Publisher
How to open Publisher:
Go to “Start.”
Go to “Programs.”
Go to “Microsoft Office.”
Go to “Microsoft Publisher.”
Choosing a Publisher document
that suits your needs:
Note: Publisher has numerous
documents from which to choose: Publications by Wizard, Publications by Design,
and Blank Publications
Blank Publications:
Choose “Blank Print
Publication.”
Personalizing your Publisher
document:
On the left hand side of
screen the Quick Publications Wizard is open.
Personalize document by choosing its design, color scheme, layout, or
adding personal information.
If the Quick Publications
Wizard is not chosen, then create info from scratch using the toolbar displayed
vertically on the left side of screen.
How to add pictures, WordArt, and
textboxes to your Publisher document:
Pictures
Go to “File.”
Go to “Insert.”
Choose the picture you want
(i.e. ClipArt, pics from your file, scanned pics, Internet, etc.)
Note: Cite pics from the Internet/scanned pics from print sources.
Note: It is highly recommended that
you save a picture to your space rather than copying and pasting it directly
from the Internet. This step will save
you time when printing your document.
WordArt
Click on the tilted letter “A”
in the drawing toolbar to your left.
Choose the style of WordArt by
clicking on it.
Click “OK.”
Type the info you want as
WordArt.
Click “OK.”
Click and drag where you want
your WordArt.
Note: if the Formatting toolbar
is not shown, go to “View,” scroll down to “Toolbars” and click on “Formatting.”
Textboxes:
In the Drawing toolbar on the
left, click on the letter “A” encased in a miniature paper.
Choose where you want to
textbox to go by placing your cursor there.
Click and drag.
Note: the lettering usually defaults to size 10 so you might have to
increase the size on the Formatting toolbar.
Changing background color of your
WordArt/Text Box:
In the formatting toolbar
select the paint bucket icon (Note: you might have to choose the textbox
first).
Choose the color you desire.
Note: If the color appears in front
of WordArt or Textboxes you have created, do the following:
Go to “Arrange.”
Go to “Order.”
Go to “Send to Back.”
Changing the color of font on
WordArt/Text Box:
Click on the box you are
working.
Click on the
underlined “A” in the toolbar above.
Select the color you want your
font to be.
Clicking on the down arrow
will give you a choice of more colors.
Select your color of choice.
Making a border around your
WordArt/Text Box:
In the formatting toolbar
select the three-line icon.
Choose the type of line you
want.
Note: You can later choose to change the color of the line by selecting the
paintbrush icon.
Adding pages to your Publisher
document:
Go to “Insert.”
Scroll down to “Pages.”
Select the number of pages you
want to add.
Click “OK.”
Note: You can choose where you want
to add pages by clicking on the specific page icon at the bottom of your screen
and then following the four steps above.
The LRC has created an 8 page publisher document. To find it:
Click on
the “My Computer” icon.
Go to
“Programs.”
Go to
“8pagebooklet.pub.”
(The tri-fold template)
Making a tri-fold template:
Go to “My Computer.”
Go to “Programs.”
Scroll almost all the way to
the bottom of the screen.
You will find an icon (name)
that says “trifoldt2plate.pub.”
Click on it to open it.
Note: Do not open “trifoldtplate.”
How do I create the brochure?:
You will have a screen that is divided into three sections; they will be
defined as title, spine, and inset. This
is your page 1.
Title page is just that, a title page. Spine is the area where you will list your Works
Cited. Inset is the attention getting page.
At the lower right portion of your screen you will see what looks like two
little icons with the numbers “1” and “2” on them. Whatever page that’s displayed on the screen
will show the page with a white number (either 1 or 2) and a black
background. So, if you want to work on
“Page 2,” simply click on that icon.
Page 2 is the “guts” or “information” section of your brochure and looks
like this:
