Microsoft Publisher 2013 introduction
What is Publisher? Microsoft Publisher 2010 is a program designed to help you create publications, or documents that you can print and distribute. Publisher offers templates and other tools to help you create a variety of publications, including brochures, newsletters, business cards, and menus.
EXAMPLES OF DOCUMENTS CREATED IN PUBLISHER
WHY NOT JUST USE WORD? As you might know, you can do most—if not all—of the tasks mentioned above in Microsoft Word. So why not create publications using that program instead? One of the advantages of Publisher is that it offers more control over certain aspects of your publication. For instance, Publisher offers a work environment that makes it easy to work with documents in a variety of sizes and shapes. It also has a larger variety of tools to help you arrange and align text, images, and other objects within the page margins.
Viewing Tools Publisher offers a group of viewing tools to help you control the layout of your text, images, and objects on the page. These viewing tools are for your editing purposes only. They can be turned on and off and will not appear in your printed publication.
PUBLISHER INTERFACE 1 Quick Access Toolbar 2 Ribbon 3 Navigation Pane 5 Guides 4 Rulers 6 Zoom
QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR
The Ribbon The Ribbon contains multiple tabs, each with several groups of commands. Some tabs, like Text Box Tools or Picture Tools, may appear only when you're working with certain items like text boxes or images.
NAVIGATION PANE
RULERS
GUIDES
VIEWS AND ZOOM
BACKSTAGE VIEW