Introduction

Microsoft Publisher 2003/2007/2010

Introduction

This training course aims to give you the skills you need to build documents using Microsoft Publisher.  The course gives an overview of the skills required to produce quality documents.

Duration:                    1 day

What is Publisher?
  •  Getting familiar with the environment
  • Publications by wizard
  • Publications by design
  • Blank publications
  • Existing publications
  • Menus and toolbars
  • Rulers and measurements
Starting to Use Publisher
  • Learning about wizards
  • Using zoom
  • Hiding and showing the wizard
  • Publications by wizard
  • Changing the design
  • Save and save as
  • Publications by design
  • Blank publication
  • Opening existing publications
Understanding Publisher Objects
  • Creating publisher objects
  • Create a text frame
  • Using undo and redo
  • Text frame – text entry
  • Table frame tool
  • Inserting a new page
  • Deleting a page
  • The WordArt frame tool
  • WordArt frame tool
  • The picture frame tool
  • The clipart frame tool
  • Drawing objects
  • Changing the view
  • Zoom
  • Previous page, next page
  • Background
  • Picture display
  • Show/hide characters
  • Boundaries and guides
Manipulating Objects
  • Copy, cut and paste objects
  • Changing picture frames
  • Changing clipart
  • Resizing objects
  • Moving objects
  • Re-colouring objects
  • The crop picture toolbar.
Manipulating Text
  • Text flow
  • Disconnecting frames
  • Copy fit text
  • Other text formatting options
  • Importing text
  • Spell checking
Layout Issues
  • Page setup
  • Layering objects
  • Aligning objects
  • Nudging objects
  • Flipping and rotating objects
  • Group and upgroup objects
Printing
  • Setting up for a print service
  • Printing to an installed printer
Mail Merge
  • Creating a mail merge database
  • Finishing the mail merge