Know-How in Microsoft PublisherWritten by Mart Gil Abareta
For those who still don’t know, Microsoft Publisher helps computer users to easily create, customize and publish materials such as flyers, brochures, catalogs, newsletters and websites. It provides tools to create professional and compelling marketing materials that will help you take your business further. With professional page layout and text tools, you can build a strong visual identity for your product or company.As a part of this article, I’ll be tackling few simple tips that you have to know once you’re new to this software program. These tips include creating a publication using a wizard and using quick publication wizard with a blank publication. Don’t worry, learning Microsoft Publisher is easy. You just need to be patient and dedicated if you really want to apply what you know about it. Hope you enjoy doing these tips on your own, too. In creating a publication using a wizard, go to File menu and click New. Then, click Publications by Wizard tab. In Wizards pane, click type of publication you want. In right pane, click design you want. Next, click Start Wizard. To make changes to publication's color scheme, layout or personal information now, click Next and step through wizard's questions to make desired changes. When you finish making changes, click Finish. In your publication, replace placeholder text and pictures with your own or with other objects. On File menu, click Save. In Save In box, select folder where you want to save new publication. In File name box, type a name for your publication. Finally, click Save.
| | So You’re Hiring a Web Designer—You Have the Right to Demand these 7 PerksWritten by Mitone Griffith
Whether you’re hiring a designer who has created 10 sites or 1000 sites for other businesses, there are 10 things every website should do for you. 1. Be wary of companies who charge by hour and don’t put on a cap! There isn’t a regulated industry standard in fees. So websites can easily end up costing you a small fortune. Ask for a flat fee if possible—you’ll know exactly what you’re paying up front. It’s common to pay for 50% down, and in certain cases, when working with businesses online; you may need to pay whole flat fee down. This is perfectly acceptable. You wouldn’t order books from Amazon and wait to pay for them when they got there! 2. Try to get a turnaround time in writing. It is up to you to bring as much information as possible to your designer. This will make design process go much faster. You can’t just go and say “make a website for me” and expect your designer to know what to put on your website! The more you bring to table, faster your designer can work. And faster you respond to proofs, faster your site will be active and live! Depending on your designer’s workload, it could take anywhere from 1 week to 3 weeks to finish design of your site. 3. Original custom designs are always best for branding your image. If your designer works exclusively from pre-designed templates, with no customization at all, you will not have as professional a site as if you received 100% customized work. Make sure you understand how your website designer creates websites. 4. How much flexibility will you have in future? The best aspect of websites is that they are dynamic—or should be. Print advertising is static. But you can constantly update your website as your company grows. How fast and easy can your designer make changes to your site? Is she building in functions to make these future changes possible?
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