Publisher Blog

A fresh start with templates

2012-10-18T01:01:00Z

Looking for a faster way to create beautiful publications in the new Publisher? Start with one of our wonderful new templates!

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Say goodbye to WordArt

2012-10-02T20:39:00Z

Sometimes you need a little extra effort to make your message get across. Learn how you can leave WordArt behind and make your words into something unique.

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Print Your Publications Professionally

2012-09-26T20:04:00Z

The world of commercial printing changed a lot since Publisher first introduced our printing features. Read about what Publisher team learned and how we used that to improve your experience with printing large posters or dozens of brochures at your local print shop.

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Make Your Pictures Look Their Best

2012-09-06T20:31:00Z

"Wow" your friends the next time you pull out your family album with the help of the new Publisher! Find out how our photo editing options can help you create something memorable.

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Inserting and Swapping Pictures in the New Publisher

2012-08-30T20:00:00Z

Creating and modifying pages with many rich graphical elements, such as photos, has always been something Publisher is great at. In the new Office, we did a lot of work to make working with pictures even easier, and help you keep all the photos you’re working with organized from start to finish, making it easier to get the exact page layout you want.

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Impress with Shape and Picture Effects

2012-08-14T16:13:00Z

The addition of shape and picture effects was a big part in Publisher's goal to make it quicker and easier to create better looking publications. Amani Ahmed Dye is the program manager who worked on bringing in these effects. Today, she'll share the outcome of that work and how you can start taking advantage of these new features.

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Introducing the New Publisher

2012-08-07T23:55:00Z

Scott Walker, Lead Program Manager, kicks off a series of posts focused on Publisher 2013, giving you an introduction to the new release, as well as the underlying thinking that drove the work done by the team.

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DIY Halloween decorations

2011-10-21T22:20:00Z

Halloween is a little more than a week away so it's time to decorate the porch for your Trick-or-Treaters, or perhaps a Halloween party. Try using Publisher and Office.com's library of images like these: The first thing to do is decide how big you want your decorations. Do you want small bats to tape to the windows? Or a big skeleton to hang on the door? This will help you decide how big a sheet of paper you need and whether you can print at home or if you need to take your skeleton door hanging...(read more)

Create a directory with catalog merge

2011-10-14T18:55:00Z

I love the catalog merge feature in Publisher . It's a powerful tool to help small businesses create catalogs of their products and services quickly and cheaply. The bonus is that the catalog merge feature isn't just for catalogs; you can use it to make directories as well. Let me give you an example. For instance, let's say I'm a small Information Technology company creating a proposal for a potential client. In addition to the details of the proposal, I also want to add listings for each of the...(read more)

Poll: Pick the next famous author to write Help

2011-10-07T16:28:00Z

To date, we've published five parodies of famous authors writing Publisher Help articles: Tom Clancy - Major Tamilla Kortovna shows us how to create place cards in a war zone using Publisher 2010's Mail Merge. Raymond Chandler - An LA private eye comes to Seattle to help an old flame use catalog merge before her ne'er do well husband gets home. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - The Colonel gets help from his son Ruiz to create a bleed for printing posters that then turn to butterflies. William Shakespeare...(read more)