Microsoft Publisher: Introduction for Beginners

Course Overview

You're starting Microsoft Publisher, which is an easy to use, flexible program for creating newsletters, brochures, business cards, postcards, flyers, among others for print, email, and the Web. In this course, you will look at how to create a publication from scratch or use one of the hundreds of business and personal designs available in Publisher.

You will create, manage, revise, and distribute publications.

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Related Courses

• Microsoft Publisher 2003: Advanced

Audience

This course was designed for persons with a basic understanding of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Word who need to learn how to use Microsoft Publisher to create, layout, and edit publications.

This training may be available onsite; please contact us if you are interested.

Skills Gained

Delegates will learn how to

• Create a one-page publication.
• Modify a publication's layout and structure.
• Edit content in a publication.
• Format text.
• Format pictures.
• Identify the options for distributing a publication.

Prerequisites

Delegates should be able to:

• Use a mouse
• Type and use a keyboard
• Navigate through Windows files and folders
• Work with Windows - minimise, maximise, open and close
• Save a File
• Use the Save As option

Course Outline

Creating a Basic Publication

• Examine the Publisher Environment
• Create a Publication from a Publication Design
• Replace Design Object Placeholders
• Save a Publication
• Create a Blank Publication
• Display Ruler Guides
• Add Text
• Insert a Picture from a File

Modifying a Publication's Layout and Structure

• Insert and Delete Pages
• Insert a Text File
• Text Boxes and Picture Frames
• Move Text Boxes and Picture Frames
• Connect Text Boxes
• Divide Text Boxes into Columns
• Move a Page
• Create and Use a Master Page

Editing Content in a Publication

• Edit Text in a Publication
• Research Information
• Find and Replace Text
• Check Spelling

Formatting a Publication

• Format Text
• Apply Schemes
• Insert Symbols
• Indent Paragraphs
• Change Spacing Between Paragraphs
• Control Paragraph Flow
• Create Paragraph Styles
• Format Text Boxes

Formatting Pictures in a Publication

• Format Picture Frames
• Crop a Picture
• Wrap Text Around a Picture
• Insert WordArt
• Insert a Design Gallery Object

Preparing a Publication for Distribution

• Check the Design of a Publication
• Verify Pictures
• Create a Newsletter to Email
• Create a Web Page
• Publish a Web Site
• Preview and Print a Publication
• Templates