Making your Portfolio How to use Publisher

Planning Your Website  Create a folder for storage of images, sounds, documents, etc.  Keep an ongoing collection of items for use in your portfolio  Know where you are “going” with your pages  Be familiar with the requirements of your assignment  Remember…your focus is the writing

Create a home page  Use Microsoft Publisher  Open Publisher  Choose a template or design your own  Avoid using the “Wizard” to fill in “company information”  Sometimes it opens “Wizard” sometimes it does not

Adding pages  Add any pages that you would like  Calendar, events, etc.  Insert…Page…  Duplicate Page  Pages are automatically hyperlinked to the buttons on the home page if you choose “Add hyperlink” when creating a new page  It’s a good idea to have added hyperlinked text at the bottom of your pages

For text  Highlight the text you want to hyperlink  Right click on the text  Choose hyperlink  In the dialogue box choose the appropriate page number of the site you are making so that it corresponds to the page you have in mind  If you want to link to a page not contained in your web site, you need to select an internet address to type in the box  The address must appear just as it appears on the page

Adding Images  Choose insert…picture….from file….and select the file that contains your picture  Pictures can be manipulated and moved around anywhere you would like to place them on the page by grabbing the handles and adjusting the size or clicking on the picture and dragging it to the appropriate place

Adding Sounds/Movies  When choosing a musical selection or sound that you would like to include keep in mind:  Sound files are large, don’t waste too much space on the sound clips; be selective  MP3’s are a more efficient use of space then wav’s

To Add Sounds/Movies  Choose Format…Choose Page Content  Choose Background Fill and Sound  Choose Background Sound  Browse for the sound your want to use  Choose the appropriate actions for the sound (loop, timing, etc.)

To view your page…  To see it as a web page  Choose File…web page preview  This allows you to navigate in the browser window

Good Luck!!