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In-depth instruction in the core features and tools in Publisher 2016.
This course offers in-depth instruction in all the core features and tools in Publisher 2016, the desktop publishing software from Microsoft. Author David Rivers demonstrates Publisher's features using real-world examples of the different kinds of publications you can create with Publisher, from greeting cards to brochures to newsletters. The course explains how to work with text frames and format and edit text; insert and position shapes, pictures, and tables; and customize and automate the layout and design of publications. Plus, learn about Publisher's features for sending out mass mailing with Mail Merge and sharing publications on the web or in print.
Overview
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
- Understanding the interface
- Creating a new publication
- Editing your business information
- Considerations when saving publications
- Adjusting page and print setup options
- Zooming and panning a publication
- Inserting and navigating pages
- Using built-in templates
- Adding and modifying placeholder text
- Using AutoFit
- Inserting text from another file
- Flowing paragraph text with placeholders
- Creating bulleted and numbered lists
- Using fine typography options
- Using AutoCorrect
- Using proofing tools
- Translating text
- Using the scratch area
- Drawing and customizing shapes
- Manipulating objects
- Deleting objects and frames
- Inserting and swapping pictures
- Working with picture placeholders
- Adjusting picture appearance
- Adding captions to pictures
- Using pictures as backgrounds
- Inserting tables and choosing presets
- Changing table formatting
- Working with text and numbers in tables
- Modifying table rows and columns
- Creating and applying master pages
- Changing the page background
- Saving design changes to a template
- Using building blocks
- Adding headers, footers, and page numbering
- Using the Design Checker
- Creating a web publication
- Inserting hyperlinks
- Optimizing content for the web
- Starting a mail merge
- Performing a mail merge
- Performing an email merge
- Previewing and printing your publication
- Setting commercial print options
- Packaging a publication
- Saving a publication to shareable formats
- Next steps
