Microsoft Publisher

1. Microsoft Publisher

2. What is Microsoft Publisher? • Microsoft Publisher is an entry-level desktop publishing application from Microsoft, differing from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing.

3. Manipulating Objects • Object Handles: • You know when an object is selected by the display of object handles. • The Circles in each corner of the object allow you to resize the object without distorting it. It evenly resizes the width and height of the object. • The squares in the middle of each line allow you to resize either the height or the width of the object.

4. Which of these is not distorted?

5. Object Handles: • The black lined object handles allow you to crop a picture. • Cropping allows you to cut some of the object out either horizontally or vertically. • The green circle on the top of the object allows you to rotate the object.

6. Inserting Objects in a Publisher Document • In the upcoming lesson, we are going to use a number of objects to create a portrait/larger object.

7. Manipulating Objects • Open a blank 11’’ x 8.5’’ (landscape) Microsoft Publisher document. • Insert a rectangle shape. Look at the teacher’s example to estimate the size. • With the rectangle shape selected, copy it: • Right click, copy, or • Ctrl + C, or • Hold down the control button and drag the rectangle shape • Paste the shape after you copied it. • Move the shape to look like the teacher’s example.

9. Selecting More Than One Object • Select both rectangles so the handles appear for both objects. • Hold down Ctrl and click each object • Click and hold the left mouse button and drag a box around the objects. • NOTE • Shift – allows you to highlight a block of objects at a time. • Ctrl – allows you to highlight individual objects at a time. • Holding Shift while resizing an object, resizes the object proportionally (doesn’t distort it).

10. With the two rectangles selected, group them together to make one object (no longer two objects). • This is done in the Drawing Tools Format menu

11. Next, we will insert lines to join each of the corners of the rectangles to make it a 3D object. • Zoom in to two corners that you wish to connect • Hold Ctrl and scroll with your mouse • Click on View on the menu and change the zoom percentage • Click on the Insert tab of the menu • Click on Shape • Click Line • Start by clicking and dragging, creating a line that will connect the corners.

13. Make sure the line starts at the point of one corner and ends at the point of the other rectangle. • Copy this line. • Paste it and move it to connect two other corners. • Repeat until all four corners are connected. • Zoom out.

15. Display how if you want to move the whole object, it will only move one of the objects. • Select all objects and group them together.

17. Save as 3D Shape and hand it in the hand in folder.

18. Fish Tank • Open a 8.5’’ x 11’’ (landscape) blank document in Publisher. • Insert a cube shape in the middle of the page. • Insert Line Shapes to make a 3D object (follow along with Mrs. Graham).

19. Adding Colour • Select all these objects. • Group them together to make one object. • Right click over the object • Format Object • Change the fill colour to blue. • Click OK.

21. Adding Pictures • Open up the internet explore • Go to Google • Look up Nemo photos • Tips: • Look for a photo that has a white background so it’s just the photo of a fish (no background distractions). • The less white in the photo (besides the background), the better. • Make sure the photo has decent (good) quality (not too pixelated) • Make sure the photo is a decent size. It is easier to shrink a photo then enlarge a photo.

22. Click on the photo to open it up in the display above. • Right click over the photo and copy • Go back into Publisher and right click and paste

23. With the fish photo selected, resize it so it will fit in the fish tank.

24. Transparent Colour • Transparent Colour is used to take out any white in a photo and let the background colours to come through. • Unfortunately my Nemo photo has white eyes and white strips, which means if I use transparent colour, it will apply to these parts of the photo as well.

25. Transparent Colour • Select the photo of your fish • Click on the Picture Tools Format tab • Click on Recolor • Click on Set Transparency Color • Move your mouse over the white background of the fish photo and click.

26. Editing Using Text Wrapping • Zoom in to the Nemo photo. • Notice the Disney Pixar writing on the bottom right corner of the photo. We are going to take that out.

27. Editing Using Text Wrapping • Click on the Picture Tools Format • Click on Wrap Text • Click on Edit Text Points

28. Drag the points closer to Nemo to get ride of the writing. • Press escape to deselect.

29. Add the following items to your fish tank by finding photos in clip art or on the internet: • Treasure box • Rocks • Seaweed • Bubbles

30. Adding Word Art • Word Art is different then a text box. Word Art is decorative text. • Click on Insert • Click on Word Art • Choose