publisher 2010 is a program in the
Microsoft Office suite it can be used to
create publications like name badges
brochures menus and more if you're
familiar with Microsoft Office you
probably know that you can create these
materials in Word however there are
certain advantages to publisher for
example it gives you more control over
the size shape and layout of your
document whether you're working on a
tiny business card or a multi-page
newsletter
unfortunately publisher 2010 lacks some
of the features that are present in Word
2010 like themes shape styles and
advanced photo editing the interface
however has been updated to include the
new ribbon which is the collection of
tools and features at the top of the
screen here everything you need is
divided into tabs to make it easier to
navigate if you look closely at the
upper left corner above the ribbon
you'll find the quick access toolbar
this little toolbar is designed to give
you access to frequently used commands
like save and undo no matter where you
are on the ribbon now let's take a look
at the work area and the publication
itself that's the space in the center
where I've already started putting
together a newsletter if your
publication has multiple pages you can
navigate between them using the pane on
the left to zoom in or out on your
publication or change the page view use
the controls in the bottom right corner
here's what they look like up close
I'm just going to click and drag the
slider to zoom in then scroll up so we
can check out some of the tools designed
to help you with your layout first we
have rulers above and to the left these
make it easier to align things like text
and images in your publication if you
don't see the rulers in your copy of
publisher go to the View tab then check
the box next to rulers also in this
group we have editing tools like
baselines see the dotted lines on my
publication basically everything in this
group is designed to help you control
the layout of your content each tool can
be turned on or off by checking the box
as you can see and they won't appear in
your printed publication the other tool
I'd like to show you is guides guides
are thin dotted lines that can be used
to align various things in your
publication the blue ones mark the edges
or margins of the printable area these
are created automatically when you set
your margins or insert a page the green
lines are custom guides that you can
create yourself all you have to do is
click hold and drag your mouse away from
the ruler see how it works to move a
custom guide click and drag it again
finally I'd like to show you where to go
to do things like saving your file if
you're familiar with publisher 2007 you
may have noticed that the office button
is missing that's because it's been
replaced by the file tab which takes you
to the new backstage view here you can
explore all the options related to your
current publication and more that
includes things like recent files new
and print it's everything you would have
found in the old office or file menu
except now you have a nice full page
view for example I like the convenience
of being able to adjust the print
settings and see a preview all in one
place now that you know your way around
publisher including the backstage view
the ribbon and the work area you can
start planning your first publication
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