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• What are crop marks and why would you want to print them?

  9 Feb 2011

  Crop marks, also known as trim marks, are lines printed in the corners of your publication's sheet or sheets of paper to show the printer where to trim the paper. They are used by commercial printers for creating bleeds where an image or color on the page needs to extend all the way to the edge of the...
• Hyperlinks aren’t just for web pages

  4 Feb 2011

  Last month I posted a piece by Jeff Bell, the former Group Program Manager for Publisher and Text Services, talking about the reasons for taking out the new Web page creation functionality in Publisher 2010. You can find this article here: Where is web site authoring in Publisher 2010? But hyperlinks...
• Word count: It’s not as easy as it seems

  2 Feb 2011

  Counting the words in your publications is a little problematic--you have to use Publisher's Edit Story in Microsoft Word function to get a count of the words in your stories...well, you can also just count them by hand..." One word, Two words, Three words...hahaha..I love it! " In Publisher 2003 and...
• Infographic resume samples - sell yourself with pictures

  26 Jan 2011

  The job market is tough right now. There are lots of people out there looking for work, so if you're one of them, it's crucial that you get your resume noticed. One way to do this is by making use of graphics instead of just text. While Publisher is your best Office app for building graphics-heavy resumes...
• DIY wedding planning with Publisher

  17 Jan 2011

  January is the biggest month for starting wedding planning. It's time to start thinking about sending out Save-the-dates or even invitations. Publisher is a great resource for the Do-It-Yourself couple, offering a variety of templates to help you get started publishing Save-the-Dates and invitations...
• Last-minute New Year’s party banner

  29 Dec 2010

  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 ...
• Where is web site authoring in Publisher 2010?

  24 Dec 2010

  Today's post on the reduction in web publication capability in Publisher 2010 comes to us from Jeff Bell. Jeff was the Group Program Manager for Publisher and Text Services during the development and release of Publisher 2010. For a number of versions, Publisher has filled a gap as an easy-to-use web...
• What’s the difference between a page and a sheet?

  22 Dec 2010

  One of the ongoing sources of confusion among Publisher users is how we use the terms page and sheet. Simply put, the page is the content of your publication and the sheet is the sheet of paper on which the page is printed. Depending on what you're creating, you may fit several pages on one sheet, or...
• Publisher 2010’s font typography features jazz up your publications

  20 Dec 2010

  new additions to Publisher 2010 is the advanced OpenType typography capability. It enables you to add ligatures, stylistic and contextual alternates, swashes, and numbering styles. If you're unfamiliar with typographic terms, take a look at this Beginners Guide to OpenType before we examine some of these...
• Personalize a calendar for New Year in Publisher

  15 Dec 2010

  Here we are just days away from New Year's Day, and that means we need new calendars. As many of you know, Publisher makes quick work of creating personalized calendars. In this post I show how to make a new calendar or update an old one in Publisher 2010 and 2007. (This also works in Publisher 2003...
• What's Publisher?

  10 Dec 2010

  Well, Microsoft Publisher is a great tool for small businesses, community groups, and families who want to create publications without investing a lot of time and money in buying, learning, and supporting heavy-weight desktop publishing applications. With Publisher you can create things as simple as...
• Introducing the Publisher Blog

  8 Dec 2010

  Hi, and welcome to the new Publisher blog here on Office.com. On this blog we'll deliver: Tips and tricks for getting the most out of Microsoft Publisher, like using the new font typography features in Publisher 2010 or creating/updating calendars. The thinking behind some of the development team's decisions...