currently in our piano flyer we have
several text boxes and a clipart image
but we haven't made any additions that
really add color or really draw
attention to our publication you can do
this by inserting lines shapes and other
graphic elements individually or you can
use some publisher features that can
help take the guesswork out of creating
your own custom publication two of these
features are publication designs and the
design gallery let's start by taking a
look at the publication designs to
access this feature use the drop-down
arrow in the task pane and select
publication designs publisher provides
you with several designs that you can
apply to your blank publication let's
click through a few of these and see how
they affect our piano flyer
now I could accept one of these but
there is another feature that can help
me add design elements to my flyer it is
called the design gallery I want to take
a look at that before I decide if I like
any of these so for right now I'm going
to choose the blank design the design
gallery serves as a holding place for
pre designed objects that you can place
in your publications for example you
might need a special banner for your
company newsletter although you can
design your own banner why not check the
design gallery to see whether you like
one that is already there to access the
design gallery click the Design Gallery
icon on the objects toolbar the design
gallery dialog box appears the objects
are arranged by category and by design
sets just like the templates are I want
to search by category you can search
these to see if there is an element that
you like these may look familiar to you
because many of the objects you see here
are used in publisher templates there
are all kinds of objects we can add to
our publication my flyer has a lot of
information on it so I can't add an
object that is too big here I like this
barbell once I find an object I like I
click it to select it in this case the
balanced barbell is already selected
since it is the first object in this
category and then click insert object
the barbell now appears in my
publication the default size of the
object isn't quite right for my flyer
but I can modify it to meet my needs all
I need to do is resize the object and
rotate it and then move it to wherever I
want it to appear on the page
publisher also gives us the ability to
save the object we modified so that we
can use it in any future publications
all I need to do is select the object
and then select the Design Gallery icon
on the objects toolbar the design
gallery opens let's click on the my
objects tab and select the options
button from the menu select add a
selection to design gallery
now our modified barbell has been saved
in the next time I want to use it I
don't have to worry about resizing or
rotating the object as you can see
publisher gives you many tools that can
help you create custom publications that
meet your needs give publication designs
and the design gallery a try and see
what you think