This course builds on the skills and concepts taught in Publisher 2007: Level 1. Students will learn how to control colors and gradients, create and apply styles, work with WordArt objects, and apply section page numbers and bookmarks. They will also learn how to create and manage mail merge lists, prepare mailing labels, apply Web templates and forms, and create and publish a Web site.

Target Student: Students who want to learn the more advanced features of Publisher as well as learning to publish websites with this program.

Prerequisites: Students should have taken Publisher 2007 Level 1 or have equivalent knowledge.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Course Content:

Unit 1: Basic design options
Topic A: Publication setup
A-1: Examining a brochure
A-2: Setting up a brochure
A-3: Creating a business information set
A-4: Adding business information
Topic B: Custom colors
B-1: Changing the color scheme
B-2: Creating tint swatches
B-3: Creating a gradient
Topic C: The Content Library
C-1: Adding an item to the Content Library
C-2: Inserting an item from the Content Library
Topic D: The Graphics Manager pane
D-1: Linking a picture
D-2: Replacing a picture

Unit 2: Typography
Topic A: Styles and font schemes
A-1: Examining a style
A-2: Creating a style
A-3: Basing a style on an existing style
A-4: Applying a style
A-5: Overriding and modifying a style
A-6: Changing the font scheme
Topic B: Graphics in typography
B-1: Inserting WordArt
B-2: Creating a type mask with WordArt
B-3: Wrapping text based on image contours
Topic C: Precise spacing control
C-1: Snapping text to a baseline guide
C-2: Distributing text horizontally
Topic D: Symbols and special characters
D-1: Inserting symbols
D-2: Inserting special characters

Unit 3: Long publications
Topic A: Sections
A-1: Creating sections in a publication
A-2: Formatting section page numbers
Topic B: Bookmarks
B-1: Adding bookmarks
B-2: Navigating to a bookmark
B-3: Deleting a bookmark

Unit 4: Mail merge
Topic A: Recipient lists
A-1: Creating a recipient list
Topic B: Mailing labels
B-1: Preparing mailing labels
Topic C: The Mail Merge pane
C-1: Beginning a mail merge
C-2: Sorting recipients
C-3: Filtering recipients
Topic D: Mail merge fields
D-1: Adding mail merge fields to a publication
Topic E: Merged publications
E-1: Completing a mail merge

Unit 5: Interactive forms
Topic A: Web forms
A-1: Converting a print publication to a Web publication
A-2: Inserting text input fields
A-3: Creating a list box
A-4: Inserting checkboxes and option buttons
A-5: Inserting submit and reset buttons
Topic B: Form settings
B-1: Sending form data via e-mail
B-2: Labeling form elements
B-3: Previewing a form

Unit 6: Web site publishing
Topic A: Web elements
A-1: Checking for basic Web site errors
A-2: Adding alternative text to a picture
A-3: Creating a hyperlink
A-4: Inserting a navigation bar
Topic B: Web page options
B-1: Entering information for search engines
Topic C: Web site publishing
C-1: Publishing a Web site