Using Microsoft Publisher 2010

Brien Posey is a seven-time Microsoft MVP who is best known for writing about topics related to enterprise networking. In his nearly two decades of IT work, Posey has published thousands of technical articles and written or contributed to over three dozen books on a variety of subjects.   In addition to writing, Brien routinely speaks at IT conferences and engages in various consulting projects.   Prior to going freelance, Posey was a CIO for a national chain of hospitals and healthcare facilities. He has also previously served as a network engineer for the United States Department of Defense at Fort Knox.   When Brien isn’t writing, he enjoys traveling to exotic destinations with his wife, shredding waves in his Cigarette boat, and scuba diving.   You can visit Posey’s personal website at www.BrienPosey.com.  

Introduction

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Publisher 2010

What Is Microsoft Publisher?

Getting Started

System Requirements

    Minimum Hardware Requirements for Office 2010

    System Requirements for Publisher 2010

    Operating System Requirements

    My Recommendations

    Verifying Your System’s Hardware

Installing Office 2010

What’s New in Publisher 2010

    The Ribbon

    How Documents Are Displayed

    Going Backstage

    Printing

    PDF and XPS Support

    Image Controls

    Minor Improvements

    What’s Up with Web Mode?

Chapter 2 Getting Started with Publisher 2010

Using Publisher for the First Time

Creating a New Document

Page Margins

    Custom Margins

Grid Guides

    Built-In Guides

Ruler Guides

    High-Precision Guides

    Using Multiple Ruler Guides

    Enabling and Disabling Rulers

    Enlarging Rulers

    Changing the Units of Measurement

    Moving Rulers

    Moving the Zero Mark

Page Orientation

Page Sizes

Page Backgrounds

Templates

    Web-Based Templates

    Locally Installed Templates

    The Anatomy of a Template-Based Document

    Changing Templates

    Creating a Custom Template

Saving Your Documents

    Alternative Document Types

Creating a New Document

Opening a Publisher Document

Chapter 3 Working with Visual Elements

Text Boxes

    Creating a New Text Box

    Entering Text into a Text Box

Fonts

    Purchasing Fonts

    Typography

    Installing a Font

    Previewing a Font

    Formatting Pictures

    Transparency

    Picture Styles and Shapes

    Changing a Picture

    Picture Captions

    Changing a Caption’s Color

    Going Beyond Simple Colors

    Gradients

    The Texture Tab

    Patterns

    Photos

    Tint

Clip Art

Clip Art Key Words

Copyright Issues

Shapes

    Adding a 3-D Effect

    Coloring a Shape

Layering

Other Objects

Drawings

Equations

Chapter 4 Designs and Layouts

Calendars

    Additional Customizations

Postcards

Greeting Cards

Additional Visual Elements

    Color Schemes

    Word Art

Creating Building Blocks

Chapter 5 Working with Longer Documents

Text Boxes Revisited

    Formatting

    Linking Text Boxes

    Navigating Text Boxes

    Layout Strategies

Master Pages

    Additional Master Page Options

Importing Microsoft Word Documents

    Adding Images to the Document

    Word Documents with Images

Wrapping Text Around Images

    Irregularly Shaped Images

Formatting Text Boxes

    Text Fitting

    Text Direction

    Hyphenation

    Alignment

    Columns

    Word Art Lite

    Drop Cap

    Number Styles

6 Tables

What Are Tables?

Creating Tables

Formatting Tables

    Resizing a Table

    Fill Effects

    Borders

    Table Rotation

    Text Wrapping

    Cell Alignments and Margins

Table Design

    Table Formats

Table Layout

    Inserting Rows and Columns

    Deleting Rows and Columns

    Diagonals

    Merging and Splitting Cells

Importing Excel Spreadsheets

    Importing a Spreadsheet

Importing Excel Charts

    Importing an Existing Chart

Chapter 7 Finalizing Your Publisher Document

A Visual Inspection

    Proofreading Techniques

Adjusting Document Spacing

    Use a Compact Font

    Text Boxes

    Overlapping Frames

    Coming Up Short

Test Printing the Document

Document Metadata

    Working with Metadata

The Design Checker

Creating PDF and XPS Files

Chapter 8 Printing Your Documents

Design Checking Your Document

Printing Documents Yourself

    Basic Printing

Professional Printing

    What Will the Job Cost?

    How Long Will It Take?

    How Long Will It Take to Correct Printing Mistakes?

    Is There Anything That You Won’t Print?

    In What Format Should Materials Be Submitted?

Color Models

    Grayscale

    RGB

    HSL

    CMYK

    PANTONE

Choosing a Color Model

    Offset Printing

What a Printing Company Expects

    Packaging Your Print Job

How to Save on Printing Costs

    Stock

    File Preparation

    Quantity

    Ink Colors

    Deadlines

    Use the Correct Printing Device

Chapter 9 Publishing Online

Creating a Website

The Anatomy of a Web Page

Enhancing a Web Page

    More Hyperlinking Techniques

    Bookmarks

    Editing Hyperlinks

    Changing a Hyperlink’s Appearance

Using a Web Template

    Working with the Template

Previewing Your Website

The Web Tab

    Hot Spot

    Navigation Bar

    Form Controls

    HTML Code Fragment

    Web Page Options

Publishing Your Website

    Acquiring a Domain Name

    Choosing a Hosting Company

    DNS Entries

    Uploading Your Website

Chapter 10 Bulk Mailing Techniques

Mail Merge

    Creating the Recipient List

    Adding Merge Fields to Your Document

    Performing the Mail Merge

    Alternative Data Sources

Email Merge

    The Recipient Experience

Snail Mail

 

 

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