MICROSOFT PUBLISHING IS THE SOFTWARE FOR US

PUBLISHER

1. LAURA GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL

2. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS DESKTOP PUBLISHING (MICROSOFT PUBLISHER)

3. DESKTOP PUBLISHING It is also called digital publishing . It is a software used to create, customize and publish materials such as brochures, catalogues flyers, business cards, news letters and websites. To publish is to prepare and distribute printed material. Books that are published digitally are called e-books.

4. TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS There are many different types of publications you can create in Publisher. Each publication has many customizable options. One can create: • Advertisements • Award Certificates • Banners • Brochures • Business Cards • Business Forms (expense reports, fax cover letters, invoices, and more) • Calendars • Catalogs • E-mail (e-mail template for an event, speaker, or newsletter) • Envelopes •

5. Flyers • Gift Certificates • Greeting Cards (for many occasions) • Invitation Cards (for various events) • Labels (mailing, return address, CD/DVD, Binder, and more) • Letterhead • Menus • Newsletters • Paper Folding Projects (airplanes & origami) • Postcards • Programs • Quick Publications (signs, flyers, etc.) • Resumes • Signs (For Rent, For Sale, etc.) • Web Sites • With Compliments Cards • And more… CONT…..

6. ▪Typesetting is a process of arranging text and images on the page to get it ready to be printed. ▪ It includes • Formatting the text so that headings, subheadings, captions and all other text are in a correct font. • Placing photos in the correct position on the page. • Typing the text in word processing program. Typesetting

7. You can insert text into text boxes. You can insert text into text boxes 3. When you create columns, they are part of the document’s layout 4. there’s no master page 5. You can type the content very easily 1. You place text and images in frames 2. You can place a text from a single document in a series of frames 3. You create column with frames. 4.You can design the layout of one page and save that page as a master page. 5. You cannot type a long section of text in frames very easily DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WORD PROCESSING AND DESKTOP PUBLISHING WORD PROCESSING DESKTOP PUBLISHING

8. ▪ Frames Frames are containers for the text and other objects. Types of frames 1.digital pages 2.virtual paper pages.

9. Master page ▪ Master page is a page that has a layout you want to repeat on other pages. ▪Desktop publishing is to typeset content using a software package.

10. USES OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING Desktop-publishing software can be used to create the layout for a wide range of different publications, such as: newspapers and magazines . brochures , posters, flyer, leaflets and catalogues. books and e-books. PDF . •web pages. •banner. •newsletter. •design of resume.

11. EXERCISE .1 Define desktop publisher. 2 . State two types of publications . 3. What is typesetting . 4. Give two differences between word processing and desktop publishing. 5 . State two types of frames in desktop publishing. 6 . Give two uses of Microsoft publisher

12. CREATE A PUBLICATION Text boxes in word have the same role as frames in desktop publishing. You can insert long documents into a text box and it grows to fit the text. You can link text boxes together so that the text flows from one text box to the next

13. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE WINDOW 1.Toolbar 2.Format Publication Task Pane 3.Object bar 4.Work area 5.Vertical and horizontal rulers 6.Vertical and horizontal scrollbars

14. INSERT THE TEXT BOX 1.Select the insert tab on the ribbon. 2.Select the Draw Text Box option in the Text group. 3.Place the cursor where you want the left top corner of the text box and drag the box to the size you want.