MP07 - Microsoft Publisher 2007

Course Code: MP07
Course Duration: 2 days
Course Price: 850.00
Availability:
Overview & Objectives:
This two-day instructor-led course covers the skills and knowledge to create real-world documents, including letters, memos, faxes, basic flyers, basic newsletters, calendars, envelopes, labels and more.
Skills Gained:

At the completion of this course you will be able to:

• Start, navigate and generally work with Microsoft Publisher
• Understand concepts essential to the use of Publisher
• Work with objects and frames in a publication
• Work with text in a publication
• Enhance the text in a publication
• Perform a mail merge in Microsoft Publisher
• Create drawings
• Create WordArt objects
• Create stationery using Microsoft Publisher
• Use layout and page techniques to enhance publications

Course Modules:

Publisher 2007 Orientation
• Overview Of Publisher
• Starting Publisher
• Understanding The Publisher Startup Window
• Using The Publisher Startup Window
• Viewing The Publisher Startup Window
• The Publisher 2007 Screen
• Understanding Menus
• Working With Menus
• Publisher 2007 Toolbars
• Working With Toolbars
• Exiting From Publisher

Publisher Essentials
• Creating A Business Information Set
• Understanding Publication Types
• Creating A Publication
• Saving A Publication
• Using Print Preview
• Printing A Publication
• Closing A Publication
• Opening An Existing Publication
• Navigating Between Pages

Objects And Frames
• Tips For Planning A Publication
• The Building Blocks Of Publications
• Creating A Calendar
• Deleting Objects And Frames
• Resizing Objects And Frames
• Moving Objects And Frames
• Nudging Objects And Frames
• Grouping Objects And Frames
• Layering Objects And Frames
• Inserting A Picture Frame
• Aligning Objects And Frames
• Fill Effects In Frames

Text
• Creating A Text Box
• Formatting Text
• Applying Colour To Text
• Text Alignment In A Text Box
• Importing Text
• Wrapping Text
• Checking Spelling

Text Techniques
• Text Columns
• Using Baseline Guides
• Paragraph Spacing
• Linking Text Boxes
• Drawing Text Boxes Accurately
• Text Box Margins
• Hyphenation

Text Styles
• Creating Text Styles
• Applying Text Styles
• Modifying A Style
• Creating A Style By Example
• Changing A Style By Example

Tabs And Lists
• Overview Of Tabs And Lists
• Creating Tabs
• Creating Leader Tabs
• Creating Bulleted Lists
• Creating Numbered Lists

Tables
• Entering Text In A Table
• Changing Font Size In Tables
• Changing Row Heights
• Changing Column Widths
• Applying Borders To A Table
• Applying Shading To A Table
• Aligning And Indenting In Tables
• Merging Cells In A Table
• Applying BorderArt To Tables
• Working With Cell Borders
• Inserting Table Rows

Mail Merge
• Creating A Data Source
• Creating A Mail Merge Publication
• Showing Merge Results
• Sorting A Merge
• Filtering Data
• Merge Printing
• Clearing A Filter

Drawing
• Creating AutoShapes
• Copying And Moving Shapes
• Formatting AutoShapes
• Drawing Lines
• Formatting Lines
• Ordering Objects
• Grouping Objects
• Using The Design Gallery

WordArt
• Creating WordArt
• Formatting WordArt
• Adjusting Shadows In WordArt
• Using AutoShapes With WordArt
• Creating WordArt From Existing Text
• Centring And Spacing WordArt

Stationery And Page Orientation
• Portrait And Landscape
• Setting Up Envelopes
• Setting Up Labels
• Setting Up Folded Cards

Layout And Page Techniques
• Creating A Blank Publication
• Creating Grid Guides
• Moving Grid Guides
• Inserting And Deleting Pages
• Creating Headers
• Creating Left And Right Page Margins
• Creating Page Numbers And Footers
• Creating A Template
• Using A Template

Who Should Attend:

This course is primarily designed for people who need to know how to use Microsoft Publisher 2007 to create a range of business-based documents including brochures, fliers, newsletters, labels, and the like.

Prerequisites:

This course assumes students have little or no knowledge of Microsoft Publisher 2007, however, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment.

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