Use the Pack and Go Wizard to pack or unpack publications for commercial printing

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

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Pack your publication using the Pack and Go Wizard

  1. On the File menu, point to Pack and Go, and then click Take to a Commercial Printing Service.

    The Pack and Go Wizard will take you through each step of the packing process.

  2. When prompted by the Pack and Go Wizard, save your publication for the printing service. If you pack multiple publications, save each packed publication to a separate folder, otherwise the Pack and Go Wizard will overwrite any preexisting packed publications.

    ShowSave files to removable media

    If you're taking your publication on disk to the printing service, when the wizard asks you to choose a location for saving your file, click the appropriate drive (usually A for a floppy disk, and D or E for other types of removable media, such as a Zip disk).

    Note  If the Pack and Go Wizard splits up a large publication between two or more disks, the .puz extension for the packed publication will change to .pu1 for the second file in the series, .pu2 for the third, and so on.

    ShowSave files to a hard drive, an external drive, or a network

    If you're putting your files on an external drive, on a network, or on your computer's hard drive, click Browse, choose the drive and folder you want, and then click OK.

Notes

  • Unless your commercial printer tells you otherwise, always select Embed TrueType fonts and Include linked graphics in the Pack and Go Wizard.
  • If you make changes to your publication after packing your files, be sure to run the Pack and Go Wizard again so the changes are included as part of your packed publication.

ShowPrint a proof of your publication

After the Pack and Go Wizard has completed packing your publication, you can print a composite or color separation proof of your publication. Printing a composite is always selected by default; in addition, printing separations is selected if your publication is set up for spot or process colors in the Color Printing dialog box.
  1. If you do not want to print a composite proof, clear Print a composite proof.
  2. If you do not want to print a separations proof, clear Print separations.
  3. Click OK.

ShowUnpack and open Publisher files for a commercially printed publication

ShowUnpack a publication on a single disk or network drive

  1. Double-click Unpack.exe.
  2. Type the path to the folder where you want to save the unpacked files, or browse to a folder, and then click OK.

ShowUnpack a publication on multiple disks

  1. Insert the first disk with the packed files into the appropriate drive on your computer.
  2. Double-click Unpack.exe.
  3. Type the path to the folder where you want to save the unpacked files, or browse to a folder, and then click OK.
  4. Insert each disk when prompted, and then click OK.
  5. When Publisher notifies you that the publication is unpacked, click OK.

Note  To open the publication in Publisher, navigate to the folder that contains the files, and then double-click the file with PNG in the name and a .pub extension (for example, publication1PNG.pub).

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