Course Objectives
This one day course covers desktop publishing essentials then looks at how to create documents such as newsletters, flyers and brochures using Publisher. The main objectives are to give users confidence to operate the program on their own, and to make them aware of the potential of this desktop publishing program.
Who Should Attend?
Those who are new to Publisher and require an introduction to the application and those who have been working with the package already but have not yet tapped its full potential.
Some understanding of using a computer and working in the Windows environment will be expected. The topics covered on our "Introduction to Microsoft Windows" course are an adequate prerequisite for this course.
Course Contents
Introduction.
- The Publisher Screen
- Moving Around in Publisher
- Design Considerations
- Steps for Creating a Publication
Creating a Publication.
- Starting a New Publication
- Saving, Closing and Opening Publications
- Adding text to a Publication
- Using Text Frames
- Editing text, Formatting text
- Adding Borders and Shading
- Setting Tabs
Adding Pictures and Shapes.
- Picture Overview
- Creating Picture Frames
- Adding Pictures, Editing Pictures
- Publisher's Drawing Tools
- Special Characters
Tables and WordArt.
- Creating a Table
- Changing and Formatting Tables
- Using WordArt
Miscellaneous Features.
- Using Styles
- Creating a Background
- Creating Bulleted Lists
- Checking Spelling
- Find and Replace
