need a licensed version of Word to follow this process, you can buy Office from Microsoft\u2019s website, or follow <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-word-2010.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to buy Word. Now, let\u2019s begin!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 1: Search for Menu<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open up your Word and select <\/span><b>File <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">then <\/span><b>New. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Type \u201cMenu\u201d into the search bar at the top of the screen and press <\/span><b>Enter. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This will give you a list of available menu templates; you can also browse <a href=\"https:\/\/templates.office.com\/en-za\/menus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available templates on Microsoft\u2019s website<\/a> and download them into Word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-165382\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/1wordmenu_fgt7kx.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 2: Create a new menu<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you find a design that you like, click on it and then select <\/span><b>Create<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This will open up the template for you to edit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-165386\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/1wordmenu_ugr09d.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 3: Edit template<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now you can fill in all of your dishes, drinks and specials and replace any of the stock images with your own. Basically, let your creativity run wild and create a menu that does justice to your establishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-165389\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1618828592\/lt03091218_quantized_fxt6w3.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"462\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 4: Customize the menu<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make sure to add your own color scheme to the menu to match the restaurant\u2019s theme. To do this, select <\/span><b>Design <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from the menu at the top of the screen and then click on <\/span><b>Colors. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This will give you a list of available color schemes and allow you to create your own if you so choose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-165391\" src=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"462\"><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bon App\u00e9tit!<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While it is possible to create a menu from scratch on Word as well, using a template allows you to skip the laborious formatting portion of the process to the fun and creative part of adding in your delicious dishes, your own images, and anything else that adds to the charm of your restaurant. If you want to streamline the process even more, then check out our list on Keyboard Shortcuts in Word <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-word.softonic.com\/articulos\/los-mejores-atajos-para-microsoft-word\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which allows you to work even faster and more efficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you\u2019ve fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening your own restaurant or cafe and need to create your menu but aren\u2019t entirely sure how to get started. You\u2019ve probably heard of design programs such as Photoshop or Dreamweaver but you don\u2019t need any of those to create a beautiful and professional menu. No, the only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-create-a-restaurant-menu-in-microsoft-word-in-4-easy-steps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Create a Restaurant Menu in Microsoft Word in 4 Easy Steps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":173545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":5},"categories":[2441],"tags":[3221],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-165379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionmicrosoft-word"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324904,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165379\/revisions\/324904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165379"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=165379"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=165379"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=165379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}