Publisher 2003 in Pictures

Publisher 2003
In Pictures



by Nancy Mingus








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Publisher 2003 In Pictures


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
i
Table of Contents
Publisher Basics ............................................. 1

Create a new document .........................................................................2

Work with text.......................................................................................14

Enhancing Documents .................................. 33

Change colors ......................................................................................34

Insert text boxes...................................................................................48

Insert pages ..........................................................................................58

Flow text to other boxes ......................................................................60

Format text............................................................................................67

Import text.............................................................................................78

Insert graphics .....................................................................................83

Add page numbers...............................................................................89

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Refining Documents ......................................93

Check spelling ..................................................................................... 94

Change spacing ................................................................................... 96

Align/distribute graphics................................................................... 104

Rotate text and graphics ................................................................... 109

Flow text around graphics ................................................................ 112

Add tables and graphs ...................................................................... 116

Brochures and Newsletters ........................123

Create a brochure from a template................................................... 124

Create a newsletter from a template ................................................ 131

Create a newsletter from scratch ..................................................... 141

Advanced Features .....................................157

Change defaults................................................................................. 158

Employ Autoshapes .......................................................................... 161

Employ Pack and Go ......................................................................... 169

Check design ..................................................................................... 175




PUBLISHER BASICS
1
Publisher Basics


In this section, you’ll learn how to:

• Create a new document
• Add personalized data
• Work with text





PUBLISHER BASICS
2
Create a new document

1.
Start Publisher 2003.

You should see a screen that looks like this:

PUBLISHER BASICS
3
2.
In the New Publication pane, click Publications for Print.









PUBLISHER BASICS
4
Select a design type

1.
In the Publications for Print list, click Flyers.

PUBLISHER BASICS
5
Select a design layout

1.
Under Flyers, click Announcement.









PUBLISHER BASICS
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2.
In the Thumbnails pane, click Party Announcement Flyer.



A brief message will flash, telling you that Publisher is changing
your document.



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The screen should look like this:



Tip:
If you have never entered your Personal Information in
Publisher, a Wizard will start and ask you to enter it.

In the Wizard screen, click the button, then skip to
Step 2 on the next page.





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8
Add personalized data

1.
On the Menu Bar, click Edit, then Personal Information.


2.
When the Personal Information window appears, click Other
Organization.

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3.
In the Name box, type:

Emma Publisher



4.
In the Job or position title box, type:

President

5.
In the first line of the Address box, type:

826 Main Street

6.
In second line of the Address box, type:

Anytown, Anystate 92346

7.
In the Organization Name box, type

Anyville Preservation League

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8.
In the Tag line or motto box, type:

Preserving our past for all our tomorrows



9.
Click the button.



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The personal information should be added to the flyer.





PUBLISHER BASICS
12
Save the document

1.
On the Toolbar, click the icon.

2.
When the Save As window appears, create a new folder within
the My Documents folder called Practice Publisher Files.

Tip:
Click the

icon in the
Save As
window.


When the new folder appears, type:



Practice Publisher Files.

3.
Double-click the Practice Publisher Files folder so it appears in
the Save in box:





PUBLISHER BASICS

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4.
Click in the File name box, then type:

Anyville Party



5.
Click the button.





PUBLISHER BASICS
14
Work with text

Enter text directly

1.
Click the blue text box.



Tip:
If all the text in the box isn’t selected when you click in it,
click somewhere else, then click back in the box.

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2.
Type:

Twenty years ago, the Anyville Preservation League formed to save
the Johnson house from demolition. We have helped save over two
dozen buildings.


The flyer should now look like this:








PUBLISHER BASICS
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Insert Text

1.
Highlight the words
We have
.

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2.
Press the DELETE key on your keyboard.

The text should disappear:









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3.
Type:

The League has


The second sentence should now read like this:

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4.
In the contact box after Anyville Preservation League, type:

Headquarters



5.
Press the ENTER key.

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6.
On the next line after Headquarters, type:

Emma Publisher, President

The flyer should look like this:





PUBLISHER BASICS
21
Resize a text box

1.
Click the text box that contains the text “
826 Main Street
.”

The text should be selected:



Tip:
If the entire box isn’t highlighted as shown, click and drag

over the text to select it.