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Microsoft Publisher Basics
by Mart Gil Abareta
For those who still don't know, Microsoft Publisher assists users to easily
produce, modify and print materials such as flyers, catalogs, brochures,
newsletters and websites. I have two tutorials in this article that can
hopefully help you get started with this software and may solve some of the
problems that you'll encounter when you use it as a first-timer.
The first tutorial discusses about how to pack your publication to take to
another computer. First, go to "File/Pack and Go/Take to Another Computer". The
Pack and Go Wizard brings you all throughout the different steps of the packing
process. Then, click "Next" to move to the following step. If you're
transferring your publication on disk to another computer, click "A:" when the
wizard asks you to select a location where your file will be saved. Also, click
"Browse", select the drive and folder you want, and click "OK" if you're placing
your files on a network, on an external drive, or on your computer's hard disk.
Click "Next" afterwards.
To insert TrueType fonts and to make links for embedded graphics, select the
choices you want and put in a check mark. To take out the linked graphics, click
to remove the check mark. Click "Next" then click "Finish". If Publisher cannot
find a linked graphic while packing your publication, you can either do one of
the following methods: click "Retry" after you insert the disk or CD-ROM having
the original graphic into the appropriate drive, click "Skip" to leave the
current link and change the graphic later, or click "Browse" to situate a
graphic that has been moved or to select another graphic and link it. Then,
insert another disk if Publisher asks you and click "OK".
The second tutorial deals with the procedure on how to set up a publication for
black and white commercial printing. First, go to Tools/Commercial Printing
Tools/Color Printing. If you'll have black and white printing, click Spot
color(s)/Change Spot Color in the "Print all colors as" box. In the "Choose Spot
Color" dialog box, click "Black and white only". Then, click "OK" twice. For
process-color printing, on the other hand, click "Process colors (CMYK)" in the
"Print all colors as" box, then click "OK".
For spot-color printing, click Spot color(s)/Change Spot Color in the "Print all
colors as" box. In the "Choose Spot Color" dialog box, click the arrow next to
"Spot color 1", then pick the color you want. If you want to select a color that
is not currently used in the publication, click "More Colors", select the color
you want, and then click "OK". To pick a "second spot color", click the check
box to the left of "Spot color 2", and then click the arrow to the right and
click the "second spot color". Then, click "OK" twice.
Indeed, Microsoft Publisher is a software program that's also destined to become
important.
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