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Startup and Settings
What's new in Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
About product activation in Microsoft Office System products
Disclaimer: Use of Fictitious Names
Terms of Use
Getting Help
Turn automatic tips off or on
Turn helpful mouse pointers off or on
Turn object ScreenTips off or on
About getting help while you work
Icons in the Search Results task pane
Show or hide the Type a question for help box
Change the appearance of a Help topic
Print a Help topic
Troubleshoot Help
The Office Assistant
About tips and messages from the Office Assistant
Select a different Office Assistant
Display tips and messages through the Office Assistant
Hide or show the Office Assistant
Turn the Office Assistant sound on or off
Other Resources
About the Office Resource Kit
Open the Office Readme file
Get Help for Visual Basic for Applications
Get help from Microsoft Product Support services
Automatically update this list from the Web
Microsoft Office Online
About Office Communities
Search for help, templates, and additional online content on Microsoft Office Online
Complete an Office Web-based training course
Give feedback for Microsoft Office Online or an Office program
Turn Microsoft Office Online featured links on or off
Accessibility
About accessibility for people with disabilities
About creating accessible Office documents
Accessibility features in Publisher
Accessibility features in Office Help
Using screen readers with Help
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Publisher
Show or hide shortcut keys in ScreenTips
Installing and Customizing
Install or remove individual components in Office
Reinstall Publisher to add components previously not loaded
Show or hide the New Publication task pane at startup
Get information about your program and computer
Change Office's appearance
Toolbars and Commands
About menus and toolbars
Create a custom toolbar
Add a button, menu, or command
Move or copy a button, menu, or menu command
Assign or change a keyboard accelerator
Group related buttons and menus on a toolbar
Move a submenu anywhere on the screen
Remove commands and controls for languages you don't use
Rename a button, menu command, or menu
Delete a toolbar or menu
Show or hide a toolbar
Move a toolbar
Show all buttons or commands
Resize a toolbar
Show all commands on the menus
Change a picture on a button
Change the size of a toolbar button or drop-down list box
Display an icon, text or both on a menu command or button
Rename a custom toolbar
Restore original settings for buttons, commands, or toolbars
Show all the commands on a menu
Show or hide toolbar ScreenTips
Troubleshoot toolbars and menus
Troubleshoot Installing Office
About Office Safe Mode
Enable items that were disabled by Office Safe Mode
Recover a program that is not responding
Automatically repair Office programs
Troubleshoot installing an Office program
Using Microsoft Office
Change the default working folder for publications
About Microsoft Office Document Imaging
Copy the window or screen contents
Format a disk
Office Clipboard
About collecting and pasting multiple items
Collect and paste among programs
Display the contents of the Office Clipboard
Clear items from the Office Clipboard
Turn off the Office Clipboard
Turn Office Clipboard command options on or off
Managing Files
Save a publication in Publisher 2000 or Publisher 98 format
Save a file
Open a file
Rename a file
Select multiple files
File formats that Publisher converts
Help protect Publisher files stored on a network
Save an Office document as a TIFF file
Troubleshoot saving files
Moving, Copying, and Deleting files
Move a file
Copy a file
Delete a file
Add or delete a shortcut from the My Places bar
Go back to the previous drive, folder, or Internet location
Finding Files
About finding files
Find a file
Troubleshoot finding files
File Properties
About file properties
View file properties
Change file properties
Create custom file properties for the active document
File Recovery
Change the save interval for automatic file recovery
Recover files
Troubleshoot file recovery
Handwriting and Speech
Show or hide the Language bar
Handwriting Recognition
About handwriting recognition
Install handwriting recognition
Use handwriting recognition
Handwriting recognition toolbars
Change handwriting recognition options
Correct handwriting
Troubleshoot handwriting recognition
Troubleshoot handwriting recognition in East Asian languages
East Asian Languages
About handwriting recognition in East Asian languages
Use handwriting recognition in East Asian languages
Change handwriting recognition options in East Asian languages
Change the handwriting recognition language
Handwriting recognition toolbars in East Asian languages
Speech Recognition
About speech recognition
Getting started with speech recognition
Install and train speech recognition
Things you can do and say with speech recognition
Use speech recognition
How to speak to a computer
Position the speech recognition microphone
Turn on or off the speech recognition microphone
Create and use speech recognition user profiles
Switch between using Dictation and Voice Command modes
Add to or delete from the speech recognition dictionary
Change speech recognition engines
Correct speech recognition errors
Format text by using speech recognition
Language bar speech recognition messages
Troubleshoot speech recognition
Creating a Publication
Create a publication
Create or change a template
Create an invitation
About converting publications between print and Web mode
Troubleshoot templates
Use the mouse to pan across the workspace
Tips for assembling a poster or banner
Page Layout
About margins, indentation, alignment, and line spacing
Add or adjust margins
Layout Guides
Remove grid guides
About baseline guides
Align text to baseline guides
Change baseline guides spacing and offset
Hide or show layout guides, ruler guides, and object boundaries
Set up text columns using layout guides
Snap objects to guides, ruler marks, or other objects
Structure the page with layout guides
Show or hide baseline guides
Troubleshoot baseline guides
Move a margin guide, column guide, or row guide
About layout guides and ruler guides
Troubleshoot layout guides, ruler guides, and the ruler
Rulers and Ruler Guides
Create ruler guides for a single page
Remove ruler guides
Move a ruler guide
Move a ruler
Move the ruler origin
Show or hide rulers
Duplicate a ruler guide
Reset the ruler origin
Master Pages
About using master pages
About using single-page and two-page master pages
Hide master page objects
Mirror text and pictures on facing master pages
Move between master pages and publication pages
Send an object to a master page from a publication page
Send an object from the master page to a publication page
Troubleshoot using master pages
Add a text watermark that appears on every page
Change or delete objects that repeat on every page
Add or remove headers or footers
Make an object appear on multiple pages
Duplicate a master page
Apply master pages to publication pages
Change a single-page master page to a two-page master page
Change a two-page master page to a single-page master page
Create, edit, or delete a master page
Rename a master page
Arranging Pages
Move a page
Add or delete pages
Set page order to right-to-left
Troubleshoot pages and page numbers
Add or remove page numbers
Create facing page numbers
Format page numbers
Insert a section
Change the look of page numbers
Page Setup
Change page size, paper size, or page orientation
View a two-page spread
Set up a mirrored-page layout (as for a book)
Create a poster, banner, or other large publication
Create a folded booklet or newsletter
Set up and print a letter-sized booklet
Change the size of a publication
Create a label from page setup
Change the distance between copies on a page
Add a line between text columns
Zoom in or out
Set the unit of measure
Columns and Rows
Create columns and rows
Insert a column break
Change rows or columns in a table
Using Color
Add colors to the Fill Color palette
Recolor a picture
Restore original colors to a picture or object
Reduce the number of colors in a picture
Troubleshoot modifying color fills
Add a color or a pattern to the margins in a picture frame
Add a color or pattern behind an entire page or group of objects
Color Schemes
About color schemes and fill effects
Fill an object with a scheme color
Create and save a custom color scheme
Modify a color scheme
Troubleshoot using color schemes
Troubleshoot wrong color schemes
Remove a fill
Fill an object
Using Wizards
Use the Publisher Word Document Wizard to enhance my Word document
Turn off the wizard for blank publications
Show or hide the Office Assistant in wizards
Personal Information
Add a personal information component to a publication
Add, change, or remove personal information data
Edit a logo for a personal information set
Add or remove a color scheme for a personal information set
About personal information sets
Troubleshoot personal information
Troubleshoot text that appears randomly
Smart Tags
About smart tags
Working with Text
Export text
Text Boxes
Create a text box
About connecting text boxes
About text boxes
Align text within a text box
Fit text in a text box
Change how text flows between connected text boxes
Change the margins around text in a text box or a shape
Connect text boxes
Create columns within a text box
Delete a text box in a series of connected text boxes
Delete text in connected text boxes
Move between connected text boxes
Troubleshoot connecting text boxes
Add or change a Continued notice
Reword or reformat a Continued notice
Apply vertical text flow
Get text out of overflow
Set defaults for new text boxes
Text in Shapes
About positioning text in shapes
Fit text in a shape
Add text to a shape
Troubleshoot text in shapes
Tables
Troubleshoot deleting items in tables
Troubleshoot formatting tables
Troubleshoot gridlines in tables
Troubleshoot objects in tables
Troubleshoot text in tables
Create a table
Add an object to a table
Format a table's size, layout, and cell properties
Resize a table
Copy a table or table text from another program
Change cells in a table
Change rows or columns in a table
Formatting
Remove all text formatting
Change the color of text
Add a shadow to text
Add a dropped capital letter
Add a table of contents with leaders
Add or replace a symbol or fraction
Troubleshoot text formatting and fonts
About text shadows and 3-D effects
Automatically synchronize formatting
Hyphenation
Hyphenate text automatically
Hyphenate text manually
Troubleshoot hyphenation
Paragraph Formatting
Keep text or paragraphs together
Troubleshoot keeping text or paragraphs together
Create or modify a paragraph indent
Bullets and Tabs
Automatically add bullets to a list
Change bullets or numbers in a list
Remove bullets or numbers from a list
Create or modify a tab stop
Create a bulleted or numbered list
Troubleshoot bulleted and numbered lists
Spacing
Adjust leading
Adjust tracking and kerning
Shrink or stretch the width of text characters (scaling)
Change line or paragraph spacing
Raise or lower text in a line
Find and delete extra spaces after punctuation marks
Fonts
About automatic font switching
Select fonts that work well together
See which fonts are used in a publication
Troubleshoot fonts and subsetting
About resolving font duplication in Publisher
Show or hide actual fonts in the font list
Turn font previews on or off
About font license restrictions
Font Schemes
About font schemes
Troubleshoot font schemes
Embed Fonts
Load embedded fonts and print a font report
Find out if a font can be embedded
Embed only part of a font in your publication
Embed fonts in a publication
Change embedding status for individual TrueType fonts
About embedding fonts in your publication
About Microsoft Publisher font embedding for commercial printing
Substitute Fonts
Substitute missing fonts
Turn off font substitution when printing
About substituting for missing fonts
About font substitution for missing East Asian characters
Copyfitting
Troubleshoot copyfitting
Turn on and off automatic copyfitting
Wrapping
Wrap text around a picture
Wrap text around an entire frame
Change how text wraps around a picture
Troubleshoot how text wraps
Get the text as close to the picture as possible
Editing
Select a way to edit text
Count the words in your publication with Microsoft Word
Troubleshoot using Word to edit text
Turn Drag-and-drop text editing on or off
Styles
Work with text styles
Troubleshoot text styles
About text styles
Find and Replace
Find and replace text
Troubleshoot finding text
Turn whole word selection on
Automatic Correction and Formatting
Automatically add bullets to a list
Automatically number a list
Automatically check spelling as you type
Automatically replace straight quotes with smart (curly) quotes
Add an em (â) or en ( â ) dash
Troubleshoot spelling and AutoCorrect
Troubleshoot em or en dashes
Insert a date or time
Make sure a word is automatically corrected
Automatically select or format an entire word
Spelling
About Spelling and AutoCorrect
Automatically check spelling as you type
Check a publication for misspellings
Omit words when using the Spelling feature
Troubleshoot spelling and AutoCorrect
Look up words in the dictionary
Look up words in the thesaurus
Working with Graphics and Objects
Insert WordArt
About resizing and cropping an object
Change the way pictures, WordArt, and OLE objects are displayed
Change the text in WordArt
Check the status of all pictures in a publication
Graphic file formats and filters
Copy and paste objects
Apply the same height and width to different objects
Resize an object
About the scratch area
Save a graphic
Moving and Grouping Graphics and Objects
Select and deselect an object
About connector lines
Align objects
Align or distribute objects
Arrange objects an equal distance from one another
Rotate or flip objects
Change the nudge distance
About stacking objects
Send an object to the back
Turn on and off the Snap To commands
Moving Objects
Move an object
Move an inline object
Move an object forward or backward
Troubleshoot moving objects
Grouping Objects
Group and ungroup objects
About grouping and ungrouping objects
Inline Objects
Insert an inline object
About inline objects
Move an inline object
Change an inline object to an exact position
Troubleshoot Graphics and Objects
Troubleshoot clips
Troubleshoot corrupted graphics
Troubleshoot editing pictures
Troubleshoot filling objects with color
Troubleshoot layering objects
Troubleshoot watermarks
Troubleshoot working with frames and pictures
Troubleshoot scanners and digital cameras
Pictures
Print full-resolution linked pictures
View details on linked pictures
Determine if a picture is a bitmap or a drawn picture
Add, Edit, or Replace a Picture
Add a picture
Add a line of pictures
Replace a picture with a different picture
Add a picture directly from your digital camera
Add a picture directly from your scanner
Add or delete Adjust handles so you can change the shape of a picture's outline
Add a margin without changing the size of a picture
Undo changes to a picture
Crop a picture
Restore a picture to its original size or proportions
Create transparent areas in a picture
Change the contrast or brightness of a picture
Convert a picture to a watermark
Make a picture's background transparent or opaque
About transparent areas
Empty Picture Frame
Insert an empty picture frame
Replace an empty picture frame with a picture
Design Gallery Objects
Add a Publisher-designed object from the Design Gallery to your publication
Change the graphic in a Design Gallery logo
Create a logo by using the Design Gallery
Troubleshoot the Design Gallery
Add, rename, or delete a category in the current publication's design set
Adding 3-D Effects and Shadows
Troubleshoot shadow, 3-D, and embossed effects
Add a shadow to an object
Add or remove a 3-D effect from a shape
Add an embossed or engraved effect
Linking and Embedding
About linked objects and embedded objects
Link or embed files
Edit a linked object or embedded object
Troubleshoot linked graphics
Troubleshoot linked or embedded objects
Convert a linked picture to an embedded picture
Control how linked objects are updated
Convert an embedded object to a file of another source program
Save an embedded picture as a linked picture
View a list of missing or modified linked pictures
Update linked pictures that have been modified
Graphics Manager
About Graphics Manager
View or print a list of missing fonts in a publication
Add, rename, or delete an object in the current publication's design set
Check the status of all pictures in a publication
Borders
Add or change a border
Add borders, fills, and effects to a table
Remove a border
Create a custom border
Troubleshoot borders
Change the color of fills, lines, and borders
Shapes
About shapes
Add a shape
Change a shape to another shape
Change the shape of a freeform or curve
Draw a freeform shape
Reshape a shape
Draw a curve
Draw or change a line or arrow
Draw or change connectors
Set defaults for new shapes or drawing objects
Printing
Print a publication on a desktop printer
About choosing between desktop, copy shop, and commercial printing
Preview a page before printing
Print a draft publication without graphics
Cancel printing
Print crop marks
Print more than one copy
About printing a booklet
Print Setup
Set properties for your desktop printer
Checklist: Prepare a publication for desktop printing
Create a bleed for your publication
Set up a new printer
Determine your desktop printer's nonprintable region
Set the default printer
Print multiple copies of a publication on a page
Print a mirror image (as for a t-shirt)
Connect to a network drive
Printer Drivers
Install a printer driver from a disk or Web site
Install the Generic Color PS for Commercial Printing printer driver
About using printer drivers
Printer Options
Select a paper source
Change the paper size
Select extra paper sizes
Check the progress of your print job
Print envelopes by using manual feed
Display PaperDirect or Avery patterned papers on your screen
Commercial Printing
Checklist: Prepare a publication for commercial printing
Set up a publication for spot-color or process-color printing
Output a CMYK composite of your publication
Set advanced print options for commercially printed publications
Prepare a publication for commercial printing
Troubleshoot preparing files for commercial printing
Print separations of your publication
Print a composite of your publication
About working with a printer to choose color
Font tips for commercially printed publications
Set up a publication for black-and-white or single-color commercial printing
Select a larger paper size for commercial printing
Troubleshoot using crop and bleed marks
PostScript Printing
Save your publication as a PostScript file for commercial printing
Check whether you are using a PostScript printer driver
Install the Generic Color PS for Commercial Printing printer driver
Set PostScript output format
Save a publication as a PDF file
Save a page-independent PostScript file
Save a publication as an EPS file
Color Printing
Change spot colors
Select a Pantone spot color
Fill an object or text with a Pantone spot or Pantone process color
Convert a process color to a spot-color ink
Convert a spot-color ink to a process color
Convert a spot-color tint to a process color
Add a new spot-color ink
Delete excess spot-color inks
Delete spot colors
Duplicate a spot-color ink
Compare printer and screen colors by printing a color sampler
Pack and Go
Use the Pack and Go Wizard to pack or unpack publications for commercial printing
About the Pack and Go Wizard
Troubleshoot using the Pack and Go Wizard
Trapping
Turn automatic trapping on or off
About trapping in Publisher
About Publisher defaults for trapping borders, lines, and fills
About knockouts and overprinting
Change color options for trapping
View current or default trapping settings
Override or restore default trapping settings
Troubleshoot trapping white objects and tables
Troubleshoot Printing
Troubleshoot using PaperDirect or Avery patterned papers
Troubleshoot printing publications on a desktop printer
Troubleshoot printing labels on a desktop printer
Troubleshoot desktop printer settings
Troubleshoot matching printer and screen colors
Troubleshoot printing a poster, banner, or other large publication
Troubleshoot printing a two-page layout or booklet
Troubleshoot printing business cards
Troubleshoot printing envelopes
Troubleshoot printing scanned pictures
Publisher and the Web
About Web publications
Web Pages
Web Sites
Web Servers
Converting Publications
Convert from print to Web or from Web to print
Troubleshoot converting publications from print to Web
About converting publications between print and Web mode
Creating Web Sites
Create a Web site
Add a page to your Web site
Plan your Web site
Update a Web site
Add keywords and a description for your Web site
Specify the title and file name of a Web page
About Web keywords
Troubleshoot saving Web sites
Test your Web site
About Web fonts and font schemes
Speed up downloading Web pages by using Vector Markup Language
Tips for creating accessible Web sites
Designing Web Sites
Set the width of a Web page
Change Web page text colors for hyperlinks
Set a background color or texture for a Web site
Add a pattern or color to the page background
Troubleshoot Web background color or texture
Add a background sound to a Web page
Add an HTML code fragment to a Web page
Make my text look the same in all browsers
Publishing Web Sites
Publish a Web site
About saving and publishing Web sites
Troubleshoot publishing Web sites
Update a Web site
Troubleshoot how Web pages display in a browser
Troubleshoot the look of HTML fragments and forms
About filtered HTML
Turn incremental publish to the Web on or off
FTP Sites and Web Servers
Create a shortcut for FTP
Change the logon name or password for an FTP site
Navigation Bars
Add, remove, change, or reorder links on a navigation bar
Change the look of a navigation bar
Create a new navigation bar
About navigation bars
Troubleshoot navigation bars
Delete a navigation bar
Insert an existing navigation bar
Hyperlinks
About hyperlinks
Create a hyperlink
Change a hyperlink
Remove a hyperlink
Change the color of text hyperlinks and body text
Troubleshoot hyperlinks
Web Graphics
About Web graphics
Add an animated picture to a Web page
Add a thumbnail
Add alternative text to a Web page graphic
Troubleshoot animated graphics on a Web site
Troubleshoot Web animations and graphics
Web Forms
About Web form controls
About assigning labels and values to form controls
Create a pre-designed Web form
Create a Web form and add form controls
Label a form control
Change or remove a hidden field
Set Web form control properties
Test an electronic form on the Web
Troubleshoot Web forms
Create form controls inline
Research Services
About research services
Add or change research services
Research search tips
Reference Encarta Encyclopedia
Translation Services
About translation services
Translate text
Send E-mail
About sending a publication in e-mail
Send a publication in e-mail
Troubleshoot sending a publication in e-mail
Mail and Catalog Merge
Insert merge fields
Merge pictures into a publication
Print merged publications
Cancel a merge
Change the look of merged text
View how a publication will look with data merged into it
Mail Merge
Create a mail merge
About mail merge
Troubleshoot mail merge
Catalog Merge
Create a catalog merge
Arrange merge fields in the catalog merge area
About the repeating catalog merge area
About catalog merge
About creating catalogs
Troubleshoot catalog merge
Data Sources
Create a data source for a mail merge or a catalog merge
Create an Address List for mail merge
Change the data source for a mail merge or a catalog merge
Change the order in which entries from a data source are merged
Narrow the list of records that are merged
Mail and Catalog Merge data sources used in Publisher
About filtering and sorting in mail and catalog merge
Sharing Information
Import Content from Other Programs
Import text from another file
Troubleshoot importing text, pictures, and smart objects
Automating Tasks and Programmability
Verifying Your Designs
Design Checker
Check your publication for problems
Troubleshoot using the Design Checker
Macros and Add-Ins
Troubleshoot add-ins
Macro language support is disabled
Troubleshoot modifying the list of trusted publishers for macros
Security and Privacy
Security
Help protect Publisher files stored on a network
Digital Signatures
About digital signatures
Create your own digital certificate
Add a digital signature to a file or macro project
Remove a digital signature
Review digital certificates for a file or macro project
Macros
Macro security levels
Change the security level for macro virus protection
Warn about installed templates and add-ins
About helping protect files from macro viruses
Modify the list of trusted publishers for macros
Remove a prior trusted source
Privacy
Remove hidden information
Microsoft Office Activation/Registration Privacy Statement
Language-Specific Features
Language Setup
About Microsoft Proofing Tools
About finding and replacing characters in Indic, South Asian, or right-to-left languages
About the global interface and Microsoft Office Multilingual User Interface Pack
Hyphenate text written in another language
Check the spelling of text written in another language
About multilingual features in Office
Install system support for multiple languages
Mark text as another language
Requirements for specific languages
Specify the language encoding for your Web site
Enable editing of multiple languages in Office programs
Locale identification numbers for language-specific files
Use Visual Keyboard to work with different keyboard layouts
Change the default country/region
Use a keyboard layout for a specific language
Troubleshoot working in a different language
About text alignment for East Asian, South Asian, or right-to-left languages
Unicode Support
Install the universal font for Unicode
East Asian
Automatically adjust character spacing for mixed East Asian and Latin text
Enclose East Asian characters
Insert full-width East Asian characters for date and time
Reconvert Japanese, Traditional Chinese, or Simplified Chinese text
Find and replace characters in East Asian text
Select the font for East Asian and Latin text
Set East Asian line break options
Automatically adjust character spacing for East Asian text and punctuation
Set Latin word wrap in East Asian text
Add or remove phonetic guides
Add or remove horizontal-in-vertical text format
Add or remove emphasis marks
Apply hanging punctuation to East Asian text
Set indentation for East Asian text
Set baseline alignment for East Asian text
Turn on or off font substitution for missing East Asian characters
Troubleshoot missing East Asian characters
About font substitution for missing East Asian characters
Input Method Editors (IMEs)
About Input Method Editors (IMEs)
Install an Input Method Editor (IME)
Add a word to an Input Method Editor (IME) dictionary
Set the default Input Method Editor (IME)
Review a file by using Reconversion
Korean
Convert Hangul and Hanja
About the correct keyboard setting
Turn on or off the correct keyboard setting
Add or delete Hanja in a custom dictionary
Indic
About Indic language features in Office
About finding and replacing characters in Indic, South Asian, or right-to-left languages
About automatically checking the correct sequence of characters in Indic languages
South Asian
About South Asian features in Office
Find and replace characters in South Asian or right-to-left text
Replace invalid South Asian characters automatically
Check the correct sequence of South Asian text
About sequence checking and replacing invalid characters in South Asian text
Right-to-Left
About right-to-left features in Office
Find and replace characters in South Asian or right-to-left text
Set alignment and text direction for right-to-left languages
Set alignment for Kashida
Add double quote for Hebrew alphabet numbering
Set column direction right-to-left
Set bi-directional mirroring
About right-to-left sort order
Specify spelling options for right-to-left languages
Set the default text direction
Set the default page order
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