the look and feel of your publication
has a lot to do with the choices you
make when working with text that
includes things like layout formatting
and arranging your publication so it's
easy to read in this video we'll take a
look at some of the features that are
unique to publisher starting with text
boxes let's zoom in so you can see how
they work
text boxes like the ones here and here
are the part of your publication where
you enter edit and display text to
insert one make sure you're on the Home
tab then click the draw textbox command
your cursor will turn into a crosshair
and the command will stay highlighted as
long as it's active now you can click
hold and drag to draw your text box then
release your mouse and type let's fast
forward so you can see the finished
product I've applied some formatting
using the same commands you'd use in
Microsoft Word or PowerPoint now we can
drag and drop the photo into place but
something's wrong see what happened to
the text sometimes when you position a
text box near an image or another object
it can overlap or affect the layout to
fix this you'll want to change the text
wrap settings for the object itself
first make sure it's selected then go to
the picture tools format tab
now click wrap text and choose the
option that suits your needs there that
looks good
the contact information is getting cut
off at the bottom now though publisher
lets you know whenever something like
this happens by marking the text box
with red anchors of course we could
resize the text box by hand but I'd like
to take this opportunity to demonstrate
a feature called text fit you can access
it on the text box tools format tab this
feature allows you to format your text
box or the text inside in order to get
the perfect fit automatically shrink
text on overflow is often a good choice
but I think that makes the text a little
too small here let's undo and try
something else
how about grow text box to fit now the
text box will resize automatically based
on the size and length of the text even
as I continue to add more let's move on
to another page in my newsletter one
with an article that's actually several
paragraphs long once again it's a little
too big for the text box this time we'll
fix the problem by going to the format
tab then choosing create link unlike a
link to a website this command lets you
create a second text box for your
content so it has some place to overflow
and continue just click where you want
the text box to go then move or resize
it as necessary and you're all set
this newsletter is really coming
together one of the last things I'd like
to show you is how to customize
hyphenation in your text notice how some
of these words are broken up so they
continue on the next line publisher does
this automatically to improve the way
the text fits in the box to modify these
settings click the hyphenation command
if you increase the hyphenation zone
that's this number here your publication
will have fewer hyphens if you decrease
it your text will appear more even but
it will also be more broken up let's try
increasing the zone to make the text
easier to read now for the finishing
touch
adding some formatting to the text of
course we could use familiar commands
like bold or italics but I thought we'd
take a look at typography instead these
commands only work with certain fonts
like Calibri Cambria and gabriella but
they can be fun to experiment with drop
cap for example enlarges the first
letter of your text see how it works
maybe you've seen this technique before
in a magazine or a book other commands
work best on a single line of text like
the title of this article
let's try stylistic sets with this
feature you can add a little
embellishment or a lot I think I'll go
with
in between and there we go
what a difference it makes for your
publication to know how to work with
text including typography text boxes and
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