one of the best ways to add more color
and interest to your publications is to
add shapes there are lots of different
kinds to choose from and they can all be
customized using your own color palette
preferences and more to get started go
to the insert tab then click the shapes
command take a look at the menu to see
if there's anything you like
I think this Sun shape would be perfect
for the business card we're working on
just click hold and drag your mouse
roughly where you want the shape to go
and now we can start customizing it to
fit the style of the project the first
thing I'm going to do is make the shape
a little smaller using the sizing
handles these can be found on the sides
and the corners of any shape or object
in publisher every shape will also have
a green handle that you can drag to
rotate in any direction see how it works
and if your shape has a yellow handle
you can use that to make other
adjustments in this case it changes the
size and shape of the sun's rays but it
just depends some shapes don't have this
option at all the last thing I'd like to
do is change the color and basically the
overall style of the shape for that
you'll find everything you need on the
drawing tools format tab which appears
anytime you have a shape selected now
the quickest way to add a fill color or
an effect would be to use a pre-designed
shape style as you can see you can mouse
over for a preview or open the drop-down
menu for more for this shape though I
have something else in mind so I'm going
to customize the colors individually
starting with the shape ville first
we'll pick a nice soft yellow how about
this one then for the outline I actually
prefer nothing at all and I think that
does it before we wrap things up I'd
like to show you another type of object
in publisher that can help you add more
color and interest to what you're
working on you'll find this one on the
insert tab under building blocks
building blocks are pre-designed page
elements like borders and accents and
calendars all of which can be customized
to fit your publication take the flip
side of my business card here I'd like
to add something that introduces the
different services listed on the right I
bet we could find something
Paige parts let's try this heading
building blocks are easy to resize and
reposition just use the sizing handles
and drag and drop the object wherever
you want it to go now we can start
filling in our information with a little
formatting here and maybe a few more
bright graphic shapes when I'm done
I think this business card is really
going to make a great impression like
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