MS Publisher

MS Publisher is a desktop publishing software package that helps in creating as well as publishing different types of materials, such as newsletters, brochures, catalogs, postcards and calendars. The publications created in MS Publisher can be published through a variety of modes, such as a desktop printer, commercial printer or a printing press. We can also publish the created publications over the Internet. In MS Publisher, a publication can be created either from the scratch by using a blank publication, or by selecting an appropriate pre-defined template depending upon the requirements.

The following four major concepts related to MS Publisher:

• Starting MS Publisher
• Creating a publication
• Creating a table
• Printing a publication

Starting MS Publisher

MS Publisher is a part of the MS Office suite. After installing MS Office, we can start MS Publisher using one of the following two ways:

• Using Start menu
• Using Run command

Using Start menu → To start MS Publisher using start menu, we need to select Start → Programs → Microsoft Office 4 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

Using Run command → To start MS Publisher using Run command, we need to perform the following steps:

Select Start → Run to display the Run dialog box

Type mspub in the Open text box and click OK to display the Microsoft Publisher window.

To create a new publication, we need to use the New Publication task pane. The New Publication task pane is visible by default; if it is not, then we can display it by selecting File New. Alternatively, the New Publication task pane can also be displayed by pressing Ctrl and N keys simultaneously. Using New Publication task pane, we can basically create four important types of publications.

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