Creating a brochure with MS Publisher

K Enniss 2/2003

Open Publisher from your desktop, click on “brochure” and then “ok”

Answer the PageWizard questions

by making a choice and clicking “next”

Save your work NOW using “file” - “save as” - and save either

to a floppy disk or the “share” drive.

If you use the share drive, be sure to select your teacher’s folder.

At the bottom of the screen, note the “page” and “zoom” features.

The basic “building blocks” in Publisher are text boxes and pictures. Note the “handles” on this text box. This shows that

the box is “selected”, and you can edit it.

Click outside the box to “unselect it”.

Clicking and dragging on the corner boxes allows you to resize. Clicking and dragging on the middle allows you to move the box. Hitting the delete key will remove the box.

Watch your mouse pointer for clues.

Using the brochure template gives you a ready-to-use layout of text and picture boxes. You can edit as you like by re-sizing, adding, or deleting boxes. Note the text and picture icons to the left, which let you add boxes to the page.

Choose a box, click to select (highlight) text and begin typing. The old text will disappear and your words will appear. Or, choose “insert”- “picture” from the top menu to insert new art.

Use “insert” - “clip art” (or picture file) to insert new art. Be sure to delete the old art from the template too. Select an image from the clip gallery and click “insert”

For more picture choices, click on the globe icon at the bottom right in the Clip Gallery - you’ll go to Microsoft’s web clip gallery.

For detailed instructions on using Microsoft clipgallery online, click on this hyperlink: http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/~shamrock/tresources/clipart.html

When you have finished and proofed your brochure, ask for help in printing. You will need to print one side, replace that page in the printer, and print the second side. All printing goes to the circ desk printer, so you don’t want anyone else

to send a print while you’re printing.

ASK when you have questions!