
Notice that several important buttons are already set here: “Save,” “Undo,” “Redo,” and “Touch/Mouse Mode.” You can also remove buttons you have added to this toolbar. You can add buttons to this toolbar for commands you use frequently and wish to always have available. At the left end of the Title Bar is the Quick Access toolbar. The middle of the Title Bar shows the name of the current publication. At the top of the screen is the Title Bar. Let start with a “top-down” look at the elements of the Publisher environment. The Publisher environment consists of the Title Bar, which also contains the Quick Access toolbar, the Ribbon, the Page Navigation Pane, the Publication Page area, and the Status Bar, which also contains the Page Layout View buttons and the Zoom Slider. This is where you spend the majority of your time designing publications. For now, select the standard ‘Blank 8.5 x 11”’ choice from the listing so you can inspect the Publisher user interface.Īfter creating a publication, the main workspace of the Publisher user interface appears. When you initially start Publisher, a listing of available publication templates appears in a startup screen. New users should first familiarize themselves with the tools and elements in the Publisher user interface before creating a publication. In this lesson, you will examine the elements of the Publisher user interface.

When you close a publication, Publisher then prompts you to save unsaved changes in any open publications before closing. Within a publication you create and modify text and graphic objects on the pages in the publication.

A publication is the file type created in Publisher. The picture below is of the Publisher user interface after opening a new, blank publication.
