Microsoft Publisher

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You use a word processing software but for some specific needs you would like to be able to produce more elaborate documents ? Only you fear that the learning curve will be long and difficult. What if we told you that it is possible to combine the layout principles of a simple text document with the power and advanced features of a real publishing software. So if you want to be able to start designing professional-quality posters and flyers for your company or provide your loved ones with personalized greeting cards or announcements while finding an interface close to that of your word processing software, Publisher is certainly made for you…

Publisher is a DTP desktop publishing software (see our article DTP for more information) included in some Microsoft Office 365 software suite licenses. However, unlike most of the other tools in this suite, Publisher is only available in a Windows-compatible version. You will therefore need a computer running this operating system in order to take advantage of its functionalities.

Microsoft Publisher allows you to create all kinds of documents, mainly communication tools such as catalogs, flyers or marketing documents elaborated with text, images, borders or calendars. You can also use it to design greeting cards, labels or newsletters. As with other applications in the Office 365 Suite, a wide range of predefined templates are available for this purpose, so you don’t have to start from scratch. The most commonly used print formats can also be selected before you start working on your project.

With Microsoft Publisher, all the documents you design are guaranteed to retain their appearance when you print, e-mail or post them on the Internet. You can choose to export them to non-editable formats such as PDF for example before sharing them. On the other hand, it should be noted that the PUB format which corresponds to the format of the files designed and published under Publisher is not compatible with all the equivalent software on the market. Finally, for all those who wish to create documents for exclusively digital use, it is also possible, thanks to Publisher, to insert sound but also video clips in your projects.

As mentioned in the introduction, all regular and regular users of the most popular applications of Microsoft Office 365 such as Word, Excel or Powerpoint will not be out of place. In fact, a significant part of the functions most used in the creation of visual documents, such as image import or the insertion of text boxes for example, work in exactly the same way, thus considerably reducing the time needed to get used to the software.