Creating a Publication with Publisher February 15, 2007
Posted by admin in : February 2007 Professional Development , trackbackLet’s Learn Publisher!
Begin with a Blank Print Publication
(Do not choose a Publication Design)
Learn to use the Toolbars
In addition to the tools that you often use in Microsoft Word, these tools are very helpful in Publisher. If you rest your mouse on each tool without clicking it will tell you in a yellow box what that tool does.
1.Go to AUTOSHAPES and choose one. Draw it in the middle of the page.
2.Right click and on it and ADD TEXT.
3.Type a phrase or sentence into the shape.
4.Select the text, choose a FONT, and make it large enough to fill the shape without getting cut off.
5.Right click in the middle of the word text and choose PROOFING TOOLS -HYPHENATION – remove the checkmark for AUTOMATICALLY HYPHENATE THIS STORY.
6.You might need to widen your shape to make the text fit.
7.Select the font and use the FONT COLOR tool (formatting toolbar) to choose RED (go to MORE COLORS).
8.CENTER the text (Formatting Toolbar).
9.Right click in the middle of the shape and choose FORMAT AUTOSHAPE – Click on the TEXT BOX tab at the top and under VERTICAL ALIGNMENT choose MIDDLE.
10. Click once on the shape and use the FILL COLOR tool (formatting toolbar) to choose a SOLID COLOR (or go to FILL EFFECTS to choose something more funky).
11. Click once on the shape and use the LINE/BORDER STYLE tool (Formatting Toolbar) – choose 4½ PT.
12. Use the DASH STYLE tool (Formatting Toolbar) – choose any of the dashes.
13. Use the LINE COLOR tool (Formatting Toolbar) – a color for the outside of your shape.
14. Choose the ARROW TOOL (Object Toolbar) and draw an arrow from the bottom left corner to the top right of your shape.
15. Right click on the arrow and choose FORMAT AUTOSHAPE. Then change everything about the arrow – font, size, color, etc.
16. Right click on the arrow and go to ORDER – choose SEND TO BACK.
17. Click on the INSERT WORDART tool and choose a style. Type your name and choose a font. You do not have to change the size.
18. Move the WORDART above your shape and resize it using the circles surrounding it.
19. If you’d like, use the WORDART TOOLBAR to change the way your name looks – the shape, color, font, etc. Have fun experimenting with it.
20. Click the PICTURE FRAME tool and choose CLIP ART.
21. Search for a clip. Choose the one that you like by clicking on it once. It will take a second but then it will show up on your page. Use the resizing circles to make it smaller and move it under the text in your shape. Close the Clip Art.
22. Click the TEXT BOX tool and draw a box on your page. Type a message. Change the FONT, SIZE, and TEXT COLOR. Add a FILL COLOR to the box.
23. Save this in My Documents or on your Z: drive – call it LEARNING PUBLISHER.
You now know how to use all of the drawing tools in PUBLISHER! But wait – don’t leave yet. There’s still more to learn…
Learn To Make Any Kind of Publication
1. Go to FILE – NEW. You’re going to take a look at your options and decide what you want to make. On the left side of the page, look at the NEW PUBLICATION sidebar. You have several choices for publications now.
a. Click the little blue triangle next to PUBLICATIONS FOR PRINT and look at all the different kind of publications you can make. These are publications that are done for you (all of which can be changed). It’s a great way to make something if you are in a rush! Scroll down to see all the options. Click that little blue triangle again to see more options.
b. Take a look at the choices under BLANK PUBLICATIONS. I love this one because it will set up the pages for me and all I have to do is add the text and then set up the design any way I like it.
2. Choose the Publication that you want to work on. I highly recommend adding the text first and then working on the design. It will make your life much easier later on.
3. HAVE FUN!
Wait – we’re not done. There are some things you should look out for…
1. Watch for the 
symbol at the bottom of a text box. It means that you have text that is not showing. You have several choices: make the text smaller, the box bigger, or link this box to another box. Use the 
(CREATE TEXT BOX LINK) tool to do this.
2. On when you create some documents like the SIDE FOLD CARD or the BOOK FOLD, you will get this message:
You should always add pages in groups for documents like this. The program is doing you a favor. Don’t believe me, put something different on each page and print it out. It will be clear to you then how it works!
3. There are tons of options in Publisher. Give your document a try. If you want to learn more, be sure to visit Atomic Learning at http://www.atomiclearning.com/publisher_2003. You can also link there from Connect – click on Atomic Learning and the Our Tutorials. You are looking for the Publisher 2003 for PC tutorial.
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