Description of the Microsoft Publisher program. Creating a publication in MS Publisher

A brochure is an effective way to present information about your company, product or services to potential clients. Using the built-in templates, or with practice by designing your own template from scratch, you can create 3- or 4-panel brochures yourself in Microsoft Publisher. You can modify the template by adding a form feedback or address line. Below are instructions on how to create a brochure in Microsoft Publisher 2003, 2007 and 2010.

Steps

Choose a template for your brochure. Microsoft Publisher organizes its templates and samples according to the purpose of the booklet.

• In Publisher 2003, click New in the New Publication taskbar, then choose Booklets from the Print Publications menu and click to the left of Booklets to see the available booklet types. From the Preview Gallery menu on the right, select a design.
• In Publisher 2007, select Booklets from the Popular Publishing Types panel, then select one of the templates from New Templates, Classic Templates, or Blank Pages". You can click on any of the templates to see a larger version of it on the right half of the screen at the top right of the Booklet Options taskbar.
• In Publisher 2010, on the Available Templates page, click Booklets, then choose a design from the brochure templates provided. You can click on any of the templates to see a larger version of it on the right half of the screen at the top right of the Booklet Options taskbar.
• If you can't find the design you want and you have an internet connection, you can download more templates from Microsoft's website.

1. Decide how many panels your booklet will have: 3 or 4. Select 3-panel or 4-panel from the Page Size menu in the Options taskbar.

   • In Publisher, you can make 3- or 4-panel booklets on any size sheet of paper. Before deciding how many panels to make the booklet, you can take a piece of paper the size of the booklet you want and fold it into thirds or fourths to see how you like it best. (Draft documents are great for this purpose.)
   • Page size selection is not available if you choose to make your booklet from a blank page template.

2. Decide how you will distribute the brochures: by hand or by mail. If you are going to send brochures to your potential customers by mail, then you need to leave space on the brochure for the mailing address and return address. (Standard letters are sent to addresses taken from the spreadsheet Microsoft Excel or from the database Microsoft data Access). If you plan to distribute your booklets manually, then you do not need a mailing address for them. However, you will probably want your company name and address to appear on the brochure.

   • In Publisher 2003, select Include under Customer Address to include the mailing address, or select Missing to exclude it.
   • In Publisher 2007 and 2010, check the box next to "Include Customer Address" to include the mailing address, and uncheck the box to exclude it.
   • It is not possible to include the customer's address if you choose to make your brochure from a blank page template.

3. Choose a color and font scheme for your brochure. Each template comes with a default color and font scheme, but if you want to use a different color or font scheme you just need to select a new one that suits you. Select one of the available color schemes from the drop-down list Color schemes and one of the fonts from the Font Schemes drop-down list.

   • You can also create your own custom color or font scheme by clicking "Create" in the drop-down list of color or font schemes.
   • If you create other marketing materials in Publisher, such as flyers, gift certificates, or custom letterhead, you should choose the same color and font scheme for all of these materials to present a consistent brand identity for your business.

4. Enter information about your company. Publisher 2003 will prompt you for this information the first time you use it. Afterwards, you select this data from the window personal information in the Edit menu and paste them into the booklet. In Publisher 2007 and 2010, you can select your company information from the Business Information drop-down list or select New to create new information about your company. This information will be in your booklet.

   Create a booklet. To create a booklet in Publisher 2007 and 2010, click the New button on the taskbar. (At this point, Publisher 2003 automatically assumes that you are creating a booklet, so there is no New button on this taskbar.)

   • At this stage you can print out the booklet to evaluate it appearance. You can also create a PDF version and send it to others for their design suggestions.

5. Replace the placeholder with your own text. Click on it and enter the required text in the text field.

   • In most cases, the text automatically adjusts to size text field. If you need text of a certain size, select "Auto-place text" from the "Format" menu and then - "Without auto-place" (Publisher 2003 and 2007) or select "Fit to text" from the "Work with Labels" menu ribbon in the "Format" section " and click "No auto-placement" (Publisher 2010). In this case, you can select the text size manually.
   • Do the same algorithm with any text that needs to be replaced on both pages of the booklet.

6. Replace all graphic placeholders with the images you want. Click right click mouse over the picture you want to replace, click “Change picture” in the pop-up menu and select where to download a new one. Do the same algorithm with any images that need to be replaced on both pages of the booklet.

7. Print out the required number of copies of your booklet. Before you print your booklet, make sure it looks the way you want.

   • If you are going to have your brochures printed, you will need to save or convert them to PDF format, since most printers accept documents for printing in this format.
   • Keep your layout fairly symmetrical, but not completely symmetrical. Your brochure will attract more attention if you center it a little to the left or right. Leave enough free space around text and images to make them easier to see. If all of your text is aligned to the left, or justified to emphasize a small part of it, you can align it to the right.
   • It is advisable that no more than 3 types of font are used in your booklet. As a rule, Serif and Sans Serif fonts are not used together, however, you can use a Serif font for body text and a simple Sans Serif for headings. Use bold and italics only for emphasis.
   • If you're designing a brochure from scratch for the first time, you can create several brochures using different templates and cut out elements you like and paste them into your blank pages.
   • Whether you created your brochure from a template or from scratch, you can enhance its appearance by using elements from the Picture Gallery or Picture Gallery (Publisher 2003 and 2007), or from the Building Blocks in the Insert menu (Publisher 2010).
   • If your brochure will be sent by mail, then on the back side place a line for the potential client's address on the feedback form. This way, when the customer fills out the form and submits it, he or she will not lose any information about your company.

   Warnings

   • Do not mark the places where the booklet will be folded with vertical lines; it is not always possible to bend exactly along the lines.
   • Never use capital letters anywhere except in headings. They are difficult to read in the main text. Also, for text consisting of capital letters, do not use decorative fonts such as Script.
   • After the period, put only one space. After formatting text or changing the font size to a smaller one, two spaces can create large gaps.

Microsoft Publisher - application Microsoft package Office for creating publications - from simple cards, invitations, certificates, to mailing lists, catalogs, calendars and much more. The functionality of the application is quite rich - the use of text and image effects, mailing tools and mail merging, general access files and advanced printing capabilities. Let's look at what kind of program this is - Microsoft office Publisher?

Why do you need MS Publisher?

Using this program, you can visually present information about your project or company in the form of a booklet, business card or even a professional catalog.

What are the features of MS Publisher?

When we launch the application, we are prompted to create a file from the proposed templates. There are both built-in templates on the basis of which you can make your own publication, and the ability to add your own templates from the Internet. There are a lot of templates and each one can be suitable for the implementation of your idea with minimal editing.

Built-in templates:

Templates from the Internet:

For example, let's take the creation of a Business Card to show the capabilities and functionality of the Microsoft Publisher application. The application interface is not very different from other applications in the package Microsoft Office, but has its own unique functions.

Home panel

Main tab for basic text formatting, font, pasting and other functions. Nothing new relative to other Office applications.

Insert panel

One of the main tabs this application, which allows you to insert all the main components of a further publication. Unlike standard tables, pictures, shapes and images, this panel has Standard Blocks, which include Page Parts, Calendars, Frames and Accents, and Advertisements.

These components will allow you to change or add those publication components that you need. The color scheme of the elements changes with the change in the overall theme, or you can change any element of the composition using the Drawing Tools.

It is also possible to Insert Business Information, which includes Name, Position, Organization Name, Address and other contact information. This item is very convenient for use in publications containing this information In order not to constantly add it, there is a separate insert.

Page Layout panel

Includes: Templates, Page Setup, Layout, Color Schemes, Fonts and Page Background.
Template – allows you to change a template or change the parameters of an existing one.
Page Options – settings for Margin, Orientation and page size.
Layout – changing, deleting or adding guide lines along which the publication elements are formed.
Color schemes – use standard color themes or create new ones. The use of different schemes is also reflected in the elements you use - Parts of pages, text borders, etc.

Fonts and Background - font themes and changing the text font, as well as setting the background - pattern, fill, gradient color, texture or pattern and many combined options.

Mailing Panel

One of the main functions of Publisher is Merging, creating large quantity publications with different data, based on databases, Outlook contacts or Contacts List.

For example, you need to create business cards for a small organization, the business card template is ready, but manually entering names and contact information takes a very long time. This is what the merge function should do - which will edit and replace data based on contact lists or a database.

Review and View panels

Includes basic tools: Spelling, Directories, Thesaurus, Language and text translation. As well as format, view, scaling and page parameters.

Drawing and Lettering Tools

Drawing tools allow you to modify and edit publication elements, change shape styles, color, outline and effects to add your design touches to the publication.
Working with inscriptions makes it possible to format the text of your document - direction, design, fonts, alignment, connections, styles and text effects.

Where to download Microsoft Publisher 2016

Get Microsoft Publisher at this moment you can do it in 2 ways:

• Purchase the product separately on the Microsoft website

• Or get it as part of your Office 365 subscription

Last official version Microsoft Publisher - 2016, but you can also install earlier versions, for example Microsoft Publisher 2007, which is generally no different from latest version.

Have a great day!

Create publications, business cards, calendars usingPublisher

I.Basic objectsMicrosoft Publisher

The purpose of training: become familiar with the Microsoft Publisher interface and basic Publisher objects.

Required First level training of students: initial training.

Exercise: familiarize yourself with the basic elements of the Publisher interface: menus , toolbars.

Theoretical aspects:

Microsoft Publisher- a publishing program that allows you to easily create printed materials (booklets, leaflets, etc.) at a professional level.

The main goal of the developers of Microsoft Publisher was to provide people with little design experience with a means to create professional-looking publications. Publisher contains a comprehensive set of professional tools for solving complex publishing problems. The program includes:

 over 2 thousand templates developed by professional designers,

 more than 200 fonts,

 thousands of pictures, photographs,

 design elements,

 sound effects for Web.

The flexible model of wizard programs allows you to use them at any stage of creating publications.

The main element of documents Publisher, like other publishing systems, are text typing stripes.

In the program, the dial bar is text block- a rectangular area that can contain text and that can be manipulated as a single object.

To place a text block, just select the appropriate function in the toolbar and use the mouse to draw the boundaries of the new block on the page. After this, the block is available for text input. To quickly format text, use familiar styles.

Text blocks can be manipulated like regular objects: moved, resized, rotated, etc.

For a text block, it is possible to set the type of border and fill of the internal area, the method of flowing text around the block, text blocks can be linked in such a way that the text, as one block is filled, begins to flow into another, which is necessary when creating large multi-page documents.

Important function system is table support. Unlike regular Word tables, Publisher tables are independent objects, just like pictures or text blocks. Otherwise, the actions with the tables of these two applications (merging/splitting cells, filling the inside and formatting) are almost the same.

Another important element of the system document is drawings. Publisher, like other Office applications, supports drawings both in internal format (this includes AutoShapes and WordArt) and imported from external files.

For use on pages repeating elements(headers, page numbers, current date) the system provides a mechanism for background pages (Master page). When displayed, the main pages seem to be superimposed on the background one, as a result of which the desired effect is achieved. In Publisher, it's easy to not only move between the main and background pages, but also move any object between them.

Publisher provides Office-like spell checking, automatic hyphenation and thesaurus support, and an advanced Word document import wizard. By using it, you can easily Word document create a publication in Publisher format while maintaining the formatting and embedded graphics of the original. At the same time, it is not a problem to apply internal Publisher settings to the entire imported document: general publishing settings, font and color schemes.

In addition to those mentioned, the program also includes other functions borrowed from Office: preview of a publication before printing, a document recovery function after a failure and background saving, an improved hint system and simplified access to product updates through the developer's website.

Selecting a document template

When launched, Microsoft Publisher Catalog automatically starts, offering a choice of more than 2 thousand publication templates. The kit includes templates for brochures and websites, press releases, business cards, etc. The user just needs to select the appropriate template.

A special Quick Publications Wizard gives users the ability to set various design parameters for a one-page document, greatly reducing the time it takes to create it.

The program saves the user's time by creating his personal profile when creating the first publication, containing his name, address, telephone and fax numbers. This information is then used in subsequent documents when working with Publisher.

Working in a familiar MS Office environment

Publisher's interface follows the same style as other MS Office applications, including various menus, icons, and links. To provide stylistic consistency across documents, many of the design templates in Publisher are available in other Office applications—Word, FrontPage, and PowerPoint.

All OfficeArt tools are used, including transparency and volume effects.

Toolbars and menus are configured in the same way as in other programs in the Microsoft Office XP suite.

Typical tasks

 Publication formatting task areas.

In task areas New publication And Publishing setup design templates, color schemes, font schemes, and other markup tools are compiled into a set that appears next to the publication. When you select an option in the task pane, the publication updates immediately.

To open the main page, do the following.

On the menu View select team Home page.

Switch between home page and foreground

 In the menu View select team Home page. To return to the foreground, select the command again Home page, thus removing the checkbox next to it.

How to hide the home page background for one page

Go to the page where you want to hide text or pictures placed in the background. On the menu View select team Ignore Home Page.

Troubleshooting master pages

1. A double-page spread is no longer necessary.

 In the menu Location select team Marking guides.

 Uncheck Create two backgrounds with mirrored guides.

Now all pages of the publication will use the background right side.

2. An object located on the main page does not appear on all pages of the publication

 It may be that an object located in the background is hidden by some object located in the foreground. If this object is not important, make it transparent.

 Select an object.

 Press CONTROL+T.

3. Changes made on the main page are not reflected on all pages of the publication

Perhaps the publication uses a spread like a book. This means that it provides backgrounds for pages located on both the left and right sides. You may need to make changes to the backgrounds of both views.

 Go to the page of the publication where the changes did not appear.

 In the menu View select team Home page.

Make the necessary changes.

Text frames

The Microsoft Publisher application allows you not only to enter text, but also to set its placement on the page. To do this, simply create a text frame, enter text into it, and then, if necessary, move the frame or resize it.

If text doesn't fit in the text frame, Publisher can automatically fit it by reducing the font size. To continue the text elsewhere in the publication, the frames are linked together.

Text in linked frames flows from one field to another. For the convenience of the reader, pointers to the following section may be added. A chain of related frames is called an article.

Create a text frame

 On the toolbar Objects click the button Inscription or Vertical inscription.

 In your publication, position the pointer where you want one of the corners of the text to be, and drag diagonally until you have a text frame of the desired size.

Set of personal data

The personal data set contains data about the user, his job and his organization. This information can be saved when you create a publication so that you do not have to enter it each time.

IN Microsoft application Publisher provided four sets of personal data:

 main place of work;

 additional place of work;

 another organization;

 home and family.

Each new post uses a default set of personal data. However, a user can apply a different set of personal information to a post.

Each set of personal data contains eight components:

 position;

 name of the organization;

 additional information;

 telephone number, fax number, address Email;

 emblem;

 color scheme.

After you install Publisher, the Personal Information Set components contain default information. The data in the component can be changed.

Any individual component can be included multiple times in a publication, but each component can only contain one type of data. For example, you can include an organization's name on the front and back of a postcard, but you cannot include both the organization's name and its address in the same component. Any data must be contained in its own component.

If a user changes information in a personal data component, all components of the specified type in the current publication will be updated. For example, if you change the name, all components of that type in the publication will also change.

Adding a Personal Data Component to a Post

 In the menu Insert select team Personal data. Then select the desired component.

 If necessary, change the data, move the component, or resize it.

Add or remove a color scheme from a personal data set

 Add a color scheme to a personal data set

 In the menu Edit select team Personal data.

In the field, select the set of personal data that you want to edit. In field Color schemes click the checkbox Enable color scheme. To select a color scheme for your print or web publication, click the arrow in the box For printed publications or For publications on the Web, and then choose a color scheme. Click the button Update.

Notes

The color scheme you select will be applied to the current post and all future posts associated with that personal data set. After pressing the button UpdateUpdate

 Removing a color scheme from a personal data set

On the menu Edit select team Personal data. In field Select a set of personal data to edit specify the set of personal data that you want to change. In field Color schemes click the checkbox Enable color scheme. Click the button Update.

Notes

The color scheme is removed from the personal data set, but not from the publication. To change the color scheme, select from the menu Format team Color schemes. After pressing the button Update all personal information in the publication will be updated to reflect the specified set. If you change personal data directly in the publication and then click the button Update, the changed personal data in the publication will be restored.

Changing the publication size

On the menu File select team Page settings. Click tab Marking. Perform one of the following actions:

 On the list Publication type select the right type publications and click the button OK.

 On the list Publication type select Other size, enter the required values ​​in the fields Height And Width and press the button OK.

Practical tasks:

1. In order to start creating a publication, you must decide on the topic of the publication, guided by the instructions of the teacher.

3. Using the instructions for creating publications (in the theoretical part) using the wizard, you need to create a new publication .

4. For example, the topic of our publication is “Seasons”. When creating, we will use the publication design layout Leaves.

6. Place your mouse pointer in the main page edit field.

7. In the View menu, make the Home menu active.

8. Set the page background Image fill is arbitrary, for this in the menu Format select team Background.

9. After this, return to the menu View, uncheck the box Home page.

10. Place the mouse pointer in the text frame field to edit the caption, delete the contents. Enter text. Similarly, change the text of the caption under the picture.

12. As you complete the publication, do not forget to constantly save the document.

13. End of class.

Additional task

 Add a personal information component to the post you create.

 Change given size publications. Page width 25cm, height – 21cm, orientation – landscape. How will the appearance of the home page change?

Control questions

 List the main ways to create publications

 What extension do files created in MS Publisher have?

 What is the home page?

 How to switch between main page and foreground?

 How to create a text frame?

 How many sets of personal data are provided in MS Publisher?

 Does each set of personal data contain …….. components?

 What components? Transfer.

 How do I add personal information to a post?

 How can I change the publication size?

Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing program that contains many different templates. Using this program, you can create newspapers, brochures, business cards, postcards, advertisements, gift certificates, and web pages, for which Publisher includes many ready-made layouts. And once you have the basic skills to get started with a publication and to change it, you can apply those skills to any type of publication.

Create a new post based on a template

Create a web page based on a ready-made layout.

1. Open the program. Start – All Programs –MicrosoftOffice– MicrosoftPublisher.

2. In the menu File select team Create.

3. In the task area New Post - Start with Layout select Web sites and email.

4. View the proposed web page templates in the program window. When you select the type of publication you want to create, Publisher displays thumbnails of the available templates. To develop a web page based on one of the templates, just click on its thumbnail.

5. When choosing Web Site Builder, in the Wizard window you will need to indicate which pages your site needs (subsequently adding pages is done using the command Insert - Page, and deleting using the menu Edit-Delete page) and then press OK. Publisher will open a copy of the template. After the site template opens, you replace the placeholder text and pictures with your content. You can also change the color scheme and font scheme (see figure), remove or add layout elements, and make any other changes required to ensure that the Web page accurately reflects the style of your specific organization, type of business, or purpose of the Web site. This can be done by displaying Region tasks using the menu View. Select the desired task pane by clicking on small arrow at the top.

6. In the menu File select item Save.

7. In the field Folder Select the folder where you want to save the new website.

8. In the field File name enter a file name (preferably index).

10. After work on your website is completed in the menu File select a team Save as web page. The message will appear on the screen Exporting to format in progressHTML and a file will be created in the folder you specified index. html(the first page of your site), as well as the folder index. files, in which all other pages and all the graphics of your site will be located.

Work with text

The text does not simply fill all the space between the fields and flow from one page to another, as it does in text editors. Instead, the text is placed in a container called Text field, and you structure your posts by placing text boxes on the pages.

You can place a text box where you want on the page, make it the size you want, split it into columns, and combine one text box with another so that text flows between fields even if the text boxes are on different pages.

Even if your publication is based on one of the templates in Publisher, you may need to add an entirely new block of text.

Adding new text is done in two steps:

1. Create a new text field to serve as a container for the text.

2. Enter the required text.

When creating a text field, don't worry about its exact location and dimensions. At any time, the text field can be moved to any location on the page (or off it), and the size of the text field can be changed.

The table below shows three simple ways to change a text field once it's created on a page.

Target	Initial action	Follow up
Moving a text block	Place the pointer on the border of the text field.	When the pointer changes to a cross-shaped arrow, click and drag the field.
Resizing a text field	Click the text box and position the pointer over one of the round handles.	When the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, click and drag the border of the field.
Rotate a text field	Click the text box and position the pointer over the green rotation handle.	When the pointer changes to a circle, click the mouse button and drag the marker in the desired rotation direction.

When you resize a text field, some of the text may not fit in the resized field. To ensure that text remains visible when you resize text fields in your publication, turn on Publisher to automatically resize text by selecting on the menu Format points Auto text selection And Width .

Click the button Text field on the toolbar Objects. (When you open Publisher, the toolbar Objects is positioned vertically along the left side of the Publisher window by default.)

1. Create a rectangle on the page by dragging the mouse.

2. Enter text using the keyboard into the created text field (surrounded by round markers).

If you want to change the appearance of your publication, you have a variety of ways to change the appearance of the text and the fields that contain it.

For example, for change the appearance of selected text can be selected from the menu Format one of the following points.

Font to change the font, size, color, or style.

Paragraph to change the alignment type, indentation, line spacing, and line and page breaks.

List to add bullets and numbering or change their style.

And with the help of the team Text field(on the menu Format) you can change the appearance of the text field:

do visible border around the text field;

change the background color and border;

rotate text field;

change the gap between the text and the borders of the text field.

Graphic objects in the publication

Term drawing used to refer to a variety of graphics formats and graphics sources, including the following graphic elements:

rectangle, circle, arrow, line or autoshape;

separate graphic files in formats such as GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), BMP (Bitmap), WMF (Windows Metafile Format), TIF (Tagged Image File Format) and PNG (Portable Network Graphics);

collection of pictures;

scanned photographs or images taken with a digital camera.

Replace the placeholder picture by right-clicking it and choosing Change picture. If in context menu missing command Change picture, then the picture is part of a group (like the one shown above). Click the picture a second time - gray circles should appear around the perimeter of the picture, then right-click the picture again.

Adding a new drawing to a publication:

In both cases, the first step is to select the source of the new drawing.

Type of selected pattern	Following actions
Collection of pictures	The task pane will open Collection of pictures, where you can find a picture, photograph, clip or audio fragment to insert.
From file	A dialog box will open Add a picture, in which you can select the desired graphic file.
From a scanner or camera	If you have a scanner or digital camera with TWAIN or WIA interface connected to your computer, you can add an image directly from the connected device to your publication.

If the graphic you want is temporarily unavailable or unknown, you can insert a blank frame into your publication. On the menu Insert select item Picture, and then - item Blank picture frame.

Once a picture is framed on the publishing page, you can change its appearance by following the steps in the following table.

Target	Actions Performed
Add a colored or artistic border	Click the button Figure format Colors and lines.
Adding a colored background	Click the button Figure format and use the settings on the tab Colors and lines. Note. The colored background will only be visible in designs with transparent areas, otherwise do not paint the entire frame.
Recoloring a drawing	Click the button Figure format and use the settings on the tab Picture.
Changing Contrast and Brightness	Press the Contrast or Brightness buttons: Increase Contrast Decrease contrast Increase brightness Decrease brightness

Standard text wrapping options:

1. Along the top and bottom edge. Text breaks at the top edge of the picture frame and continues past the bottom edge of the frame

2. Along the contour. The text flows around the outline of the picture rather than around the frame.

3. Around the frame. The text wraps around the frame rather than around the design.

4. Absent. The text is placed as if the picture were missing.

Adding a Link Bar to a Web Page(or site navigation bar)

Select from menu Insert team Panel transitions and select a team Existing. A window will open Layout Libraries. On the bookmark Sections choose Panels navigation and press the button Add an object.

Note that you can add other web elements to the page this way.

To change the properties of the link bar select it with a mouse click and click the button that appears below (see Figure 1)

The Navigation Pane task pane will appear on the screen, where you can set up links to the pages of the website, change their location, and name the website page.

Create a newspaper in Microsoft Publisher

You can't create a newspaper in Microsoft Publisher.

more difficult than Microsoft Office Word or

work in MS PowerPoint. Panels

the controls are similar, but there are some

peculiarities.

Let's open Microsoft Publisher. But we will not use ready-made samples, but will create a clean publication.

Program section: Information Technology. Microsoft Office Publisher.

Lesson type: explanatory and demonstration lesson with practical elements.

Software and methodological support:

IBM type computer. Windows OS. PPP MS Office XP, 2003, 2007. Projector

Appendix 1 (lesson presentation) (school newspaper "Cool School" New Year's issue) Appendix 3 (links to Internet resources on the topic) Appendix 4(lesson development) Appendix 5 (task for practical work).

Goals and objectives:

• Teach how to use Publisher programs(bulletins) using the example of the layout of a school newspaper: the use of templates, layouts, introduce the layout of pages, show the possibility of duplicating individual page elements, teach how to post text and graphic information.
• Develop interest in search work in computer science lessons.
• To develop competencies in the field of independent cognitive activity.
• Consolidate acquired knowledge and skills by performing practical work.

Preliminary teacher preparation:

• Print out sheets with tasks for practical work Appendix 5.
• Copy Appendices 2, 3, 5 to all computers for students.

Lesson plan

1. Organizing time. (2 minutes)
2. Setting goals and objectives for the lesson. Familiarization with the lesson plan. (2 minutes)
3. Explanation of new material. (15 minutes)
4. Preparation for practical work. (3 min)
5. Practical work: development and implementation of a newspaper project. (20 minutes)
6. Summarizing. Grading. (3 min)

Student competencies:

1. Use the publication layouts included with Publisher and modify the template to create your own publication.
2. Add text to a publication, modify and move text, create columns, and continue the article on another page.
3. Add pictures to your publication, change the appearance of pictures, and control how text wraps around pictures.

During the classes

I.<Annex 1> (slide 1). Guys, look, we have an electronic exhibition in front of us. Here are various types printed products. These are books, magazines, brochures, booklets, textbooks, postcards, business cards, newspapers, reference books, advertising brochures, school newspapers and magazines, etc.

From the examples presented at the electronic exhibition, we see that anyone can be involved in publishing! And even Schoolboy! Of course, there are professional organizations that produce serious printed materials. Which for example? (Publishing houses “Prosveshcheniye”, “Drofa”, “Binom”... ( slide 2). Of course, such large publishing houses use professional layout programs in their work, and they are called publishing systems. For example, the professional program Indesign ( slide 3).

II. So, in order to publish a high-quality school publication, we have the opportunity word processor Word is no longer enough. And today we will study Publisher to create school publications ( slide 4). This is an editor that is included in the Microsoft Office Publisher office suite ( slide 5). Publisher simplifies the publishing process by providing hundreds of professional layouts to get you started. All publications consist of independent text and graphic elements that provide unlimited possibilities in creating page layout.

All work in Publisher is organized on a special field, which can be called an “editboard”. Its peculiarity is the ability to simultaneously place various layout materials on it: text blocks, drawings ( slide 6). The number of pages required for your publication is unlimited; you can make up an entire book. It is possible to duplicate individual page elements: headers, footers, column numbers, graphic design, columns on other pages of the publication ( slide 7, 8). From the range of Publisher templates offered, we see that we are given the opportunity to create stickers, business cards, postcards, announcements... ( slide 9). All templates contain both text and graphic information, and, what is especially important, when printing Excellent graphics quality is maintained.

So, a professional publishing system is primarily intended for publishing publications; it is capable of performing a number of functions that are not available to a word processor.

III . <Appendix 2> Preparation for practical work.

“Newspaper research and analysis”

Before starting layout in Publisher, I propose to consider the school newspaper “CoolSchool” from the point of view of layout and content.

1. Please note that for proper layout of a multi-page publication, the bottom and top borders of the text or blocks on each page must be at the same level. This is possible in Publisher, but not in Word. The role of borders in a publication is sometimes performed by colored blocks filled with text or graphics.
2. Look at the design of the front page of the newspaper:

• The name of the newspaper.
• Logo.
• Title.
• Newspaper aphorism.
• Contents of the issue.
• Main column.
• Graphics (by content, by context)
• Decorations.

1. Text information. All text in Publisher is contained in unique containers called text fields. In a newsletter, each column is a separate text field, and these fields are connected so that the text flows from one column to another. When creating a completely new text field, don't worry about its exact placement and dimensions. Columns can be moved at any time, and the size of the text field can be changed. Remember that the text should be readable and well formatted.

Additionally : on the portal of the All-Russian school press www.portal.lgo.ru you can look at examples of logos, design of the front pages of school newspapers and you will find many useful information for publishing issues.

IV. Practical work “Development and implementation of a newspaper project”

Exercise 1:

Using Internet resources<Appendix 3> (addresses of resources are selected in such a way as to reduce the work of students in searching for information, since it can distract them from the main task of the lesson), conduct search work in order to collect information for your newspaper release: information for the main article, holiday greetings, wishes, fortune telling, holiday treats, poems, humor, sayings, graphic information, decorations (snowflakes, stars, Christmas trees...).

Task 2:

Layout of your own newspaper issue using Microsoft template Office Publisher<Appendix 5>.

V. Summing up the lesson. Grading.

Resources:

http://office.microsoft.com/ru-ru/publisher/HA101656391049.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/rus/office2003/Publisher/Default.mspx

UMC. Informatics, grades 10–11, edited by N.V. Makarova.