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Mar
2
An easy way for Microsoft Publisher users to create better-looking headlines in ads, brochures, and newsletters is to reduce word spacing. Place the text insertion point between the first and second words, then select Format, Character Spacing. When the Character Spacing dialog box appears, locate the Tracking section, and select Tight. Repeat for each word […]
Jan
29
Many graphic designers and marketing professionals overlook the Microsoft Publisher’s Vertical Alignment command. You can access it by selecting Format, Format Text Box, followed by clicking the Text Box tab.
Instead of fiddling with Hard Returns and Before Paragraph and After Paragraph measurements, simply specify Top, Middle, or Bottom alignment. related topics
Jan
29
Graphic designers and other marketing types upgrading to the new Microsoft Vista Windows operating system will benefit from one of Publisher 2007’s most important features: its greatly improved publishing options. Publisher 2007 offers enhanced integration with Adobe Acrobat PDF files. You can also easily optimize Publisher files for sending via e-mail or files intended to […]
Jan
25
You can set up Publisher so that opened menus will immediately display all options. Select Tools, Customize, Options and check “Always show full menus.” This will eliminate the frustrating pause before menus fully open. related topics
Jan
21
Graphic designers or business owners who use Microsoft Publisher to create their own marketing materials who have ever inadvertantly selected and moved a border or a newsletter graphic will appreciate Publisher’s Arrange, Send to Master Page command. One click is all it takes to protect the object by placing it in a protected location.
If […]
Jan
16
Newcomers to design unsure of how to choose the right type size will appreciate the AutoFit Text… command, Format, AutoFit Text. This is especially useful when creating flyers and you don’t know what type size to use for headlines or descriptive text. Choose the Best Fit option, and Publisher will increase or decrease type size […]
Jan
16
Publisher 2007 allows you to create vertical text boxes, which eliminates the need to rotate text boxes after creation. You can also set up a vertical baseline grid. These features will be especially useful for useful graphic designers creating postcards or business cards. related topics
Jan
16
Microsoft Publisher Overlooked Commands #13
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Beginning with Publisher 2003, the new Headers and Footers feature makes it easier to add information intended to appear at the top and at the bottom of each page. This makes it easier to insert and fine-tune the position and formatting of publication titles, section numbers and titles, chapter numbers and titles, and page numbers. […]
Jan
3
A broad range of graphic designers and desktop publishers will appreciate the Content Library added to Microsoft Publisher 2007.
The Content Library improves upon Publisher’s Design Objects Gallery found in previous versions. Frequently used graphic elements, like your own–or your client’s–logos and signature photographs, can be saved and easily accessed for placement in any new or […]
Dec
26
Desktop publishers will appreciate Microsoft Publisher 2007’s implementation of the Compress Picture feature already found in Office 2003 programs like Word and PowerPoint.
File “bloat” has been a problem for many Publisher 2003, and earlier, users. When an imported graphic is resized and cropped in Publisher, the resizing and cropping only affects the image in […]