Microsoft® Publisher is an application for creating newsletters, labels, postcards, brochures, business cards and other catalogues. This application is part of Microsoft Office® 2007 and 2010 and it is quite simple to use. Its control and application toolbars are similar to other Microsoft Office® applications. If you’re used to working with Word®, Excel® or PowerPoint®, you should be able to easily work with Publisher.
To help you get started, read the instructions below which explain how to create a template in Publisher.
Creating a template in Publisher:
- Launch the Publisher application from the Microsoft Office® folder.
- From the “Available Templates” dropdown menu, select “Installed and Online” templates.
- From the list of templates, choose the one you want to use. (e.g. Catalogs).
- In the preview pane on the right, you can modify the color and font schemes (for installed templates).
- Click on the “Business Information” dropdown, select the “Create New”, enter details about the publication (e.g. your name, title, organization, address, tagline or motto, etc.) and then click “Save”. Information that you enter here will appear in various locations on the template.
- Click on the “Create” button.
- Now you can modify your own template by adding text and images. Once done, save it as you would any other Micosoft Office® document.
