Last-minute New Year’s party banner

If you're planning a New Year's party and you'd like to add some banners to the decorations,  Publisher can do it.

As usual, start with a template, for example this New Year's banner. Last week when I talked about the difference between a page and a sheet I showed how several pages might be imposed (that's publishing jargon for placing pages on sheets of paper) on one printed sheet. With this banner you can see that one page can also extend across several sheets. So printing the banner on 8.5"x11" sheets of paper looks like this in print preview:

The one page will be printed across four sheets of paper that you can tape together, with a little trimming to get the sheets to overlap correctly, to make a quick last-minute banner.

Or you can use the Pack and Go Wizard to package up your banner and take it to a commercial printer for a professional job.

For information on creating a banner in Publisher 2003/2007, take a look at these articles:

Publisher 2003:

• Create and print a banner, poster, or other large publication
• Tips for assembling a poster or banner
• About the Pack and Go Wizard

Publisher 2007:

• Create and print a banner, poster, or other large publication
• Use the Pack and Go Wizard to pack or unpack publications for commercial printing

 -- Bob deLaubenfels