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Duration:1 day | Book this course
Cost: $265.00 + GST
Course Description
This one day course introduces users to Microsoft Publisher. Participants will learn how to create publications by inserting text and graphics, use Publisher tools to edit and manipulate elements; use mail merge to produce unique documents; publish to the internet and prepare for printing.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the Windows operating system is essential. If you are unsure, you may phone our Bookings Administrator on (07) 857.0770 or (09) 630.1220.
Who Should Take This Course
New users of Publisher
Course Outline
GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
HIDING AND SHOWING THE WIZARD
PUBLICATIONS BY WIZARD
Choosing a style
Changing the publication size
Add a Logo
Changing the Print Layout
CHANGING THE DESIGN
SAVE AND SAVE AS
Naming conventions
PUBLICATIONS BY DESIGN
Choosing a Design Set
BLANK PUBLICATION
CREATING PUBLISHER OBJECTS
CREATE A TEXT FRAME
USING UNDO AND REDO
TEXT FRAME - TEXT ENTRY
TABLE FRAME TOOL
INSERTING A NEW PAGE
WORDART FRAME TOOL
Create a WordArt Frame
Typing into the WordArt window
Update the display
Reactivate the WordArt window
WORDART FORMATTING TOOLBAR
Flip letters
Stretch to edge of Frame
Character Spacing
Special Effects
Shading
THE PICTURE FRAME TOOL
THE CLIP ART GALLERY TOOL
DRAWING OBJECTS
CHANGING THE VIEW
Change to Two Page Spread
ZOOM
Zoom using the Zoom Button
Zoom using keystrokes
PAGE NAVIGATION
BACKGROUND
PICTURE DISPLAY
To hide a picture in a frame
Fast Resize and Zoom
Hide Pictures
SHOW HIDE CHARACTERS
BOUNDARIES AND GUIDES
Change the Margin Guide
Add a Grid Guide
Create Two Backgrounds with Mirrored Margins
COPY, CUT AND PASTE OBJECTS
CHANGING PICTURE FRAMES
Change Text wrapping around a Picture Frame
CHANGING CLIP ART
RE-SIZING OBJECTS
ADJUSTING OUTLINE NODES
TEXT FLOW
DISCONNECTING FRAMES
COPYFIT TEXT
Shrink or Grow the Text
Shrink Text on Overflow
OTHER TEXT FORMATTING OPTIONS
Drop Cap
Align Text
Line Spacing
Character Spacing
IMPORTING TEXT
Types of text that Publisher can convert-
To Import a Text File
SPELL CHECK A PUBLICATION
To Spell Check using the Tools Menu
To Spell Check using the Keyboard
To check spelling with Quick Check
REVIEW QUESTIONS
LAYOUT ISSUES
PAGE SETUP
To open the Page Setup dialog box
To change the Publication Layout
LAYERING OBJECTS
ALIGNING OBJECTS
NUDGING OBJECTS
FLIPPING AND ROTATING OBJECTS
Rotate an Object
Flip an Object
Custom Rotate an object
GROUP AND UNGROUP OBJECTS
SETTING UP FOR A PRINTING SERVICE
Set up the publication for a taking to a commercial printer
Using Pack and Go Wizard
Print Colour Separated Proofs
PRINTING TO AN INSTALLED PRINTER
Checking the Printer Setup
Using are Crop Marks
Using the Print Trouble-shooter
Print a Selected Page
Print Multiple Copies
Collate a Multiple Page, Multi-copy publication
CONVERTING A PUBLISHER DOCUMENT TO HTML
Convert a Publication to HTML
Save your publication as HTML
VIEWING THE WEB
Preview your document in a Browser
WEB PROPERTIES
Change Site Properties
Change Page Properties
HYPERLINKING
HOT SPOT TOOL
Change an object into a Hot Spot
Create Hyperlink to another page in your Website
Create Hyperlink to a Web site or file on the Internet
Create Hyperlink to an Internet email address
Create Hyperlink to a file on your hard disk
FORM CONTROL TOOL
HTML CODE FRAGMENT
Using the HTML Code Fragment Properties window
CREATING A MAIL MERGE DATABASE
Create a Publisher Address List
FINISHING THE MAIL MERGE
Merge the Database with your Publication
Insert Fields into your Publication
Perform the Mail Merge
EDITING A PUBLISHER ADDRESS LIST
OPENING ANOTHER DATA SOURCE
ADDING SORT CRITERIA
Setting a Filter before merging
Setting a Sort Value before merging