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Starting Publisher 2002
Note: You should be competent in a word processing program before you attempt
this Tutorial.
This tutorial will proceed from what we think is the easiest
publication to the most complex. First we’ll create a flyer
using Microsoft Publisher 2002. Then, we’ll create a brochure,
and finally a newsletter. Each skill we learn in the flyer will be of use
in the brochure. The flyer and brochure techniques will also be used in the
newsletter. Your abilities will grow from publication to publication. You may save
your publications on a formatted 3 ½ inch diskette. Or, you can save all
of them on them on your hard drive.
To load the Microsoft Publisher 2002 program, Double click on
the Publisher 2002 icon on the main Windows screen, or click-on
Start in the lower left corner of the screen, then click-on Programs,
and then click on Microsoft Publisher
You should now be in the Microsoft Publisher 2002 main screen.
On the left side of the screen you will see the New
Publication Task Pane (like the image on the left). We’ll use the Start
from a design area to initially begin each publication.
For "old" Publisher users , the Task Pane is
something new in Office XP/2002. It is used in all of their Office
modules. It replaces the Microsoft Publisher Catalog that was
a part of the initial Publisher 2000 screen. Once you get used to the Task Pane,
and its flexibility, we think you’ll like it.
Using the Microsoft Publisher Start from a design list
Click-on Newsletters in the Start from a design list. On
the right side of the screen you will now see Newsletter
template design styles for a number of different newsletters (Accent Box, Arcs,
etc.).
Use the "elevator bar" on the right side of the Newsletter
area above to move up and down to see the various
Newsletter design templates.
 Next, click-on Brochures in the Start from a design
portion of the Microsoft Publisher. Notice, that when you click,
a number of different types of brochures appear below the brochure
selection (Informational, Price List, Event, etc). Use the elevator bar
on the right of the Brochures area, which now appears, to view the
various types of brochures. While you are doing this, notice the differences
between the various types of brochures. As you move down the list you
will notice that, as you come to a different group of brochures (like
Event), that the brochure "type" on the left will become
"highlighted in gray."
When you have viewed the brochures, to your satisfaction, click-on
Flyers in the Start from a design portion as you did for Brochures
and Newsletters. Notice again that there are several different types
of flyers. Again, use the elevator bar on the right of Flyers
to move down the various Flyer styles. Also notice that as
you come to a new style that it will be highlighted in gray in the
Start from a design list under Flyers. Notice, as you view the
various types of Flyers, that you can have those "little tear off things"
with your phone number on the bottom. Neat.
Now, proceed down the Start from a design list and click-on any
of the publications in which you are interested – Postcards,
Business Cards, Calendars, Award Certificates, Paper Airplanes – whatever you
want to look at.
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