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.This dialog box also enables you to position the text frame veryprecisely, using the Position on page controls at the top.Figure 6-10: Set the text wrap properties of a picture frame using this dialog box. Chapter 6 &' Introducing Publisher 133&' Rotate the picture: As noted, you can do this using the Picture tab of the FormatPicture dialog box, but the easiest way to do it is simply to point at the green handlethat sticks up from the top of the picture and rotate the picture visually, by clickingand dragging.&' Crop the picture: Choose Format Picture and click the Picture tab.Crop thepicture using the controls at the top, by choosing how far from each edge to crop thepicture.A better way to crop pictures is by using the Picture toolbar6-.This is displayed by default downTipthe right side of the workspace and contains a number of useful tools.Click the Crop button tocrop the picture visually by clicking and dragging on its corners (see Figure 6-11).Figure 6-11: The Picture toolbar contains one-button controls for many of the optionsalso available through the Format Picture dialog box.Here the Crop tool is being usedto crop away everything but the head of the cow. 134 Part I &' Getting Functional with Office 2003Drawing lines and shapesPublisher also lets you draw basic shapes with four simple drawing tools on the Objectstoolbar: the Line tool, the Oval tool, the Rectangle tool, and the Custom Shapes tool.TheLine tool also lets you draw arrows and adjust the shape of the arrowheads.Custom Shapes provides you with a small menu of a variety of starbursts, arrows, and otheruseful shapes.If the shape includes a small gray diamond, its shape is adjustable; click anddrag on the diamond to see what effect it has.You can apply different line styles and fills to shapes and rotate them, as well.Working with TablesThe third most common type of object you re likely to want in a Publisher publication is atable.Inserting a tableTo insert a table, follow these steps:1.Click the Insert Table button on the Objects toolbar.2.Draw a frame, just as you did for text and graphics.3.The Create Table dialog box opens (see Figure 6-12).Enter the number of rows andcolumns you want in your table.4.Choose a design you like from Table Format menu.5.Click OK.Publisher creates a table with the number of rows and columns youindicated, sized to fit in the frame you drew. Chapter 6 &' Introducing Publisher 135Figure 6-12: The Create Table dialog box gives you a number of table designs to choosefrom.Entering data into a tableOnce you ve got your blank table, entering information into it is simply a matter of clickingon the cell you want to enter information into and then typing away.The same formattingtools are available to you for formatting text within a table as are available when you areworking in a text box.Editing a tablePublisher tables don t offer nearly as many options as, say, Word tables when it comes tomaking changes.In fact, there are only a few, all accessed by choosing Table from themenu bar:&' Insert: Choosing this option inserts Columns to the Left, Columns to the Right,Rows Above or Rows Below, or a whole new table.&' Delete: Deletes the rows or columns containing the currently selected cells, or deletethe whole table. 136 Part I &' Getting Functional with Office 2003&' Select: Selects the entire table, the current rows or columns, or just the cell in whichthe cursor is currently located.&' Merge Cells: Turns any currently selected cells into one big cell, erasing the bordersbetween them.&' Split Cells: Highlights a merged cell and choose Split Cells to turn it back into itsoriginal individual cells.&' Cell Diagonals: Splits currently selected cells into two distinct cells divided by adiagonal line, which can slant either up or down.&' Table AutoFormat: Changes the format of your table.&' Fill Down and Fill Right: Fills a column or row of selected cells with the contentsof either the topmost or leftmost cell in the selected range.&' Grow to Fit Text: When checked, this automatically increases row height within thetable to make room for whatever text you enter into it.SummaryThis chapter introduced the most often used elements of Microsoft Publisher, the powerfuldesktop publishing program that comes with some versions of Microsoft Office.Pointscovered included:&' The Publisher workspace is very similar to that of other Office applications; ifyou re already used to Word, FrontPage or PowerPoint, you should feel right athome.&' Publisher comes with a lot of pre-designed publications that you can use as the basisof your own; the hard layout work has already been done, and all you need to do isinsert your own text and graphics.&' Working with text in Publisher is done within text boxes; within a text box, text canbe formatted in much the same way it is formatted in Word.You can change thefont, font size, color, spacing and more.&' Text can be linked from text box to text box, which makes it easier to flow longitems through a publication.&' You can insert graphics in Publisher from the Microsoft Clip Organizer, from a fileon your computer, or from a scanner or digital camera.You can also draw your ownshapes with Publisher s built-in drawing tools.&' Tables are easy to insert and work with in Publisher, but not quite as full-featured asyou may be used to in Word.&' &' &' C H A P T E R77BuildingFrontPageWeb Sites.In This ChapterWeb designstrategiesou might already know how to create a Web site with linkedYpages.You might also be familiar with applying themes andImporting Web sitessharing borders, which give your site a sense of consistency andenable visitors to navigate it.This chapter describes in moreUsing Webdetail the process of designing and adding content to a Web site.templates andwizardsWeb Design StrategiesCreating Web pagecontentWeb pages and Web sites have something of a chicken and eggrelationship: no real answer exists as to which comes first whenGlobal site editingyou design a Web site.You can create Web page content first andand managing yourthen organize the pages as a Web site.Alternatively, you canWeb site withdesign a Web site and then plug in page content.With eitherReports viewapproach, however, your site design creates the framework for thedisplay of all the content that you provide.Why start with site design?Theoretically, you could create a Web site that consisted of asingle page.If your Web site has much content at all, however,this approach presents both technical and aesthetic problems.Thepage would take unnecessarily long to download in your visitorsbrowsers, and they would have to wait for information to down-load that they didn t even want to access
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