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when you open publisher to create a new
publication you should find yourself
right where you need to be on the file
tab under new here you can start from
scratch by opening a blank file
available in several different sizes and
orientations or you can take advantage
of one of publishers pre-designed
templates a template is a file that
contains placeholders for your content
both to help you save time and create a
publication that looks professional
there's something for almost every
occasion from business cards to
calendars even personalized greeting
cards this time we'll take a look at
flyers in the marketing category your
choices appear in this part of the pane
with a preview on the right see how it
works generally you have two kinds of
templates to choose from files that you
download from office.com that's this
section here and files that are
installed on your computer
these are simpler in design but they do
allow you to customize things like the
color scheme and fonts I'm looking for
something specific a flyer with tearaway
tabs for my contact information let's
take a look at some more templates from
office.com one thing to keep in mind
some of these were actually created by
other users you can tell which ones by
the icon in the corner while Microsoft
does review these templates they're not
guaranteed to be free of viruses or
other defects so think carefully before
you download this one looks like what I
had in mind it's provided by Microsoft
so I know I can trust the source to
continue click the download button and
the template will open in a new window
now before I fill in my content I'd like
to make some changes to the publication
layout to better suit my needs you can
do this with any type of publication be
it a blank file or one that you created
from a template just go to the page
design tab here you can easily customize
the size depending on the paper you're
going to use to print your publication
you can also adjust the margins
remember these determine the print area
finally you can change the orientation
from portrait to landscape or vice versa
but this may have a negative effect
depending on
template you chose now I'd like to
switch to another example a pricing menu
with multiple pages it uses one of the
simpler templates that comes with
publisher and I've already filled in
most of the content we can still change
the template to something else however
all you have to do is click Change
template on the page design tab now pick
a new one from the window how about this
one and click OK when you're done here
you'll want to select the first option
to apply the template to the current
publication click OK one more time and
the change takes place immediately the
great thing about this feature is that
it also works on publications that
started out blank before we finish up
I'd like to show you how to work with
multi-page publications using the page
navigation pane on the left from here
it's easy to add delete and rearrange
pages to better suit your needs to
delete for example all you have to do is
right click then choose delete from the
menu then click Yes to confirm to add a
page right click again but this time
choose insert page a pop-up window will
appear so you can specify what you need
I want just one new page after the page
I currently have selected so I'm not
going to change anything here but you
could always add more when you're ready
click OK and the page appears in your
file finally to move a page in your
publication click and hold it then drag
where you want the page to go see that
horizontal line that marks where it's
going to be moved when I release my
mouse as you can see creating
publications is easy once you know the
secret to using templates customizing
the layout and working with multiple
pages to suit the needs of your project
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