Tips+for+Using+Microsoft+Publisher

As you work with //Microsoft Publisher//, note your discoveries on this page!

1. Grouping makes designing layouts a lot easier. As soon as you like two objects together, group them! 2. White text on a black background does NOT work with U-High computers/printers. 3. Remove the dotted lines around your pictures and textboxes before you print to see what your layout will REALLY look like on paper. 4. Remember that there will always be a white border around whatever you make. Our printers do not print to the edge. 5. SAVE everything as you continue throughout your project. 6. Make sure to add page numbers. 7. Add wingding at the end of your project. 8. If you would like the article to continue on a second page, make one large text box and put it in columns. 9. To add a dropcap, highlight the desired letter, go to "format", then "dropcap" and click on the dropcap you would like to insert. 10. To add a pullquote, go to "insert", "design gallery object", and then click the desired pull quote. 11. The best layout to use in order for the page to print correctly is Standard – Letter (Portrait) 8.5 x 11” ~hs 13. If you do end up with the wrong layout, you can always go back and change it with little to no change in the work you have already completed. It will just change the way in which the pages print. ~hs 12. Don't get your heart set on one font because not all of the U-High computers have the same fonts installed. ~hs 13. It helps to use a magazine page as a guide to help you with layout and color schemes. CL 14. If you have a couple of different designs that you want to use, you can drag them off onto the side of the page so that you don't have to get rid of them.CL 15. If there are not colors that you want in the available color schemes, you can go to color and make your own custom color. CL 16. If you want a black background, you can add a white border to make it look like the white space on the edges were intended. AT 17. Don't freak out if your words don't show up on one computer. It just doesn't have that font installed. If you click print preview, you can still see your progress. AT 18. When looking to make sure that all the borders are aligned correctly on your pages, use the print preview to get an idea of what you need to do. AT