Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 For Dummies (eBook)

Jim McCarter attended Webster University in Vienna, Austria, where he minored in foreign languages and graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer studies. There he also launched his career as a computer consultant, which spanned more than 18 years. Jim has authored several books and served as technical reviewer for more than 80 books. He now works as a project manager in the field of wireless communications. Jim lives in Greenfield, Indiana, with his wife, Kathy, and two children, Rebecca and James. He spends his free spare time (there is no such thing as free time) learning and teaching taekwondo at Indianapolis ATA Black Belt Academy with his family, geocaching with his children, and being humbled by his son at just about any video game you care to mention. Jacqui Salerno Mabin lives in the Seattle area with her husband, Jay and their dog, Marley. After graduating from the University of Illinois, Chicago, with a Bachelor's degree in English, Jacqui worked as a copy editor for a local newspaper. Later, she filled several roles with a startup software company, working as a software tester and technical writer, creating the user manuals for their document storage solution software. Currently, she is a software development test engineer with a deep interest in Microsoft Publisher 2007 software.

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Acquainted with Publisher 2007 9

Chapter 1: Own the Printing Press 11

Chapter 2: Success by Design 31

Chapter 3: Basic Training 41

Part II: Mark This Page 69

Chapter 4: Working with Pages 71

Chapter 5: Objects and Frames 99

Part III: 10,000 Words, One Maniac 133

Chapter 6: Getting the Word 135

Chapter 7: Editors Are Bought, Not Born 171

Chapter 8: Vintage Type: The Corkscrew, Please 203

Part IV: A Picture Is Worth $6.95 219

Chapter 9: You Ought to Be in Pictures 221

Chapter 10: Color by the Numbers 251

Chapter 11: Grappling with Graphics Manager 263

Part V: Proof Positive 271

Chapter 12: Final Checks 273

Chapter 13: Printing, Print Shops, and Paper 287

Part VI: Publishing on the Internet 303

Chapter 14: Weaving a Web Site 305

Chapter 15: Getting Published (On the Internet) 319

Part VII: The Part of Tens 325

Chapter 16: Ten Great Design Ideas 327

Chapter 17: Ten Design Blunders 331

Chapter 18: Not Quite Ten Things to Check before Printing 335

Chapter 19: Ten Questions for Your Print Service 339

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Save on Printing Costs 343

Index 347