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Microsoft Publisher
Tips and Instructions

2. Microsoft Publisher
Create a variety of business documents including brochures, newsletters, postcards, greeting cards and business cards
Deliver high-quality results without having graphic design experience
Prebuilt building blocks of content and professional-looking effects for text, shapes and pictures

3. Built-In Templates are also available
File
Blank Page - Portrait or Landscape
Built-In Templates are also available

4. Built-In Templates

5. Home
Font Style
Font Size
Font Color
Bold, underline, italics

6. Home (Shapes)
Insert a variety of shapes onto the page including Basic Shapes, Arrows, Stars and Callouts

7. Shapes (Re-order)

8. Shape Fill Color Schemes
Select More Fill Colors for a wider variety of color options

9. Select from a variety of line colors, weights and styles
Shape Outline
Select from a variety of line colors, weights and styles

10. Shape Outline Weight

11. Transparency Transparency First 3 steps… Click on shape to select it
Select Shape Fill
Choose More Fill Colors
Move the Transparency Bar to the desired amount

12. Transparency
Notice the change

13. Insert
WordArt
Pictures
Calendars
Shapes
Text Box
Tables

14. Text Box
It is very important to realize that in order to type something onto a blank page in Publisher, a Text Box must first be created

15. Choose from a variety of WordArt styles and colors
Insert (WordArt)
Choose from a variety of WordArt styles and colors

16. Insert – Online Pictures
To insert an online picture…
Insert (menu bar)
Online Pictures Tab
Search for a picture by typing in a search word(s)
Click Insert

17. Picture Tools - Format
Publisher has a variety of picture styles

18. Crop
Select Crop
Grab the corners to the photo and drag them inwards to crop the desired area as show below

19. A variety of Color Variations are displayed
Picture Tools - Recolor
A variety of Color Variations are displayed

20. Corrections – Brightness and Contrast

21. Borders & Accents

22. Insert - Calendars

23. Page Parts

24. Steps for Creating a Table
Insert (Tables)
Steps for Creating a Table
Select the Table icon
Determine the appropriate number of rows and columns
Choose a color scheme

25. Table Tools Change colors of columns and rows
Change table line color and width

26. Table Tools
Use the Table Tools – Layout tab to insert columns or rows, merge cells and adjust the size of cells

27. Page Design
Format the design of the page using built-in color schemes or create a new color scheme

28. Page Design - Margins

29. Page Size
Page Orientation

30. Mailings
Mail Merge and Merge for newsletter mailing

31. Mail Merge

32. Review
Thesaurus
Check spelling

33. View Viewing the document Zoom into an area to check small fonts
Zoom out to examine the overall layout of the whole document