as with any Microsoft product there are
usually multiple ways to accomplish any
given task we're going to cover some
tips to help you set up publisher and
what I think is the most efficient way
right now we're working with our for
sale flyer since toolbars can be moved
around on the screen switched on and off
and customized your toolbars may not
appear in exactly the same location as
mine do but don't worry before this
lesson is over we'll make sure you know
how to work with these toolbars yourself
our main menu is at the top of the page
on my screen the standard toolbar is
right under my main menu this is the one
that allows you to do many of the same
tasks as the main menu but with a simple
click of an icon button these are sort
of like shortcuts now under the standard
toolbar I have the formatting toolbar
I'm currently on my screen I also have
the connected text boxes toolbar it is
currently active it appears at the top
right side of my screen finally over to
the left I have my objects tool bar I
happen to really like using the objects
toolbar from the left side because it is
so close to the task pane but remember
you can move tool bars to different
locations on the screen all you need to
do is place your mouse cursor over the
dotted lines on the toolbar then click
your mouse over that area and drag the
toolbar to the desired location you can
move it wherever as many times as you
like we're going to go ahead and put
ours back to the left in addition we can
also choose which toolbars are available
on our screen by switching the toolbars
on and off to switch a toolbar on or off
go to the main menu and select view and
then toolbars
a list of toolbars is displayed you can
see which ones are selected by noting
which ones have a check mark to the left
of them we can see that my connected
text boxes toolbar is displayed we don't
need that toolbar for this lesson so
let's switch that one off simply select
the toolbar and it will no longer be
displayed when we're ready to turn this
or any other tool bar back on we simply
come back to the main menu choose view
choose toolbars and select the toolbar
that we wish to show we can also
configure each toolbar individually by
choosing which buttons are available to
do this we simply select the drop-down
arrow at the end of the toolbar and
select add or remove buttons if another
menu appears we're going to make the
proper choice in this case we're going
to select objects if a button has a
checkmark beside it this means that the
button is currently available on the
toolbar if it does not have a checkmark
it is not displayed on the toolbar as
you can see all of the buttons are
currently displayed on our objects tool
bar let's say that we'd like to hide the
design gallery button I simply select it
to hide it if I now decide that I want
that button to appear again on the
toolbar I simply select it again this
works for any toolbar now that we know
how to customize the toolbars let's take
a look at the options dialog box from
the main menu select tools and then
options our options dialog box appears
you'll notice that there are several
tabs in this dialog box but let's first
look at the general tab make note of the
measurement units for the
purposes of this lesson make sure that
your measurement units are set to inches
if you happen to live in an area that
uses a different system of measurement
you can always change the setting back
after completing this lesson other than
that we're going to go ahead and leave
all of our other options set to their
defaults next let's move over to the
Edit tab here we have some selections
for text editing as well as some
specific options for hyphenation again
we're going to go ahead and leave all of
these set to their default settings now
let's come over to our user assistance
tab this is where the option to show or
not to show the tip pages is located for
our lesson we're going to go ahead and
leave it selected but if you find the
tip pages to be unnecessary once you're
more familiar with publisher this is
where you can turn these off in addition
we have the option to use the visually
helpful mouse pointers if you click on
this option you can see the visually
helpful mouse pointers I think these can
be confusing because they are so
different from what you see in other
Microsoft applications like Word and
PowerPoint so let's deselect it to leave
it as it was finally let's take a look
at our save tab note that we have turned
on the reminder to save our publication
this will automatically save our
publication every 10 minutes in case we
forget to or we have some computer
issues again we'll leave the settings as
they are now let's go ahead and close
our options dialog box and save our
settings by clicking the ok button so
now you know how to turn toolbars on and
off as well as customize them remember
don't get nervous if you need a specific
button and you don't see it right away
you can always add
to a toolbar or turn a toolbar on and
off while you're working on a
publication if you have any questions
beyond what we covered in this lesson
you can always use the help tool all you
need to do is type a keyword into the
quick search box which is located at the
top right of the screen and press the
Enter key on your keyboard note our
search results in our task pane you may
also select help from the main menu you
should now be quite comfortable
configuring publisher and its toolbars
to your own liking