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This guide will show you haw to use Microsoft Publisher to help create a wide variety of desktop publishing projects. The guide
discusses the layout, tools, and how to add content which can be used to make newsletters, brochures, and more.
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Basic Publisher Ribbons
‘The current MS Office suite programs, which include
Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, etc., use what are
termed "Ribbons". These Ribbons take the place of what
used to be called menus in the previous iterations of the
various MS Office programs. Each Ribbon has a range
of functions, which again are similar to the menus used
in many different software applications, To use MS
Publisher successfully you need to understand the
various Ribbons and what their functions are.
Home-This is the default ribbon in Publisher and the one
that you will use most of the time, You can see that most
of the basic text editing tools such as Bold, Italics,
alignment, indenting, fonts, ete., are displayed here. You
alos have limited control over objects that you can click
con in the publication layout. This Ribbon is very similar
to the one used in Microsoft Word.
Insert-Any time that you would like to add content to
your publication then the Insert Ribbon is the one most
Working With Objects
‘Adding Content
Essential Publisher Ribbons
Microsoft Publisher has several unique ribbons, which]
includes the Drawing and Text Box Tools. There is al
the Picture Tools Ribbon which adds image editing
features to the MS Publisher program. To be successful
with MS Publisher you will need to use these Ribbons to
edit a wide variety of what are termed objects in
Publisher,
Picture Tools-Every time an image is clicked on in the
publication layout this Ribbon will open, even though itis,
not usually displayed with the standard Ribbons, With
this Ribbon you can add borders to an image, various
effects, and even captions. This Ribbon also contains
some basic image editing tools such as re-coloring,
corrections, and cropping. Anything beyond basic editing
should be done in an actual image editing program such
as Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop or Gimp 2, then use
the Publisher tools for any final touch up or size issues.
Itis also important to note the Bring Forward, Send
Backward, and Align tools that are used with images.
Publisher can "stack" objects, such as image on top of a
colored shape which itself is on top of a text box. In this,
case the position of each obkjectis very important and
these tools can control their position in the stack.Hkey to be used, [here are features here for adding:
pictures, shapes, calendars, borders, hyperlinks, and
more. The first time that you insert an image Publisher
will ask you for the location of the images on your system
and from that point forward it will display the available
images when function is used subsequently.
Page Design-This Ribbon allows users to change the
color of their publication, template, fonts, etc.,, without
having to go back to the start and creating a new
publication. tis strongly advised that you save your
publication before using the features in this Ribbon and
then only save again once you are satisfied with the
changes.
Mailings-Probably the least used of the Publisher
Ribbons. There are tools here to enable users to mail
merge their publication and send it out, usually through
MS Outlook or other email programs
Review-Another lesser used Ribbon that as its name
suggests, allows the user to review the publication,
including spelling errors, language transiation, and the
use of a thesaurus for words/phrases.
View-This Ribbon allows the user to view the publication,
while working on it ina variety of ways. There are
functions here for single or two page spreads, adding
guides and rulers, cascading windows, and more. Itis a
{good idea to experiment with these functions to
determine the easiest view for working on your
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Drawing Tools-Another Ribbon that only appears when
certain objects are selected. This Ribbon allows the user
to select from a wide variety of shapes, borders, text
wrapping, alignment, and rotation tools. Users can add
borders to text boxes, effects, color fils for shapes, and
much more. Itis highly recommeded that users
experiement with the various tools in this Ribbon by
creating shapes, effects, changing colors, and using the
Arrange tools.
Text Box Tools-After the Home Ribbon, this is the next
most popular Ribbon in Publisher. From this Ribbon you
can control the appearance of any text in your
Publication, The features include font, font size,
alignment, WordArt, text fills, effects, and more, Like
Drawing Tools Ribbon users should feel free to experi
with this Ribbon before starting an actual publication
see how text works and what is possible by using these
tools,
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