Publisher Introduction

Microsoft® Office Publisher is a desktop publishing software application capable of producing greeting cards, certificates, newsletters, and other printed publications. Publisher includes a large collection of templates that provide a great way to start a new publication. 

Publisher offers a large selection of "building blocks" that can be dragged into your documents, helping you to create page elements such as calendars, newsletter sidebars, and borders. Publisher integrates online sharing and mail merge features, which are handy when you need to send publications to a list of customers, and it's possible to export publications as HTML web pages or PDF documents. With a user-friendly interface, Publisher makes it easy to create and edit publications.

Course Objectives
In this course, you will create, format, edit, and share publications.
You will:
Perform basic tasks in the Microsoft Publisher interface.
Add content to a publication.
Format text and paragraphs in a publication.
Manage text in a publication.
Work with graphics in a publication.
Prepare a publication for printing and sharing.

Target Student
This course is intended for persons in a variety of job roles such as publishing specialists, layout specialists, graphic designers, or any other knowledge workers who need to use Microsoft Office Publisher 2016 to create, lay out, edit, and share publications.

Prerequisites
To ensure your success in this course, you should have experience with basic Microsoft® Windows.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Publisher
Topic A: Navigate the Interface
Topic B: Customize the Publisher Interface
Topic C: Create a Publication

Lesson 2: Adding Content to a Publication
Topic A: Add Text to a Publication
Topic B: Add Pages and Picture Placeholders to a Publication
Topic C: Control the Display of Content in Text Boxes
Topic D: Apply Building Blocks to a Publication

Lesson 3: Formatting Text and Paragraphs in a Publication
Topic A: Format Text
Topic B: Format Paragraphs
Topic C: Apply Schemes

Lesson 4: Managing Text in a Publication
Topic A: Edit Text in a Publication
Topic B: Work with Tables
Topic C: Insert Symbols and Special Characters

Lesson 5: Working with Graphics in a Publication
Topic A: Insert Graphics in a Publication
Topic B: Customize the Appearance of Pictures

Lesson 6: Preparing a Publication for Sharing and Printing
Topic A: Check the Design of a Publication
Topic B: Save a Publication in Different Formats
Topic C: Print a Publication
Topic D: Share a Publication

Appendix A: Automating Communication Using Mail Merge

Appendix B: New Features in Publisher 2016