Microsoft Publisher:
This course will familiarise delegates with a variety publications that can be created through Publisher. By the end of this course delegates will have learnt the skills required to produce a professional newsletter displaying text and graphics, headers and footers, multiple facing pages, and linked text boxes.
Course Outline
Microsoft Publisher - 1 Day
Who is it for?
People with little or no knowledge of Publisher that would like to create Newsletters, Flyers and Posters effectively.
Prerequisites
Although delegates need no prior of Publisher, they do need to be proficient using a keyboard and mouse and possess basic Windows skills.
- Overview
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- Overview & Scope of Publisher
- Resume of the Ribbon & Quick Access Toolbar
- Customizing the Interface
- Starting & Saving a New Publication
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- Types of Publication
- Publication Templates
- Colour & Font Schemes
- Backstage View
- Creating a Blank Publication
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- Basic Layout
- Portrait & Landscape
- Margin Layout
- Text Frames
- Picture Frames
- Inserting Graphics
- Creating a Multi-Page Publication
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- Adding & Deleting Pages
- Moving & Setting Page Order
- Linking Text Frames
- Using the Master
- Creating Headers & Footers
- Facing Pages
- Working with Text & Styles
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- Importing & Formatting Text
- Hyphenation
- AutoFit Options
- Formatting Paragraphs
- Using Grid Guides
- Using Styles
- Wrapping Text & Graphics
- Graphics & WordArt
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- Inserting & Removing Graphics
- AutoShapes
- Manipulating Graphics
- Inserting Clipart & WordArt
- Working with Tables
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- Creating Table Frames
- Managing Rows & Columns
- Applying Borders & Shading
- Merging Cells & Border Art
- Aligning & Indenting Tables
- Newsletters
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- Creating a ‘Personal Information Set’
- Choosing a Design
- Customer Address Placeholders
- Content Layout
- Mail Merge
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- Creating a Mail Merge Publication
- Data Sources & Address Lists
- Merging with Word
- Sorting & Filtering Data