1. Microsoft Publisher: Simple Desktop Publishing at Your Fingertips
May 23, 2013

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4. Microsoft Publisher: Simple Desktop Publishing at Your Fingertips
With Leslie Cole of Microsoft

5. Presenters Becky Wiegand Leslie Cole TechSoup Microsoft Facilitator
Assisting with chat: Gretchen Deo, Microsoft, Michael DeLong, TechSoup

6. Today’s Agenda: Introducing TechSoup
Participant Poll – How do you use Publisher?
Intro to Publisher 2013
Live Demo of Publisher
Best Practices for Design and Print
Getting Publisher
Q&A

7. Who Is TechSoup?
TechSoup is part of TechSoup Global, working towards the day when every nonprofit, library, and social benefit organization on the planet has the technology, knowledge, and resources they need to operate at their full potential.

8. Who Is TechSoup? TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
As of June 2012, TechSoup served more than 183,000 organizations, distributed more than 9.7 million technology donations, and enabled nonprofit recipients to save more than $3.1 billion in IT expenses in 40 countries around the world. We have 52 donor partners including Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, and Symantec, and there are currently 469 technology donations available through the TechSoup catalog.

10. Participant Poll
What’s your experience using Publisher already

11. Participant Poll
Which version of Publisher or Office suite are you using?

12. Designing with Publisher
Leslie Cole of Microsoft

13. Introducing Publisher 2013
Ribbon interface with new design options.
New and improved templates.
Scratch area to work with multiple images.
New design elements to customize your publications.
Publisher 2013 introduction (Live demo).

14. Participant Poll
What publications do you create?

15. Create a Publication Start with a template (email or print).
Replace the template images with your own.
Always check image copyright restrictions.
Create a publication from a template (Live demo).

16. Make the Template Your Own
Coordinated themes and colors.
Text effects.
Graphics effects.
Customizing your publication (Live demo).

17. Print Your Publication
How many copies do you want to print?
Organization printer or commercial printer?
Choose your print options.
Print your publication (Live demo print options).

18. Best Practices for Design
Becky Wiegand, TechSoup

19. Developing Your Design
Overall marketing strategy
Clear goal to every piece
Bottom line up front (BLUF)
Consistent voice and brand. Look to your website.
Define the audience for each piece up front
Offer ways to engage
Include your website on everything!

20. Reach Out to Donors
2012 article from TechSoup with step-by-step instructions for creating a custom donor thank you post card.
Microsoft Publisher: Reach Out to Donors

22. Get Creative
Creative brief:
Think outside the paper
Aim for readability
Invert text for impact
Templates can be changed midway. You won’t lose work. (Page Design>>Change Template)

23. Play with Borders

24. Invert Text for Impact

25. General Tips for Design
Use high quality and hi-res images and logo
Group items so you don’t accidentally move or delete one element
Layer items with “Arrange” options to Send Backward, Bring Forward

26. General Tips for Print Save as 300 pixels per inch minimum for print
Save as a PDF for professional printers
Choose CMYK Colors for professional print processing
Ask about margins and bleeds (3 mm or 1/8 inch bleed recommended by most pro printers)
Image formats best for print: EPS, TIFF

27. Image: http://www. leafletfrog. co

28. General Tips for Print
Always ask for and review a proof before printing
Ask for help if you need it! Most professional printers work with design and designers all day and can provide advice and help

29. Getting Publisher

30. Donations of Publisher
TechSoup’s Microsoft Software Donation Program:
Publisher $8 admin fee
Office Professional Plus $32 admin fee
Office Standard $24 admin fee
Software Assurance upgrades – free within two years of prior license through TechSoup

31. Additional Resources And more… bit.ly/TUhg39
One-month free trial of Publisher 2013
Make the Switch to Publisher 2013 video
Microsoft Office Publisher Answers forum
Microsoft Publisher Office Blog
Software Assurance e-learning courses for Publisher (log in to Volume Licensing Service Center to see courses available as part of your SA benefits)

32. Q & A Please type your questions in the chat window.
Follow-up questions can be posted in the community forum:

33. Related Events
Microsoft OneNote: Capture Your Creativity Thursday, May 30, 11 a.m. Pacific time
Tour the New Microsoft Office archive

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