Area: Desktop Publishing

Middle School Skills Class: Business Advertisement and Card

1. Open MS Publisher. Come up with a business such as Lemonade Stand, Babysitting, Dog Sitting, or Lawn Mowing.
2. Select “Advertisements.” Pick “The Works” Advertisement.
3. In the Task Pane. For Logo, click on “Include”.
4. For Size, click on “custom…”, and change it to “Full page” and click “OK”.
5. For Copies per sheet, choose one.
6. Change the text in the “Attention Grabber” to something that will suit your business.
7. Fill in the text boxes with information appropriate to your service: including a description, a bulleted list of the services your business will perform, your hours of operation, your location, and your contact information.
8. Change the clip art and organizational logo to images that suit your business. You can change a clip art image by double clicking on the clip art frames and selecting a new image from the clip gallery.
9. Save your advertisement to your folder.
10. Print your advertisement.
11. Go to “File” -> “New”. Pick “Business Cards.” Select a business card style of your choice. The wizard should automatically change the organization and logo to the ones used for the advertisement.
12. Select a color scheme for your card.
13. Select the Landscape orientation for your card.
14. Say “Yes” to the logo placeholder.
15. Chose to print several cards tiled on the page.
16. Change the information on the card to suit your business.
17. Save your business card to your folder.
18. Print your business card.
19. Staple your advertisement and business card together and hand in to your teacher.

Extension Ideas: Adjust the fonts on your business card and/or advertisement to something you find more pleasing. Change the background of the Attention Grabber in your advertisement to a color or gradient. Put borders around your frames. To change the properties of a given frame, activate the frame by clicking on it. Then go to the “Format” menu to make your changes.