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• Will Shakespeare, Publisher Help Writer

  22 Jun 2011

  At the beginning of the month I asked you in a poll what author you'd like to see next in my "Famous Authors Write Help" series. William Shakespeare was the winner with 42% of the vote, with Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway each getting 17%. So, here's my take on Will Shakespeare writing Help for...
• Create, sell, print, and deliver yearbooks with MagCloud and Publisher

  11 Jun 2011

  My son is graduating from high school in a week, and on Monday he came home with his high school yearbook. It was amazing to see all the "little kids" we once knew grown up to young adults, and it reminded me that this would be the perfect time write a blog post about using Publisher and MagCloud to...
• Famous authors writing Help: Who's next?

  3 Jun 2011

  So far I've published three parodies of famous authors writing Publisher Help articles: Tom Clancy Raymond Chandler Gabriel Garcia Marquez I really enjoy doing these, and you all seem to enjoy them also, based on page views and comments. So today I'm polling you to pick my next author. This poll will...
• Save 25% on publishing in the cloud with HP and Publisher

  1 Jun 2011

  Hewlett Packard has a cloud publishing site, called MagCloud , that's great for on-demand publishing of magazines (thus the name MagCloud), but it's also an excellent resource for any on-demand publishing scenario. Microsoft and HP have partnered to make using Publisher with MagCloud an easy solution...
• What's your favorite Publisher template?

  17 May 2011

  Over at the Microsoft Publisher Facebook page , they've asked readers to comment on which Publisher template is the best. I urge you to go over and comment on your favorite Publisher templates, why you like them, and how you use them, as well as maybe what templates you want that you can't find. Or of...
• Video Help – What do you want?

  16 May 2011

  In a previous post I asked you how you wanted Help workflows delivered . Did you want a story? A roadmap of links to step-by-step instructions? A video of the process? A training course? Thirty-six people responded and 42% said that video was their preferred method. Today I'd like to get your input on...
• Professional printing is easy with the Pack and Go Wizard

  11 May 2011

  One of the main uses of Publisher is to take publications to commercial printing companies, and Publisher makes this super easy with the Pack and Go Wizard. The Pack and Go Wizard creates a compressed file that contains everything that your commercial printer needs. For instance, the Pack and Go Wizard...
• Custom Mother’s Day cards with Publisher

  6 May 2011

  Mother's Day is this Sunday, and Publisher has templates to help you create your own personalized card for your mom. As always, start with one of our Mother's Day card templates , or any card template that comes closest to what you want. Then customize the card by replacing the image with something special...
• Student council and class officer elections – win with Publisher

  20 Apr 2011

  The end of the school year is fast approaching. In addition to looking forward to school getting out for the summer , some of you might be thinking about running for student council or class officer. From campaign banners and posters, to flyers and newsletters, to campaign bumper stickers and buttons...
• Design and layout – using margins and guides in your publications

  18 Apr 2011

  Much, maybe most, of what we do in Publisher is designing and laying out our publications. Aligning text boxes, pictures, borders, and clip art to make a pleasing and compelling presentation. The tools for laying out your publication are margins, guides, and align. In another post I'll talk about alignment...
• Help – what are you looking for?

  8 Apr 2011

  Last week I introduced the idea of scenario-based Help and asked for input on what might work best for you. On further reflection, the post was a bit jargony and stilted so I'm trying again. Most Help is written for a specific feature or procedure, such as this article on cropping pictures in Publisher...
• Add a watermark to your photos with Publisher

  6 Apr 2011

  Watermarks are text or pictures that appear behind document text or that appear on pictures or other images to show copyright. You can use text, WordArt, pictures, even clip art. Pretty much anything can be used as a watermark. Most of the Office programs, including Publisher, have a way of creating...
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Publisher Help Writer

  1 Apr 2011

  Earlier this month I posted parodies of famous authors, Tom Clancy and then Raymond Chandler , writing Help for Publisher and asked what other authors you'd like to see writing Help. KarinH suggested Hemingway, Marquez, and Sedaris. Here's my version of Gabriel Garcia Marquez writing Help. The Colonel...
• Scenario-based Help – got any ideas?

  30 Mar 2011

  Scenario-Focused Engineering is how we are approaching designing the next version of Office. The goal is to make the experience of using Office revolve around what you, our customers, do with the applications; to do our best to design through your eyes. This extends right down to writing Help. We plan...
• Format your information in Publisher tables

  17 Mar 2011

  Information is often much easier for readers to consume when it's in a table--no, not restaurant tables--tabular rows and columns. For example, check out how much easier this list of products and prices is to follow when it's in a simple table. First the list: Rhododendron: $15/foot; Vine Maple: $5/foot;...
• Raymond Chandler, Publisher Help writer

  8 Mar 2011

  Last Friday I posted a parody of Tom Clancy as a Publisher Help writer and asked you, my readers, to respond in the comments with suggestions for other famous writers who might be good targets for such parodies. To further encourage you, here is the Publisher 2007 catalog merge feature Help article as...
• What if famous authors wrote Help?

  4 Mar 2011

  Over a year ago, my manager, Louis, wondered aloud what Help would look like if it were written by famous writers. The concept tickled my fancy and I wrote a couple of parodies of famous authors writing Publisher Help content. I love this idea, so I'm going to publish these parodies and ask you all to...
• Add a table of contents (TOC) to your publication

  2 Mar 2011

  To create a TOC in Word 2010, you simply go to the References tab and click Table of Contents . (Be sure to check out Joannie's roundup of Word TOC content on the Word blog.) Inserting a TOC into a Publisher publication is not quite that simple, but it's really not too difficult. Adding a TOC for a newsletter...
• Design and print your own business cards

  28 Feb 2011

  One of the ways that Publisher can help small business owners is with creating and printing personalized business cards. As always, start with our large collection of free business card templates . Use the business information set feature in Publisher 2007 and 2010 to automagically populate your business...
• Oh noes! Did you forget to get a Valentine’s Day card?

  14 Feb 2011

  Valentine's Day is today! If you're reading this perhaps you forgot to get your sweetie a card. Publisher can help you. We've got 12 built-in Valentine's Day card templates that install with Publisher and another five online templates that you can use to quickly produce a card in time to give to your...