Day Course

Course Description

You're starting Microsoft Publisher 2003, which is an easy to use, flexible program for creating newsletters, brochures, business cards, postcards, flyers, among others for print, email, and the Web. In this course, you will look at how to create a publication from scratch or use one of the hundreds of business and personal designs available in Publisher.

Prerequisites:

This course assumes that you are familiar with using personal computers and word processing. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to: launch and close programs, navigate to information stored on the computer; manage files and folders; and select text. One of the following courses are recommended, or you should have equivalent knowledge of:

• Windows XP Professional: Level 1
• Windows XP Professional: Level 2
• Windows XP: Introduction
• Windows 2000: Introduction

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• create a one-page publication.
• modify a publication's layout and structure.
• edit content in a publication.
• format text.
• format pictures.
• identify the options for distributing a publication.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating a Basic Publication

• 1A: Examine the Publisher Environment
• 1B: Create a Publication from a Publication Design
• 1C: Replace Design Object Placeholders
• 1D: Save a Publication
• 1E: Create a Blank Publication
• 1F: Display Ruler Guides
• 1G: Add Text
• 1H: Insert a Picture from a File

Lesson 2: Modifying a Publication's Layout and Structure

• 2A: Insert and Delete Pages
• 2B: Insert a Text File
• 2C: Size Text Boxes and Picture Frames
• 2D: Move Text Boxes and Picture Frames
• 2E: Connect Text Boxes
• 2F: Divide Text Boxes into Columns
• 2G: Move a Page
• 2H: Create and Use a Master Page

Lesson 3: Editing Content in a Publication

• 3A: Edit Text in a Publication
• 3B: Research Information
• 3C: Find and Replace Text
• 3D: Check Spelling

Lesson 4: Formatting a Publication

• 4A: Format Text
• 4B: Apply Schemes
• 4C: Insert Symbols
• 4D: Indent Paragraphs
• 4E: Change Spacing Between Paragraphs
• 4F: Control Paragraph Flow
• 4G: Create Paragraph Styles
• 4H: Format Text Boxes

Lesson 5: Formatting Pictures in a Publication

• 5A: Format Picture Frames
• 5B: Crop a Picture
• 5C: Wrap Text Around a Picture
• 5D: Insert WordArt
• 5E: Insert a Design Gallery Object

Lesson 6: Preparing a Publication for Distribution

Appendix A: Computers and Computing: Basic Skills

• 6A: Check the Design of a Publication
• 6B: Verify Pictures
• 6C: Create a Newsletter to Email
• 6D: Create a Web Page
• 6E: Publish a Web Site
• 6F: Preview and Print a Publication
• 6G: Templates

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