Lesson 1. Unleashing Creativity with Publisher 2010: A Comprehensive Guide
Microsoft Publisher 2010 transforms desktop publishing with new tools like building block galleries and enhanced image editing capabilities. This instruction guides users from foundational design principles to mastering the improved features for creating stunning and consistent publications.
Lesson 2. Introduction to Object Management and Clipboard Practices
The lesson introduces MS Publisher 2010, focusing on drawing and manipulating shapes, and explains how to access various formatting options through the menu and toolbar icons. Additionally, it covers the basics of cutting, copying, pasting, and using the Clipboard for efficient editing, along with undo and redo functionalities.
Lesson 3. Quick and Creative: Publications in Publisher 2010
With MS Publisher 2010, designing stunning brochures is made easy through selecting and personalizing templates, adjusting text, and replacing images using clipart. This lesson walks you through the publication process, emphasizing efficient use of the program's robust design features.
Lesson 4. Page Setup Fundamentals
Incorporating layout guides and rulers in Publisher's Page Setup helps in aligning text and images for a cohesive presentation. Learn to manipulate master pages and background settings for a polished and professional look.
Lesson 5. Quick Guide: Adding Visuals in Publisher
Explore MS Publisher 2010's tools for inserting graphics and items to transform plain text into a compelling publication; utilize easy steps for adding images, formatting them, and positioning them on your page for optimal design control. Master the uses of placeholders, calendars, advertisements, and page parts to enhance your publications effortlessly.
Lesson 6. Harnessing the Power of Text Frames in Creative Publisher Projects
Leveraging Styles within Publisher enables easy formatting and consistency throughout your document, enhancing the professional look while saving time. These styles can be customized or imported, integrating easily into your project to match any brand or layout design.
Lesson 7. Artistic Text Frames: WordArt and Beyond
WordArt allows text to be creatively distorted into various designs, while its interactive tools enable customization of different font and size options. Catalog Merge simplifies catalog creation by automating data entry from a list into a chosen template, producing structured pages efficiently.
Lesson 8. Enhance Your Document Accuracy with Publisher
Publisher offers tools to correct design and spelling errors, ensuring documents are clean and capable of successful commercial printing. Key features include spell check, AutoCorrect, and Design Checker to refine text and layout deficiencies effectively.
Lesson 9. Formatting Tables Made Easy
Adaptability is a key feature of tables in Publisher, enabling easy insertion and deletion of rows and columns and the merging or splitting of cells for customizing table layout to the user's needs. The intuitive interface, with undo functionality, encourages experimentation without the risk of permanence in design actions.
Lesson 10. Advanced Customization in Publisher: Indents, Bullets, Color Schemes, and More
In Publisher, headers and footers are managed through master pages, ensuring uniformity throughout your document. This lesson emphasizes the importance of using master pages effectively to avoid conflicts and enhance document organization.
Lesson 11. Mastering Mail Merge: A Step-by-Step Guide
Publisher's mail merge empowers users to send personalized communications by integrating contact data into a single document template. Aided by an intuitive wizard, this tool streamlines the process of creating tailored content for multiple recipients using existing contact lists.
Lesson 12. Transforming Yesterday's Publishing: Exploring Modern Methods
Creating web pages with Publisher eliminates the need for HTML expertise by auto-converting documents, streamlining online content publication. Users can select between standard web formats like HTML and MHTML, ensuring their documents are ready for the digital audience.