DESKTOP PUBLISHING Editing & Formatting Week 1 & 2

What is Microsoft Publisher? desktop publishing program designed by Microsoft for use on its Windows operating system platform offers features that enable a user to design various publications, such as newsletters and brochures, with relative ease application that allows users to design page layouts in a variety of capacities differs from other publishing and design software in that its emphasis is on entry-level usage. Publisher is usually used together with Microsoft Word, which allows for proper text composition and proofing that can then be imported into the program.

Features provides hundreds of design templates each customizable for the design of newsletters, flyers, postcards and brochures allows the importation of colors, fonts and logos for brand identification that can be stored and categorized in Microsoft Publisher's catalog offers 70 designer- created color schemes to aid in the production process, as well as layout, typography and graphics tools

Microsoft Publisher Main Page

Microsoft Publisher Maximize Minimize Exit

Microsoft Publisher

Click on this icon (located towards the left side of the status bar) to change the dimensions of the publication Click on this icon (located towards the right side of the status bar) to view a single page at a time Click on this icon (located towards the right side of the status bar) to view two pages at a time Just below and to the left of the vertical scroll bar is the Zoom Area. To decrease and to increase Click on this icon (located along the far right side of the status bar) to view a full page at once.

Microsoft Publisher Ribbons

Microsoft Publisher Guides

Microsoft Publisher Orientation