Microsoft Publisher 2003
Creating a Brochure
Publisher is excellent for creating brochures. The Publisher window contains many parts that work together to make creating this type of publication easy. Publisher has many pre-formatted brochure designs to choose from. This document suggests the use of one of these templates.
Planning
As with any publication, when you are creating a brochure, taking time to do some planning at the start can facilitate the process and improve your finished product. For more information, refer to Creating a Publication: Process Overview.
Using a Brochure Template
The easiest way to create a brochure using Publisher is to use a template. A template offers a quick layout solution that does not need extensive formatting. However, if you would like to create a brochure with more originality, once a template is selected, you may delete any of the pre-placed objects and generate a style of your own. For more information on working with templates, refer to Using Templates.
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From the File menu, select New...
The New Publication task pane appears.
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From the New from a design section, from the scroll box, select Publications for Print » Brochures
A list of brochure templates is displayed. -
OPTIONAL: From the Brochures sublist, select the type of brochure you would like to create
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Select the desired brochure template
The Personal Information dialog box appears.
HINT: If the dialog box does not appear, from the Edit menu, select Personal Information... -
Complete the dialog box as appropriate
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Click UPDATE
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To add your text, click within a text box and begin typing
OPTIONAL: From the Brochure Options task pane, select additional options
Option Description Page size Changes the format from a 3-panel brochure to a 4-panel brochure Customer address Adds mailing information to the back panel OPTIONAL: Delete pre-placed objects and add your own
- To save the changes to the document,
- From the File menu, select Save As...
The Save As dialog box appears. - From the Save in pull-down list, select a saving location
- In the File name text box, type a name for the document
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ClickSAVE
- From the File menu, select Save As...
