Publisher 2007, Advanced
This one-day course is designed for those individuals who need to learn more about creating and distributing direct mail, publishing to the Web, and leveraging MS Office for desktop publishing.
Audience
The target student for this course is an individual who wants to learn about the advanced features of Publisher 2007 and use them to adjust the layout and design of a publication, work with advanced typography, create a publication with sections, perform a mail merge, create interactive forms, and design and publish Web sites.
Students taking this course should be familiar with personal computers and the use of a keyboard and a mouse. Furthermore, this course assumes that students have completed the Publisher 2007: Basic course or have an equivalent experience.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Create a brochure, create a business information set, change the color scheme for a publication, create tint swatches and gradients, use the Content Library to add and insert items, and use the Graphics Manager pane to link and replace pictures.
- Work with styles, change a font scheme, create WordArt objects, create a type mask, wrap text around an image, snap text to a baseline guide, distribute text horizontally, and insert symbols and special characters.
- Create sections in a publication, apply section page numbers, and insert and use bookmarks.
- Create a recipient list for a mail merge, prepare mailing labels, connect to a recipient list, sort and filter a recipient list, add mail merge fields to a publication, and create a merged publication.
- Apply a Web template, insert form input fields, set form properties, and label form elements.
- Preview a Web publication in a browser, convert a print publication to a Web publication, check for common Web page errors and omissions, add alternative text to an image, create hyperlinks, insert a navigation bar, apply a site description and keywords, and publish a Web site from within Publisher.
- CertBlaster preparation and materials also included.
- Unit 1: Basic design options
- Unit 2: Typography
- Unit 3: Long publications
- Unit 4: Mail merge
- Unit 5: Interactive forms
- Unit 6: Web site publishing
In order for a class to be successful, all students should share the same general level
of knowledge and experience. If a participant does not demonstrate these, the instructor will take
the necessary steps either to prepare the participant or place him/her in a more appropriate course.
This policy is intended to maintain the high level of quality control that you have come to expect.