Assemble marketing materials quicklySaving time with Microsoft Office Publisher 2007Save time and help ensure quality and consistency in company publications by designing a master publication that reflects your company brand and identity and then saving it as a template that can be re-used. It's easy with Microsoft Office Publisher 2007. Here's how to get started. 1. Open Publisher. 2. Under Popular Publication Types, click on a publication type to select it. In the example shown in Figure 1, Brochures is selected.
Figure 1 3. For your brochure design, click the Bounce design under the category of Newer Designs. 4. On the same screen, in the box labeled Customise (Figure 2), click the down-arrows under Colour scheme: and Font scheme: to choose colours and fonts consistent with your brand.
Figure 2 5. Click the down arrow under Business information, and select Create new.
6. Now click Create at the bottom of the screen. Publisher creates your brochure using the design, colours, and fonts you selected, with business information you provided. 7. Make any additional design modifications or text edits, and then on the File menu click Save As. 8. Type a name for the brochure in the File name field, and in the Save As Type field select Publisher Template. 9. Click Save. To re-use the template: 1. On the File menu, click New. 2. Click My Templates (Figure 3) then double-click the name of the template that you created.
Figure 3 3. With your template open, click Change Templates and select another publication type to work on, such as Business Cards. The colours, fonts, Business Information, and logo from the original template appear on your business card project. These new capabilities in Publisher 2007 can help you create professional-looking publications in-house more quickly and easily than with any previous version. |
