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• Publisher


  A program that allows you to create documents such as brochures, labels, cards, certificates, flyers, etc. It has several pre-designed templates that help in quick and easy designing of a document. Publisher comes as part of the Office package.
• Starting Publisher 2013


  Select Start ▸ All Programs Microsoft Office 2013 ► Publisher 2013
• Templates available in Publisher 2013

  • certificate
  • birthday card
  • banner
  • brochure
  • envelope
  • thank you card
  • teacher
• Customising a template in Publisher 2013

  1. Click BUILT-IN

  2. Select a template

  3. Customise the colour scheme and font scheme

  4. Click CREATE
• Publisher 2013 interface


  • Quick Access Toolbar
  • Ribbon
  • Scratch area
  • Page navigation
  • Guides
• Inserting a text box in Publisher 2013

  1. Select HOME

  2. Click the Text Box in the Objects group

  3. Click anywhere on the publication and drag the mouse to insert the text box
• Types of guides in Publisher 2013

  • Margin guides
  • Customisable guides
• Formatting text in Publisher 2013

  1. Select the text box

  2. Use the options under TEXT BOX TOOLS and DRAWING TOOLS to format the text
• Saving a publication in Publisher 2013


  1. Open the Backstage view

  2. Click Save As

  3. Specify the location and file name
• Printing a publication in Publisher 2013


  1. Open the Backstage view

  2. Click Print

  3. Enter the number of copies

  4. Select the printer and settings

  5. Click Print
• Closing and exiting a publication in Publisher 2013

  1. Open the Backstage view and click Close

  2. Click the Close button in the upper right corner
• Creating a new blank publication in Publisher 2013

  1. Click any Blank thumbnail in the starting screen

  2. Insert three text boxes on the page
• Linking text boxes in Publisher 2013

  When a text box is not large enough to contain all the text, you can use the linking feature to connect text boxes so that text overflows or continues from one text box to the next
• Copy the given text about trees and paste it in the lower-left text box
• Linking text boxes


  1. Select the left text box

  2. Click the FORMAT tab under TEXT BOX TOOLS and in the Linking group click Create Link

  3. The cursor changes to the link icon

  4. Click in the text box that you want to link to

  5. The text boxes are now linked
• Text boxes


  • A text box may not be large enough to contain all the text you want to include
  • Linking text boxes allows text to overflow or continue from one text box to the next
• The typography commands are found in the Typography group on the FORMAT tab under TEXT BOX TOOLS
• Drop Cap


  A text-formatting style that enlarges the first letter of the selected text
• Using Drop Cap


  1. Select the text

  2. In the Typography group, click Drop Cap

  3. Select a style from the Drop Cap gallery

  4. Use the Custom Drop Cap option to customise the drop cap
• Number Style


  An option to style numbers so they match the formatted text
• Stylistic Sets


  An option that shows a set of styles for a specific font
• Swash


  An option that enables decorative elements for the characters of certain fonts
• Stylistic Alternates


  An option that allows alternative character shapes for some fonts
• Ligatures


  Connections between characters that create a single character out of one or more characters, improving text readability
• Publisher 2013 is a program that allows creating professional documents such as brochure, label, card, certificate, flyer, etc.
• There are two types of guides: margin guides and customisable guides
• When you select the text box, two tabs - DRAWING TOOLS and TEXT BOX TOOLS - appear on the screen
• The FORMAT tab under TEXT BOX TOOLS has commands related to formatting of text
• The FORMAT under DRAWING TOOLS tab has commands related to formatting the text box
• The Create Link option connects text boxes so that the text continues from one text box to the next
• The typography features in Publisher 2013 include Drop Cap, Number Style, Ligatures, Stylistic Sets, Swash, and Stylistic Alternates
• Template is a pre-defined design layout that saves time while designing
• Objects are the elements you place in your publication
• Guides are horizontal and vertical lines that appear on your publication while editing, helping in aligning text, images, and other objects on the page
• The Scratch Area is the grey area around the publication page where objects can be placed before insertion in the publication page