[Dummies 01] • Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 For Dummies by McCarter, Jim -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Contents Introduction

About This Book Conventions Used in This Book Foolish Assumptions How This Book Is Organized Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here

Part I : Getting Acquainted with Publisher 2007

Chapter 1: Own the Printing Press

When Should You Use Microsoft Publisher 2007? How Desktop Publishing Works The Design Process Getting Out of the Gate with Publisher

Chapter 2: Success by Design

Know Your Audience Where Others Have Gone Before The Keys to Design Success Desktop Style Resources Everything Costs Money

Chapter 3: Basic Training

Launch Time What’s All This on the Screen? Options and More Options Help Yourself Things You Can Do with Files Shut Down without Crash-Landing

Part II : Mark This Page

Chapter 4: Working with Pages

In the Beginning: The Page Changing What You See On-Screen Lining Things Up Using Virtual Rulers Creating Master Pages Adding and Deleting Pages Modifying the Page Layout

Chapter 5: Objects and Frames

Being Framed Is a Good Thing Adding In Your Business Info Drawing Isn’t Just for Preschoolers Wrapping Text around Objects Grouping Objects

Part III : 10,000 Words, One Maniac

Chapter 6: Getting the Word

Getting Into the Details of Text Boxes Let Me Tell You a Story Aligning Your Text with Table Frames

Chapter 7: Editors Are Bought, Not Born

Tricks of the Editing Meisters Tools of the Editing Meisters Text Formatting

Chapter 8: Vintage Type: The Corkscrew, Please

About Type and Fonts Typography 101 WordArt Other Special Text Effects

Part IV : A Picture Is Worth $6.95

Chapter 9: You Ought to Be in Pictures

Understanding More about Picture Frames Getting Yours Working with Different Picture Types Using the Design Gallery Using the Content Gallery Tracking Down Other Picture Sources Inserting PowerPoint Slides into Publisher More on Scanning Reviewing File Formats

Chapter 10: Color by the Numbers

Understanding How Color Improves Your Page Defining Color Color Models Changing the Color Scheme Printing in Color Color Matching

Chapter 11: Grappling with Graphics Manager

Summoning the Graphics Manager Task Pane Pinpointing Your Pictures Embedding and Linking Pictures Changing the Way Pictures Appear in Your On-Screen Publication Getting the Details

Part V : Proof Positive

Chapter 12: Final Checks

The Eyes Have It The Design Checker Word-Fitting Techniques Page Improvements

Chapter 13: Printing, Print Shops, and Paper

Printers and Output Quality Selecting the Target Printer Printing Your Pages Using Outside Printing Services Setting Up for Outside Printing More Printing Resources

Part VI : Publishing on the Internet

Chapter 14: Weaving a Web Site

Understanding What a Web Site Is Using the Easy Web Wizard Adding Color and Texture to the Background Adding Text or Picture Objects Adding and Removing Hyperlinks

Chapter 15: Getting Published (On the Internet)

Previewing Your Web Site Publishing Your Web Site

Part VII : The Part of Tens

Chapter 16: Ten Great Design Ideas

Borrow the Best Ideas of Others Design the Publication with Your Audience in Mind Use a Design Grid Use Pictures Well Check Out the Design Gallery Use Master Pages Keep It Simple, Silly! Create Templates and Use Them Use Multicolumn Text Boxes Live with Your Designs Awhile

Chapter 17: Ten Design Blunders

Not Designing Your Publication for the Right Audience Not Communicating with Your Print Service Early in the Project Using the Wrong Printer Driver Using Too Little White Space Making Your Publication Too Complicated Making Your Pages Too Boring! Printing Too Many or Too Few Copies Designing a Publication That’s Too Expensive Violating Copyright Laws Scanning Your Files at the Wrong Resolution

Chapter 18: Not Quite Ten Things to Check before Printing

Give Color Separations to Your Print Service Show Your Publication Around Use the Pack and Go Wizard Give Your Print Service All Original Materials Run the Design Checker Specify the Correct Printer Driver Use Printing Marks on Master Copies Check for the End of the Story

Chapter 19: Ten Questions for Your Print Service

Do You Work with Microsoft Publisher 2007? How Do You Want to Receive My Files? What’s Your Usual Turnaround Time? What Kind of Imagesetter Do You Use? Which Kind of Equipment Do You Have in Your Shop? Do You Have the Fonts in My Publication? Do You Have the Creator Applications for the EPS Graphics I Create? How Much Do You Charge? Can You Outsource the Work You Can’t Do? Can You Give Me Some References?

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Save on Printing Costs

Talk to Your Print Service Choose an Appropriate Print Service Solicit Three Written Bids for a Print Job Make a Careful Paper Selection Provide Your Print Service with Everything It Needs Ask for a Cash Discount Don’t Print Close to Your Deadline Use Special Paper to Print in Color without Having to Print in Color Use a Print Broker for Large or Expensive Print Jobs Minimize the Amount of Setup Work Your Printer Must Do

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