Publisher 2003 Foundation

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• In this section you will learn how to
• Display font options
• Change font style, size, type, color
• Use font effects
• Insert text boxes
• Autofit a text box
• Resize, rotate, and move text boxes
• Add columns to a text box
• Align text within a text box
• Change text box margins
• View other text box options
• Delete a text box
• Link a text box
• Break a linked text box
• Adjust kerning and tracking
• Scale
• Adjust line spacing

• Indent paragraphs
• Use lists
• Add tabs and drop caps
• Customize a drop cap
• Use the format painter
• Insert WordArt
• Resize, move, edit, and rotate WordArt
• Work with the font schemes task pane
• Display and insert font schemes
• Duplicate font schemes
• Rename and delete font schemes
• Work with styles and formatting task pane
• Incorporate new styles
• Create new text styles
• Modify, rename, and remove text styles

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Font Schemes

• A font scheme is a certain font style that is
  associated with a publication.
• Font schemes have a major font and a minor font.
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• Major fonts are used for titles and headings
  while the minor fonts are used for the text body.

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Font Schemes Task Pane

• All Publishers font schemes are organized in the
  Font schemes task pane.

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Displaying and Incorporating Font Schemes

• Font schemes is always listed at the top of the
  Font Schemes task pane, along with color schemes.

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Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Font Schemes

• From the font scheme, select the down narrow for
  font scheme options and select Duplicate Scheme.
• You can also rename the duplicated font schemes,
  by selecting the font scheme options arrow, and
  selecting Rename Scheme.
• The command to delete a duplicated font scheme is
  also found in the font schemes options.

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The Styles and Formatting Task Pane

• Text Styles are a set of formatting
  characteristics that can be applied to text
• Styles are displayed in the Styles and Formatting
  task pane.
• The task pane also keeps track of all the
  formatting tasks you complete in the publication.

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Incorporating Text styles with the Styles and
Formatting Task Pane

• When you are creating a publication that requires
  unique formatting the styles and formatting task
  pane is a convenient tool.
• Can apply formatting with one click.
• The task pane also provides a clear formatting
  option, which makes it easy to return the text
  back to the default setting.

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Importing Text Styles

• The Styles and Formatting task pane reads each
  publication individually.
• Import the text style to the new publication by
  selecting the Import Styles option located at the
  bottom of the Styles and Formatting task pane.

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Creating New Text Styles

• From the Styles and Formatting task pane, you can
  create new styles to incorporate into the
  publication using the Style drop down menu.
• The New Style dialog box will appear for you to
  enter the new style name and set formatting
  options.

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Modifying, Renaming and Removing Text Styles

• All text styles can be changed, renamed and or
  removed.
• Select the down arrow next to the text style,
  select Modify, and the Modify Style dialog box
  will appear.

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Inserting WordArt

• WordArt can be inserted from the Standard
  toolbar, WordArt toolbar, or from the Insert menu
  under Picture.
• Once the command selected, the WordArt Gallery
  will open for you to select a style.

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Resize, Move and Rotate WordArt

• When WordArt has been inserted it looks as a
  picture or object, ready for the dimensions to be
  changed, and the Word to be moved, rotated, or
  stretched.
• WordArt can be re-shaped by selecting and
  dragging the object points.

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Editing WordArt Text

• Editing WordArt consists of changing the word,
  color, line color, and style of the font.
• The editing window is opened by double clicking
  the word itself or by selecting the Format
  WordArt icon on the WordArt toolbar.

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Changing the WordArt Style

• When WordArt has been inserted, it can be changed
  by selecting the WordArt Gallery icon on the
  WordArt toolbar.

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WordArt Shapes

• Other than the contents of the gallery, there are
  many other shapes that WordArt can be transformed
  into.
• Simply select the WordArt and choose a shape from
  the Gallery icon on the toolbar.

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WordArt Wrapping Style

• Text Wrapping allows you to wrap text around
  objects.
• The Edit Wrap Point command allows a freestyle
  wrap, meaning the text will wrap itself around
  the points you create.

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Modify WordArt Character Spacing

• Character spacing is the space between each
  letter in the word.
• The character spacing feature allows you to
  modify how close (tight) or how far (loose) the
  characters (letters) should be.
• On the WordArt toolbar you will find the
  Character spacing menu.

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Inserting Text Boxes

• Text boxes can be inserted from the Insert menu
  or from the Insert text box icon located on the
  Objects toolbar.
• Once you have inserted the text box, it is time
  to create the text box.
• The cursor will change to two intersecting lines
  . Where the two lines meet will be the corner of
  the text box.
• From there click and hold the mouse in the spot
  the text box is to begin and drag outwards.

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Auto Fitting a Text Box

• When a text box has been created and it happens
  to be too small for the amount of text entered,
  the Autofit option will increase or decrease the
  size of the text in relation to hoe large the
  text box is.
• If the Auto fit option is not applied to the text
  box the text will overflow or be hidden, and is
  represented by the overflow icon.

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Resize, Move, and Rotate Text Boxes

• A text box is read as an object and is resized
  the same way.
• When a text box is moved, the cursor must be
  placed on one side. The cursor will then change
  to a intersecting double arrows. Then, click,
  hold, and drag the arrows to the new location.
• At the top of the text box you will find a green
  point this point will allow you to rotate the
  text box 90.

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Add Columns to a Text Box

• Found in the Format Text box dialog box.

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Aligning Text within the Text Box

• Text within a text box can be aligned vertically
  or horizontally.
• Select the text box and right click to select
  Format Text Box.
• Under the Text Box tab, select Vertical Alignment
  down arrow.
• To align text horizontally check the rotate text
  within AutoShape by 90.

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Changing Text Box Margins

• Beneath the Vertical Alignment section you will
  find Text Box Margins.
• Click the up or down arrows on the top, bottom,
  left, or right side to increase or decrease
  margin space.

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Other Formatting Text Box Options

• Under the Colour and Lines tab background colour,
  line colour and border art can be applied.
• The size can be altered under the Size tab.
• Under the Layout tab the text boxs position on
  the page can be changed by entering the exact
  dimensions. You can also select text wrapping
  options here.

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Connecting/Linking and Breaking Text Boxes

• Connecting text boxes is useful when you have a
  large amount of text. When one text box is full,
  the overflow text will move to the next box
  creating a chain (story) of text boxes.
• Linking boxes can be done two ways the first is
  to create two empty text boxes and then link the
  two.
• The other way is to continue writing and
  Publisher will ask you if you want to use
  Autoflow and to connect text boxes, select yes.
• To break a text box link, the link has to be
  broken from the first initial text box.

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Deleting Text Boxes

• A text box can be deleted by selecting the box
  and hitting Delete on your keyboard.

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Adjust Kerning, Tracking and Scaling

• Kerning is the adjustment between two specific
  text characters.
• Tracking is the adjustment between all text
  characters.
• Scaling expands or shrinks the width of
  characters.
• All three features can be adjusted in the
  Character Spacing dialog box.

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Adjust Line Spacing

• Line spacing is the space allocated between
  lines.
• By default, every line is one space apart.

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Indenting Paragraphs

• Paragraphs can be indented a variety of ways.
• There are six different ways to indent
  paragraphs.
• These indents are set at certain dimensions, but
  can be adjusted.

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Adjusting Bullets and Numbering

• Bullet and numbered lists can adjusted in the
  List dialog box.
• The size of the character (bullet/number) can be
  enlarged or shrunk, along with the indent from
  bullet/number to text.

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Adding Tabs and Drop Caps

• Adding a tab means setting a tab stop marker,
  this marker will also appear on the top ruler.
• Stop tab markers assist in lining up text.
• A drop cap is used to mark an opening paragraph.

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Utilizing the Format Painter

• The format painter applies any formatting from
  selected text to any other text.
• Select the formatted text, hit the format painter
  icon, then select the text you want to apply the
  formatting to.