Transcript Publisher Instructional PowerPoint

Making your
Portfolio
How to use Publisher
Planning Your Website
 Create
a folder for storage of images,
sounds, documents, etc.
 Keep an ongoing collection of items for
use in your portfolio
 Know where you are “going” with your
pages
 Be familiar with the requirements of
your assignment
 Remember…your focus is the writing
Create a home page
 Use
Microsoft Publisher
 Open
Publisher
 Choose a template or design your own
 Avoid using the “Wizard” to fill in “company
information”
 Sometimes it opens “Wizard” sometimes it
does not
Adding pages
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Add any pages that you would like
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Calendar, events, etc.
Insert…Page…
Duplicate Page
Pages are automatically hyperlinked to the
buttons on the home page if you choose “Add
hyperlink” when creating a new page
 It’s a good idea to have added hyperlinked text
at the bottom of your pages
For text
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Highlight the text you want to hyperlink
Right click on the text
Choose hyperlink
In the dialogue box choose the appropriate
page number of the site you are making so
that it corresponds to the page you have in
mind
If you want to link to a page not contained in
your web site, you need to select an internet
address to type in the box
The address must appear just as it appears
on the page
Adding Images
Choose insert…picture….from file….and
select the file that contains your picture
 Pictures can be manipulated and moved
around anywhere you would like to place
them on the page by grabbing the handles
and adjusting the size or clicking on the
picture and dragging it to the appropriate
place
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Adding Sounds/Movies
 When
choosing a musical selection or
sound that you would like to include
keep in mind:
 Sound
files are large, don’t waste too much
space on the sound clips; be selective
 MP3’s are a more efficient use of space
then wav’s
To Add Sounds/Movies
 Choose
Format…Choose Page Content
 Choose Background Fill and Sound
 Choose Background Sound
 Browse for the sound your want to use
 Choose the appropriate actions for the
sound (loop, timing, etc.)
To view your page…
To
see it as a web page
Choose
File…web page preview
This allows you to navigate in the
browser window
Good Luck!!