Using Publisher Frame Tools

1. Open MS Publisher.
2. Choose to exit the wizard. Click on “Hide Wizard” in the wizard window.
3. Go to “Arrange” -> “Layout Guides.” Leave the margins at 1” each. Under “Grid Guides” select 2 columns and 4 rows. These guides will not print on your final document, but will help you space your frames evenly. Click “OK.”
4. Draw a Text Frame in the 1^st Row/1^st Column space. Stay within the blue lines of your layout guide. Frame tools are located on the left side of your screen. Select the icon with the letter A (the text frame icon) and drag your mouse to create the frame. In this text frame, write a 2-sentence description of yourself. Change the font or font size so that your description will fill in the entire frame.
5. Draw a Word Art Frame in the 1^st Row/2^nd Column space. Stay within the blue lines of the layout guide. Make your name the text. You can change the font shape, style, size, color, spacing, etc. by using the tools in the Word Art toolbar. Click on “Update Display” to see your changes. When you are done, click on another part of your document (not the Word Art Frame). You can edit your Word Art later by double clicking on this frame.
6. Draw a Table Frame in the 2^nd Row/1^st Column Space. Stay within the blue lines of the layout guide. Select the “Checkbook Register” style with 4 rows and 2 columns. Type the headings “Sport, Subject, Color, and Food” in the first column. Bold the headings in the first column and align left. Then enter your favorites into the second column and center them. Adjust the font size and column width (use the gray header bar) to fit your information on a single line.
7. Draw a Text Frame in the 2^nd Row/2^nd Column space. Stay within the blue lines of your layout guide. In this text frame, describe your favorite things. Change the font or font size so that your description will fill in the entire frame.
8. Start up Internet Explorer and go to the site http://www.webshots.com/g/ Find a picture that you like (Choose an appropriate one!), right click on it, and choose Copy. Paste the picture into your Publisher document.
9. Draw a Text Frame in the 3^rd Row/1^st Column space. Stay within the blue lines of your layout guide. In this text frame, describe your picture and why you chose it. Change the font or font size so that your description will fill in the entire frame.
10. Draw a Clip Art Frame (the portrait) in the 4^th Row/1^st Column space. Stay within the blue lines of your layout guide. Double click on this frame to add a picture from the clip gallery. Search for a picture of something that interests you.
11. Draw a Text Frame in the 4^th Row/2^nd Column space. Stay within the blue lines of your layout guide. In this text frame, describe why you chose your clip art. Change the font or font size so that your description will fill in the entire frame.
12. Add a hairline border to all of your text frames. You can do this by activating each frame (click on it). Go to “Format”-> “Line/Border Style”-> “Hairline.”
13. Draw a Text Frame over your entire page halfway between the layout guide and the edge of the paper. Go to “Format”-> “Line/Border Style”-> “More Styles.” Click on the “Border Art” tab. Select a style. You can adjust the size/color, if desired.
14. Go to the toolbar and click on the “Send to Back” icon (a yellow square with 2 gray squares on top). You should now have a border around the entire piece (and you should be able to see all of your other frames as well). Adjust the border frame, if necessary.
15. Save your work to your Folder, print, and hand in to your teacher.