Using Microsoft Publisher - 2023 Edition E-Book

Kevin Wilson

• Herausgeber: Elluminet Press
• Serie: Using Microsoft Office
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 82

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Publisher with this comprehensive guide written by best-selling technology author and trainer Kevin Wilson. Whether you're beginning with the basics or an experienced user aspiring to enhance your skills, Using Microsoft Publisher is your indispensable guide to navigating and mastering Microsoft Publisher.

Using Microsoft Publisher is packed with easy-to-follow instructions, full color illustrative photos, screenshots, and helpful tips, including video demos for a hands-on learning experience. In this guide you'll learn:

Getting Started with Publisher: Learn how to navigate around the main user interface, customize your workspace, and create shortcuts for quick access.

The Ribbon Menu: Learn how to use the ribbon menu's functionalities and explore the Home, Insert, Page Design, and other crucial tabs.

Building a New Design: Discover the fundamentals of good design, using contrast, repetition, alignment, and proportion. Understand how these principles can improve your publications.

Creating Publications: Learn how to create new publications, page sizes, orientations, and understanding margins.

Enhancing with Graphics: Master the art of adding and editing images, clip art, and shapes. Learn text wrapping techniques and image adjustments for a professional look.

Managing Publications: Learn how to save documents in various formats such as PDF, as well as opening saved projects, and setting up page layouts effectively.

Advanced Publisher Features: Explore advanced topics such as creating multipage spreads, using mail merges, and designing with tables and guides.

Exercises and Real-World Applications: Practice with hands-on exercises and practical examples to apply your skills effectively.

This guide is an indispensable resource for learning the intricacies of Microsoft Publisher, designed to enhance your abilities and provide you with the expertise necessary to craft professional-quality publications with ease. So scroll up and get your copy of Using Microsoft Publisher today!

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Using

Microsoft Publisher

2023 EditionKevin Wilson

Using Microsoft Publisher - 2023 Ed

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About the Author

With over 20 years’ experience in the computer industry, Kevin Wilson has made a career out of technology and showing others how to use it. After earning a master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, and multimedia systems, Kevin has held various positions in the IT industry including graphic & web design, digital film & photography, programming & software engineering, developing & managing corporate networks, building computer systems, and IT support.

He serves as senior writer and director at Elluminet Press Ltd, he periodically teaches computer science at college, and works as an IT trainer in England while researching for his PhD. His books have become a valuable resource among the students in England, South Africa, Canada, and in the United States.

Kevin’s motto is clear: “If you can’t explain something simply, then you haven’t understood it well enough.” To that end, he wrote the Exploring Tech Computing series, in which he breaks down complex technological subjects into smaller, easy-to-follow steps that students and ordinary computer users can put into practice.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to all the staff at Luminescent Media & Elluminet Press for their passion, dedication and hard work in the preparation and production of this book.

To all my friends and family for their continued support and encouragement in all my writing projects.

To all my colleagues, students and testers who took the time to test procedures and offer feedback on the book

Finally thanks to you the reader for choosing this book. I hope it helps you to use Microsoft Publisher with greater understanding.

Have fun!

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application developed by Microsoft. It is considered an entry level desktop publishing application and is aimed at home users, schools, and small businesses for creating a wide range of printed and digital materials, such as brochures, flyers, newsletters, posters, greeting cards, and business stationery. Many of these are included with Publisher as a template that you can edit and customise. You can also create your own design from scratch.

Unlike other Office applications such as Word, Publisher focuses more on page layout and design, rather than text composition and proofing.

It’s also worth noting that Microsoft Publisher is only available for Windows, and is not included in versions of Microsoft Office for other operating systems.

Publisher offers various features and tools to create and edit publications. These tools are all grouped into tabs in a menu system along the top of the screen called a ribbon.

Utilizing a WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) interface, Publisher ensures that what you design on the screen will closely resemble the final printed output. This feature allows for accurate representation during the creative process.

With Publisher, you have the freedom to arrange your designs on the page using various objects such as text boxes for headings and body text, image place-holders for photographs, and shapes for added visual elements. Additionally, Publisher offers a selection of pre-designed templates and building blocks known as “page parts” for streamlining the creation of more extensive publications.

To maintain the quality of your work, there are proofing tools such as spelling and grammar checks. These tools highlight potentially misspelled words with red underlines and mark grammar errors with green indicators. Auto-correct features are also available to rectify common misspellings or phrases, enhancing the overall accuracy and professionalism of your publications.

You can use advanced typography beyond what’s typically available in word processors. This includes kerning, which is the space between specific pairs of characters, and tracking, which adjusts spacing uniformly over a range of characters. As well as the ability to use OpenType fonts and features such as stylistic sets, ligatures, and drop caps, which are crucial for professional-looking text layout.

In educational settings, Publisher serves as a practical tool for students and teachers to create materials for their lessons. Its ease of use makes it suitable for classroom settings where the primary focus is on content rather than learning complex software. While Microsoft Publisher is suitable for small businesses, education and individual users, it is not as feature-rich or versatile as professional desktop publishing (DTP) software such as Adobe InDesign, however Publisher is ideal for basic to intermediate desktop publishing tasks.

Publisher allows you to convert your projects into various file formats suitable for different purposes:

PDF is one of the most common methods for sharing Publisher documents. PDFs can be opened on almost any device with free software, and they preserve the layout, fonts, and images of your document as they were designed.

Image Formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF): Publisher allows you to export pages as images. This is useful when you need to include a page from your publication in a web page or share it as a picture on social media.

Pack and Go prepares your Publisher file and associated resources for a commercial printer. It can include all the necessary fonts and linked graphics to ensure that the document prints correctly.

The export option you use depends on whether it’s for digital viewing (PDF/image), print production (PDF), commercial printing (pack and go/PDF), or for the web (image).

Getting around Publisher

Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application developed by Microsoft. Publisher is considered an entry level desktop publishing application and is aimed at home users, schools, and small businesses with in house printing. Publisher is not used for commercial printing purposes.

In this chapter, we’ll take a look at

Starting PublisherCreate a ShortcutHome ScreenNew SidebarOpen SidebarMain ScreenThe Ribbon MenuFile Backstage

Have a look at the video resources. Open your web browser and navigate to the following website.

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Starting Publisher

Once you have Microsoft Office installed, you’ll find Publisher on your start menu.

Create a Shortcut

To make things easier, you can pin the Publisher icon to your task bar. I find this feature useful. To do this, with Publisher running, right click on the Publisher icon on the taskbar then click ‘pin to taskbar’.

This way, Publisher is always on the taskbar whenever you need it.

Home Screen

Once Publisher opens, you’ll land on the home screen. Here you can open a blank publication or select a template. Underneath, you’ll see a list of all your recently opened publications.

You can also pin publications to the ‘pinned’ list. The pinned list is used to list publications you use all the time for quick access. To pin a publication, right click on the file in the ‘recent’ list then select ‘pin to list’.

New Sidebar

To create a new publication or use a template, select ‘new’ from the panel on the left hand side.

Along the top, you can create a new blank publication in portrait or landscape orientation using the default page size, or you can create a blank publication using another page size.

Underneath, you can select a template.

Use the search field to search for a particular template.

Here, I’m searching for a party invite.

To create a blank publication, select ‘blank’ from the options along the top of the screen.

Open Sidebar