Microsoft Publisher Course

Create new publications from scratch or make ugly ones pop and demand the reader's attention

Course Description

This popular Microsoft Publisher course is designed for users who would like to put together professional publications, such as newsletters, flyers, business cards and other business stationery, using Publisher - Microsoft's widely used and easy-to-learn desktop publishing program (DTP).

Discover how to put together a well-presented, professional looking publication from scratch, by this time tomorrow

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Duration

Corporate group training: Half a day (3-4 hours).
Private 1-on-1 training: 3 hours.

Prerequisites

Many participants of this course have basic skills such as text editing and working with tables and graphics. Although not essential, students with these skills will be able to spot many parallels as they use Publisher.

Versions Taught

Our computers are always installed with the latest version of Office. The current version is Publisher 365 (desktop).

If you have an earlier or Publisher such as Publisher 2016 or Publisher 2013 we will explain any key differences during the training.

Still using Publisher 2010 or earlier? It's time to say goodbye to an old friend and upgrade! Microsoft don't support this version any more.

what you get

Here's what you'll learn in this course

Overview & Grand Tour

Getting acquainted with the Publisher screen
Creating a new publication
Starting with a blank publication template
Using Design Sets
Changing the magnification
Setting your personal and business information

Publisher Essentials

Create, save, close, open and print publications
The importance of planning
Working with frames
Using layout guides, margin guides and ruler guides
Undo and re-do
Copy and paste techniques

Where to find help

Where to turn for help
Using Publisher help

Working with Tables

Creating a table
Selecting, inserting and deleting rows/columns
Navigating a table
Setting table borders
Merging cells

Working with Text

Creating a text box
Applying line colours and fill effects
Changing the font characteristics
Changing the character, line and paragraph spacing
Aligning the text
Importing text
Threading a story through two or more connected text boxes
Navigating text boxes
Splitting text into columns
Using Drop Caps
Adding graphics to text
Changing the page layout
Using the text tools

Working with Graphics

Using the graphics tools
Drawing lines, arrows, rectangles, squares, circles, ovals and autoshapes
Changing the line, fill and font colour
Using Design Objects
Using the Advertisement gallery
Adding text to an object
Insert a picture stored on the computer
Selecting, aligning, nudging, spacing, grouping, layering, rotating and flipping objects
Using WordArt

Mail-Merging your Publication

Creating or accessing a data source
Adding merge fields
Previewing the merge publication
Completing the merge