Publisher 2013 Advanced Training Course Outline
This 1-day course teaches the core features and
functions of Publisher 2013. Students will learn how to
create and edit publications, arrange text and pictures,
work with master pages, and create and format tables.
The topics listed can be changed and others
added to suit your training requirements and business
needs.
Course objectives
- Identify the components of the
Publisher interface, customise the workspace, and get
help using Publisher.
- Create a new publication, set
margin guides and units of measurement, insert and edit
text and graphics, create and apply custom colors, and
position elements precisely.
- Create a facing-pages
layout, insert pages, move items between publications,
and work with master pages.
- Flow text between text
boxes, create continuation notices, apply tab stops,
leaders, indents, bullets, and keep settings, and format
paragraphs.
- Create and modify tables, rows, and
columns, position content within table cells, apply
color fills, adjust cell border attributes, insert
images in table cells, and edit an Excel file directly
in Publisher.
- Arrange text in text boxes, format
text box frames, add columns to text boxes, control text
wrapping, modify picture frames, adjust the stacking
order of page elements, and group and ungroup items.
- Print publications and export publications to PDF
format, check spelling, run design checks, and prepare
publications for commercial printing.
Course contents
1: Getting Started
Laying out a
New Publication
Using a Template
The Publisher
Window
Using the Zoom Feature
Saving, Closing and
Opening a Publication
Publications with more than one
page
Using Help
Printing
2: Working from a Blank Page
Opening a Blank Publication
Layout and Ruler Guides
Working with Objects
Working with Pictures
The
Align Feature
Undo/Redo
Cutting, Copying and
Pasting Objects
Deleting Objects
3: Working with Text
Working with
Text
Creating a Text Box
Manipulating Text Boxes
Formatting Text
Formatting Text Boxes
Adding Pages
to your Publication
Viewing a Two-Page Spread
4: Special Text Tools
Create
WordArt
The WordArt Effects
Special Effects in
WordArt
Working with Tables
Adding Text to Table
Cells
Formatting a Table
