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Gaudets Information Processing

INTRODUCTION
TO PUBLISHER

2016

Tips and
Instructions

Microsoft Publisher
Create a variety of business documents
including brochures, newsletters, postcards,
greeting cards and business cards
Deliver high-quality results without having
graphic design experience
Prebuilt building blocks of content and
professional-looking effects for text, shapes
and pictures

File

Blank Page - Portrait

or Landscape

Built-In
Templates are
also available

Microsoft Publisher 2016

Built-In Templates

Home

Font
Style

Bold,
underline,
italics

Font Size

Font Color

Home (Shapes)

Insert a variety of shapes

onto the page including
Basic Shapes, Arrows, Stars
and Callouts

Shapes (Re-order)

Shape Fill

Color Schemes
Select More Fill Colors for a
wider variety of color options

Shape
Outline

Select from a
variety of line
colors,
weights and
styles

Shape Outline Weight

Transparency

Transparency
First 3 steps
1.Click on shape to select it
2.Select Shape Fill
3.Choose More Fill Colors
4.Move the Transparency
Bar to the desired amount

Transparency

Notice the
change

Insert
Pictures

Tables

Shapes

Calendars

WordArt

Text Box

Text Box

It is very important to
realize that in order to
type something onto a
blank page in Publisher, a
Text Box must first be
created

Insert (WordArt)

Choose from a
variety of WordArt
styles and colors

Insert Online Pictures

To insert an online picture

1. Insert (menu bar)
2. Online Pictures Tab
3. Search for a picture by
typing in a search word(s)
4. Click Insert

Picture Tools - Format

Publisher has a
variety of
picture styles

Crop
1. Select Crop
2. Grab the corners to the photo and
drag them inwards to crop the
desired area as show below

Picture Tools - Recolor

A variety of Color
Variations are displayed

Corrections Brightness and Contrast

Borders & Accents

Insert - Calendars

Page Parts

Insert (Tables)

Steps for Creating a Table

1. Select the Table icon
2. Determine the appropriate number of rows and columns
3. Choose a color scheme

Table Tools

Change colors of columns and rows

Change table line color and width

Table Tools

Use the Table Tools Layout tab to

insert columns or rows, merge cells
and adjust the size of cells

Page Design

Format the design of the

page using built-in color
schemes or create a new
color scheme

Page Design - Margins

Page Orientation

Page Size

Mailings

Mail Merge and E-mail Merge

for newsletter mailing

Mail Merge

Review

Thesaurus

Check spelling

View

Viewing the document

Zoom into an area to check small fonts
Zoom out to examine the overall layout
of the whole document