Introduction to Microsoft Publisher 2016 What is Publisher? Microsoft Publisher 2016 helps you create professional-looking publications quickly and easily. With Publisher, you can create, design, and publish professional marketing and communication materials for print, and for mail or e-mail merges.

How do I start? When would I use it? Open Publisher Why Publisher? Double click on the Desktop icon or Start>Search for Publisher Microsoft Publisher is a software program designed to help you create professional publications such as signage, newsletters and more.

Publisher 2016 Window Ribbon –The ribbon is designed to help you quickly find the commands that you need to complete a task. Commands are organized in logical groups that are collected together under tabs. Each tab relates to a type of activity, such as writing or laying out a page. To reduce screen clutter, some tabs, known as contextual tabs, are shown only when they are needed. When the ribbon is minimized, you see only the tabsView and select a blank page size in the Available Templates pane

The Publisher Window Ribbon - Contains tabs which each contain a different set of options relevant to the tab name. The tabs located on the ribbon contain the following tools: Home: Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles, Objects, Arrange and Editing Insert: Pages, Tables, Illustrations, Building Blocks, Text, Links, Header & Footer Page Design: Template, Page Setup, Layout, Pages, Schemes, Page Background Mailings: Start, Write & Insert Fields, Preview Results, Finish Review: Proofing, Language View: Views, Layout, Show, Zoom, Window The Quick Access Toolbar Save- Click this icon to save the current file to the disk. If you have not given the file a name yet, you will be prompted to do so. Undo- Click this icon to revert the last action you performed in Word. You can undo up to 24 operations. Redo- Click this icon to revert an undo operation if you “undid” something by accident. Menu- Click this icon to show a listing of commands that can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar.

The File Tab New, Open, Save, Save As, Print, and Exit commands

Creating a New Publication Under the File Tab, click New, click Built-In Open Flyers Find and apply a template Publisher 2016 allows you to apply built-in templates, to apply your own custom templates, and to search from a variety of templates available on Office.com. Office.com provides a wide selection of popular Publisher templates, including newsletters and flyers. To find and apply a template in Publisher 2016, do the following: On the File tab, click New. Under Available Templates, do one of the following: To use a template that you already have installed, click My Templates, click the template that you want, and then click Create. To use one of the pre-built templates installed in Publisher, under Most Popular or More Templates, click the category that you want, click the template that you want, and then click Create. To find and apply a template on Office.com, under Most Popular or More Templates, click the category that you want, click the template that you want, and then click Download. Note You can also search for templates on Office.com from within Publisher. In the Search for templates box, type one or more search terms, and then click the arrow button to search

Start with a Potluck Flyer Left click to open All Event folder Scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen Select Potluck A preview of the selected design appears to the right You can customized a design here. Click create.

Customize Your Flyer Customize Colors Customize Fonts

Changing Text Click and drag to highlight text to change On the Home tab select the dropdown arrow in the Font group Also try the Text Box Tools tab. You can create shadowed text and more.

Adding Text To Insert a Text Box Click on the Insert tab Click the Draw Text Box command The cursor will turn into crosshairs

Changing Clip Art Click on the picture you want to change Select the Picture Tools tab on the ribbon Click on Change Picture, Enter search term in Search in Bing Image Search box Select desired image, click Insert on the dialog box

Inserting Clip Art Select the Insert tab on the ribbon In the Illustrations Group , double click Online Pictures Enter search term in Search for box Double click on image Try the Picture Tools tab to modify the picture.

Using a Blank Template Click on File Tab > New Click on Blank 8.5 x 11 template

Adding Guidelines to your Blank Template Click on Page Design Tab Click on Guides button Choose Uneven Columns Guidelines

Insert a Text Box Click the Insert tab Click the Draw Text Box Button Using the crosshairs cursor, draw the text box to the appropriate size and shape

Connecting Text Boxes When two or more text boxes are connected, text will overflow or continue from one text box to the next. Click the Text Box Tools Format tab Select your text box. Click the Create Link button An icon will appear in place of your cursor. Click the location where you would like to add a linked text box

Linked Text Boxes

Insert a Picture Placeholder Click the Insert tab Click Picture Place Holder Button Move and reshape placeholder to fit within your document

A Sample

Printing Your Publication Click the File tab, and then click Print halfway down the 1st column. In the Print section, enter the number of copies to print in Copies of print job box. In the Printer section, make sure that the correct printer is selected.

Save and Close Select the File tab Click on Save As Note: When closing a document, the steps are the same as closing a Word document.