Layout and graphics enhancements
Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 has enhanced layout and graphics features to give you better control over how you design your publication.
Better control of layout guides The improved Layout Guides dialog box makes it easier to create margin guides, column guides, and row guides that you can use to create a well-ordered, professional layout.
Multiple master pages Create several background pages that you can apply to your publication pages. Multiple master pages provide a more versatile means of incorporating commonly used design elements throughout your publication.
Empty picture frame Quickly create mock-ups or templates using empty picture frames as placeholders for graphics. Later, you can replace the empty picture frame by adding a graphic from a file or directly from a scanner or digital camera.
Enhanced paragraph formatting New options for paragraph formatting let you precisely define the relationship between one paragraph and the paragraphs that precede or follow it. In the new Line and Paragraph Breaks tab (Format menu, Paragraph dialog box), you can do the following:
- Keep paragraphs or lines of text together wherever text flows across text boxes in your publication.
- Eliminate the problem of widowed or orphaned paragraph fragments.
- Create paragraph breaks that start in the next connected text box.
Baseline guide alignment Align text across multiple columns to create a sharp, professional look to your publications.
Improved Design Checker The Design Checker provides customized checks to give you just the information you want for the specific type of publication you are working on. You can check your publication for problems before you print it to a desktop printer, take it to a commercial printer, or publish it to the Web.
You can choose to have the Design Checker automatically fix many of the problems it finds in your publication. The Design Checker will also give you detailed information for each problem, as well as a description of how the problem may affect your work.
Improved Graphics Manager Publisher has greatly enhanced your ability to manage the graphics in your publication. You can now quickly and easily view and sort a list of the graphics used in your publication. You can also use the Graphics Manager to fix problems with linked pictures and to view detailed information for all of your graphics.