Microsoft Publisher 2003 Complete Courseware Courseware and Training Materials

What's included?
What’s included?
Available for delivery as a download from our web server or provided on CD, this courseware package includes the following resources to make your trainer’s life much, much easier.

This courseware package includes:

	Student Manual. Fully customisable. May be opened in any wordprocessor and changed to meet your exact needs.
	Student workbook. Fully customisable. Additional book includes series of practical tasks and review questions.
	Student workbook exercises. Fully customisable. Sample exercises to accompany the student workbook.
	Trainer manual. Fully customisable with additional information for trainers.
	Timetable and lesson plans. Fully customisable. Detailed timetable and plans ensure you deliver the best possible course.
	PowerPoint presentations. Fully customisable. Complete set of PowerPoint slides for use by the trainer.

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Course outline
Course outline

Introduction

Microsoft Publisher 2003 is the Office suite’s desktop publishing program. Whether you’re using Publisher 2003 for the first time, or have been using it for years, this three-level course will help you make the most of Publisher 2003’s exciting features.

Highlights of the course include full coverage of the Design Checker, Pack and Go, and creating Web publications.

Course contents: Foundation Level

• Getting to Know Microsoft Publisher The Publisher Environment — The Gallery — The Task Pane — The Publication Window — The Status Bar
• Opening, Saving, and Closing Publications Opening a File — Save a Publication — Save Summary Information — Save as a Picture — Save as a Web Page — Making Back up Copies — Closing a Publication
• The Publisher Assistant Publisher Screen Tips — Displaying, Hiding and Changing your Assistant — Using Tips of the Day
• The Search and Research Task Panes Basic File Searches and Task Pane — The Research Task Pane — Customizing Search Files — Adding New Sources — Searching Online through Publisher
• The Publisher Toolbars and Main Menu Main Menu — Displaying, Hiding, and Moving Publisher Toolbars — The Standard Toolbar — The Formatting Toolbar — The Connect Boxes Toolbar — Using the Objects Toolbar — Adding and Removing Toolbar Buttons
• Incorporating your Personal Information Set Entering Personal Information — Personal Colour Schemes, Mottos, and Logos — Editing Your Information Set
• Publisher’s Task Pane and Template Galleries The New Publication Task Pane — The Publication Template Galleries — Publisher’s Templates — Choosing Templates by Publication Type — Choosing Templates by Design Sets — Choosing Templates by Web Site and E-mail — Choosing Templates by Blank Publications
• Creating Publications Create and Open Publications from Existing Publications — Creating a Publication from a Template — Incorporating Word Documents
• Publication Options and the Publication Task Pane Displaying and Incorporating Publication Options — Displaying and Incorporating Designs — Resetting Publication Designs
• Colour and Background Schemes Creating your Own Colour Scheme — Applying Colour Schemes and Removing Custom Colour Schemes — Creating Backgrounds
• Page Layouts Changing Layouts Based on Publication Type — Changing Page Size and Orientation — Inserting Pages and Template Pages — Incorporating Sections — Navigating Between Pages — Displaying a Two Page Spread — Using Zoom Options
• Working with Rulers and Guides Using Rulers and Ruler Guides — Showing and Moving Ruler Guides — Moving Ruler Locations — Understanding a Ruler’s Zero Point — Using and Showing Baseline Guides — Using Grid Guides — Adjusting Grid Guides — Modifying Margin Guides — Viewing Mirrored Page Layout
• Headers and Footers Inserting Headers and Footers — Adding Page Numbers — The Header and Footer Toolbar
• Font Schemes and Text Styles Font Schemes — Font Schemes Task Pane — Displaying and Incorporating Font Schemes — Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Font Schemes — The Styles and Formatting Task Pane — Incorporating Text Styles with the Styles and Formatting Task Pane — Importing Text Styles — Creating New Text Styles — Modifying, Renaming, and Removing Text Styles
• Incorporating WordArt Inserting WordArt — Resize, Move and Rotate WordArt — Editing WordArt Text — Changing the WordArt Style — WordArt Shapes — WordArt Wrapping Style — Modify WordArt Character Spacing
• Working with Text Boxes Inserting Text Boxes — Auto Fitting a Text Box — Resize, Move and Rotate Text Boxes — Add Columns to a Text Box — Aligning Text within the Text Box — Changing Text Box Margins — Other Formatting Text Box Options — Connecting/Linking and Breaking Text Boxes — Deleting Text Boxes
• Working with Text Adjust Kerning, Tracking and Scaling — Adjust Line Spacing — Indenting Paragraphs — Adjusting Bullets and Numbering — Adding Tabs and Drop Caps — Utilizing the Format Painter
• Working with Text Tools Adding, Finding and Replacing Text — Using Spell Check — Setting Spell Check Options — AutoCorrect Options
• Publisher Language Options Setting Language Options — Making Use of the Thesaurus — Using Hyphenation
• Copy, Cut and Paste Copying Objects and Text — Cutting Objects and Text — Pasting Objects and Text — Using the Clipboard — Changing Clipboard Options
• Sending a Publication Via E-mail Sending a Page as a Message — Sending a Publication as an Attachment — Zipping Files — E-mail Preview
• Preview and Print Options Using Print Preview — Viewing Pages — Zooming In and Out — The Print Dialog Box — Viewing and Selecting a Printer — Adjusting Printing Properties — Modifying the Print Range — Adjusting the Number of Copies to be Printed — Printing the Publication

Course contents: Intermediate Level

• Working With Lines and Shapes Identifying And Using Draw Features — The AutoShape Toolbar — Inserting AutoShapes — Applying and Changing Fill Colour — Changing the Line Colour And Style — Applying and Changing Arrow Colour And Style — Using 3-D and Shadow Styles
• Inserting Clip Art The Clip Art Task Pane — Searching Clip Art — Customizing Your Clip Art Search — Using The Clip Organizer — Searching Online Clips
• Adding Pictures to a Publication Adding Pictures From A Camera/Scanner — Inserting Pictures From A File — The Picture Display
• Modifying Clip Art and Pictures The Picture Toolbar — Changing Clip Art and Picture Quality With The Format Picture Dialog Box — Applying Borders To Clip Art And Pictures — Re-colouring Pictures And Clip Art
• The Design Gallery Selecting A Object From The Design Gallery — Adding An Object To The Design Gallery
• Working With Grouped Objects Grouping Objects — Ungrouping And Regrouping Objects — Layering Objects
• Managing Objects in a Publication The Rotate And Flip Toolbar — Using the Object Align Feature — Displaying the Align and Distribute Toolbar — Displaying And Using The Nudge Toolbar Features — Snapping Objects To Guides
• Linking Objects Linking Objects From Part Of A File — Linking Object From An Entire File — Setting Automatic And Manual Links — Open And Edit Source Files — Change The Source File Location
• Embedding Objects New Embedded Objects — Embed Part Of A File — Embed An Entire File — Edit Embedded Objects
• Adding Tables To Publications Insert A Table — Create A Table — Creating Tables From Existing Text
• Working with Tables Select, Insert, and Delete Columns and Rows — Merge And Split Cells — Apply Cell Diagonals — Auto Formatting Tables — Fill Down And Fill Right
• The Format Table Dialog Box Colour And Lines — Table Fill Effects — Cell Properties
• The Mail Merge Wizard Displaying The Mail Merge Task Pane — The Mail Merge Wizard Task Pane — Selecting Mail Recipients — Construct The Publication — Preview and Complete the Mail Merge
• Creating Manual Mail Merges Adding Recipients To An Address List — Changing The Address List — Opening A Data Source — Add A Field — Show Merge Results — Filter And Sort A Mail Merge — Cancel A Mail Merge
• The Design Checker Displaying And Running The Design Checker — Design Checker Options
• Pack and Go Pack A Publication To Take To A Commercial Printer — Pack A Publication To Take To Another Computer — The File Save Location — Include Fonts And Graphics — Print A Composite Or Separation Proof
• Commercial Printing Tools Colour Print Settings — Registration (Trapping) Settings — Registration (Trapping) Per Object — The Graphics Manager
• Advanced Print Settings Printing With Special Paper — The Advanced Print Settings

Course contents: Advanced Level

• Customizing Publisher 2003 The Options Dialog Box — General Options — Editing Options — User Assistance Options — Printing Options — Saving Options
• Customizing Publisher’s Toolbars Toolbar Customization Options — Create Custom Toolbars — Adding and Removing Commands — Reset, Rename And Delete Toolbars
• Converting Publications Convert a Print Publication to a Web Publication — Convert a Web Publication to a Print Publication
• Creating a Web Site Selecting Web Site Designs — Selecting Navigation Options — Inserting Web Pages and Adding Forms
• Incorporating Hyperlinks Inserting Hyperlinks — Link to Another Publication Page — Link to a Web Page or Existing File — Link to a New File — Link to an E-mail Address — Modify and Remove Hyperlinks
• Hot Spots Adding Hot Spots — Resizing and Moving Hot Spots
• Web Form Controls The Form Controls Toolbar — Attaching Single And Multi-Line Text Boxes — Inserting A Check Box And Option Button — Attaching A Submit And Reset Button — Attaching a List Box — Modifying Form Properties
• Designing Your Web Page Setting The Width Of A Web Page — Modifying Web Page Text Colours For Hyperlinks — Apply Background Colour And Texture To A Web Page Background — Apply Sound And Animated Clips — Incorporating And Adding HTML Code Fragments — Applying The Same Text To All Browsers
• Managing your Web Page Web Options — Previewing Your Web Page — Publish A Web Site — Updating A Web Page
• Installation and Settings Setting It Up — The Language Toolbar — Speech And Handwriting Settings
• Speech and Handwriting Recognition — Install And Train Speech Recognition — Speech Options and Advanced Settings — The Handwriting Toolbar — The Onscreen Keyboard and Symbol Keyboard — Change Handwriting Options
• Creating Catalogue Merges Understanding Catalogue Merges — The Merge Wizard — Including Photos — Selecting The Data Source — Setting Up The Page And Data Fields — Previewing The Catalogue Merge — Completing The Merge
• Master Pages Viewing And Creating Master Pages — The Master Page Editing Toolbar — Sending Objects To The Master Page — Single and Two-Page Master Pages — Apply a Master Page to Separate Pages of a Two Page Spread — Apply A Master Page To A Variety Of Pages