GO! with Microsoft Publisher 2010 Comprehensive

The primary goal of the GO! Series, aside from teaching computer applications, is ease of implementation, with an approach that is based on clearly-defined projects for students and a one of a kind supplements package.

Shelley Gaskin, Series Editor for the GO! Series, is a professor of business and computer technology at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. She holds a master's degree in business education from Northern Illinois   University and a doctorate in adult and community education from Ball State University. Dr. Gaskin has 15 years of experience in the computer industry with several Fortune 500 companies and has developed and written training materials for custom systems applications in both the public and private sector. She is also the author of books on Microsoft Outlook and word processing.

Common Features

Chapter 1       Using the Common Features of Microsoft Office 2010

PROJECT 1A       PowerPoint File

        Objective 1   Use Windows Explorer to Locate Files and Folders                

Activity 1.01  Using Windows Explorer to Locate Files and Folders                               

        Objective 2   Locate and Start a Microsoft Office 2010 Program                               

Activity 1.02  Locating and Starting a Microsoft Office 2010 Program                         

        Objective 3   Enter and Edit Text in an Office 2010 Program                                     

Activity 1.03  Entering and Editing Text in an Office 2010 Program                              

        Objective 4   Perform Commands from a Dialog Box                                                    

Activity 1.04  Performing Commands from a Dialog Box                                                

        Objective 5   Create a Folder, Save a File, and Close a Program                                

Activity 1.05  Creating a Folder, Saving a File, and Closing a Program                          

        Objective 6   Add Document Properties and Print a File                                                

Activity 1.06  Adding Document Properties and Printing a File                                        

PROJECT 1B  Word File

        Objective 7   Open an Existing File and Save it with a New Name                               

Activity 1.07  Opening an Existing File and Saving it with a New Name                        

  Objective 8   Explore Options for an Application  

Activity 1.08  Viewing Application Options                  

        Objective 9   Perform Commands from the Ribbon                                                        

Activity 1.09  Performing Commands from the Ribbon                                                   

Activity 1.10  Minimizing and Using the Keyboard to Control the Ribbon                   

      Objective 10   Apply Formatting in Office Programs                                                       

Activity 1.11  Formatting and Viewing Pages              

Activity 1.12  Formatting Text                                        

Activity 1.13  Using the Office Clipboard to Cut, Copy, and Paste                                 

Activity 1.14  Viewing Print Preview and Printing a Word Document                             

      Objective 11   Use the Microsoft Office 2010 Help System                                              

Activity 1.15  Using the Microsoft Office 2010 Help System in Excel                           

      Objective 12   Compress Files                                          

Activity 1.16  Compressing Files                                     

Summary, Key Terms, Matching, and Multiple Choice                                                           

 

Publisher

Chapter 1      Creating Publications with Publisher 2010

PROJECT 1A           Flyer

        Objective 1   Create a Publication by Using a Template                                                

Activity 1.01  Exploring the Publisher Window            

        Objective 2   Create Business Information Sets         

Activity 1.02  Creating Business Information              

        Objective 3   Insert Objects, Format Objects, and View Object Boundaries              

Activity 1.03  Viewing Object Boundaries                    

Activity 1.04  Inserting Text in a Text Box                  

Activity 1.05  Inserting a Picture                                     

Activity 1.06  Adding a Caption to a Picture                

Activity 1.07  Formatting Tear-offs                               

        Objective 4   Use the Master Page to Create a Footer                                                     

Activity 1.08  Creating a Footer on the Master Page

        Objective 5   Preview and Print a Publication           

Activity 1.09  Previewing and Printing a Publication  

PROJECT 1B  City Letterhead

        Objective 6   Create Business Stationery and Forms                                                       

Activity 1.10  Creating a Letterhead                              

        Objective 7   Move and Resize Objects in a Publication                                                 

Activity 1.11  Moving and Resizing Objects in a Publication                                           

        Objective 8   Edit and Format Text in a Publication                                                       

Activity 1.12  Formatting Text in a Letterhead           

Summary, Key Terms, Matching, and Multiple Choice                                                           

Mastering Publisher                                                                                                                         

Rubric                 

GO! Think          

 

Chapter 2     Designing Event Programs and Newsletters

PROJECT 2A           Event Program

        Objective 1   Open, Print, and Rename an Existing Publication                                   

Activity 2.01  Opening an Existing Publication and Saving It with a New Name         

        Objective 2   Navigate, Select, Align, and Format Text                                                  

Activity 2.02  Navigating and Selecting Text               

Activity 2.03  Aligning and Formatting Text and Paragraphs                                          

Activity 2.04  Using Best Fit to Adjust Text Size in a Text Box                                       

Activity 2.05  Applying Font Effects                             

        Objective 3   Format a Text Box                                   

Activity 2.06  Applying a Border and Fill Color to a Text Box                                        

Activity 2.07  Applying a Gradient Fill to a Text Box

        Objective 4    Format Bullets and Line Spacing         

Activity 2.08  Formatting Bullets and Line Spacing   

PROJECT 2B  Summer Newsletter

        Objective 5    Identify the Parts of a Newsletter         

Activity 2.09  Identifying the Parts of a Newsletter    

        Objective 6    Create a Story by Importing a Text File                                                    

Activity 2.10  Creating a Story by Importing a Text File                                                   

        Objective 7   View Linked Text Boxes and Layered Objects                                         

Activity 2.11  Viewing Linked Text Boxes and Layered Objects                                    

Activity 2.12  Viewing Text Boxes in a Story               

        Objective 8   Flow Text in a Publication                     

Activity 2.13  Using Autoflow                                         

Activity 2.14  Deleting and Enlarging Text Boxes       

Activity 2.15  Adding a Continued Notice                    

        Objective 9   Use Spelling, Hyphenation, AutoCorrect, Copy, and Paste                    

Activity 2.16  Using Spelling and Hyphenation           

Activity 2.17  Using AutoCorrect, Copy, and Paste    

      Objective 10   Edit a Story in Microsoft Word            

Activity 2.18  Editing a Story in Microsoft Word        

Summary, Key Terms, Matching, and Multiple Choice                                                           

Mastering Publisher                                                                                                                         

Rubric                                                                                                                                                

GO! Think          

 

Chapter 3     Designing Brochures and Managing Graphics

PROJECT 3A           Trail Announcement

        Objective 1   Create and Position Objects on a Page

Activity 3.01  Creating a Blank Quick Publication     

Activity 3.02  Drawing and Formatting Lines              

Activity 3.03  Drawing and Formatting Circles            

        Objective 2    Create Ruler Guides                                 

Activity 3.04  Creating Ruler Guides                              

        Objective 3    Insert and Format Shapes                       

Activity 3.05  Inserting and Formatting Shapes          

        Objective 4   Group, Ungroup, and Flip Objects       

Activity 3.06  Grouping, Ungrouping, and Flipping Objects

        Objective 5   Add Text to a Shape                                 

Activity 3.07  Adding Text to a Shape                          

        Objective 6   Rotate and Nudge an Object                   

Activity 3.08  Rotating and Nudging an Object           

        Objective 7   Create and Format WordArt                 

Activity 3.09  Creating and Formatting WordArt        

        Objective 8   Recolor a Picture and Format a Background                                           

Activity 3.10  Recoloring a Picture                                 

Activity 3.11  Formatting a Background                      

PROJECT 3B  Trail Brochure

        Objective 9   Create a Brochure with a Custom Font Scheme                                       

Activity 3.12  Creating a Brochure and a Custom Font Scheme                                     

Activity 3.13  Identifying the Parts of a Brochure      

      Objective 10   Insert and Format Pictures in a Publication                                             

Activity 3.14  Inserting a Picture in a Publication        

      Objective 11    Add a Caption to and Crop a Picture   

Activity 3.15  Changing, Moving, and Adding a Caption to a Picture                            

Activity 3.16  Cropping a Picture                                    

      Objective 12   Arrange Text with Graphics                  

Activity 3.17  Arranging Text With Graphics               

Activity 3.18  Applying Wrapping Styles to an Object

      Objective 13   Locate and Insert Clip Art                      

Activity 3.19  Inserting Clip Art                                      

      Objective 14   Apply a Drop Cap and Format a Form

Activity 3.20  Applying a Drop Cap and Formatting a Form                                           

Summary, Key Terms, Matching, and Multiple Choice                                                           

Mastering Publisher                                                                                                                         

Rubric                                                                                                                                                

GO! Think                                                                                                                                         

Chapter 4     Starting with a Blank Publication and Working with Multipage Publications

PROJECT 4A           Dog Walk

        Objective 1   Set Page Size, Color Schemes, and Font Schemes in a Blank Publication          

Activity 4.01  Starting a Blank Publication                  

        Objective 2   Align Objects by Using Layout Guides and Insert Line Breaks           

Activity 4.02  Using Guides to Align Graphics              

Activity 4.03  Using Guides to Align Text Boxes         

Activity 4.04  Inserting Line Breaks                               

        Objective 3   Insert Building Blocks                             

Activity 4.05  Inserting Building Blocks                        

        Objective 4   Check Your Publication Design with Design Checker                             

Activity 4.06  Using the Design Checker                       

PROJECT 4B   Job Catalog

        Objective 5    Create a Multipage Publication with Mirrored-Page Layout              

Activity 4.07  Creating a Multipage Publication          

Activity 4.08  Creating a Mirrored-Page Layout         

        Objective 6   Create a Logo and Save It as a Building Block

Activity 4.09  Creating a WordArt Logo                       

Activity 4.10  Saving a Logo as a Building Block       

        Objective 7   Create Facing Footers                             

Activity 4.11  Creating Facing Footers                          

        Objective 8   Link Text Boxes                                        

Activity 4.12  Linking Text Boxes                                  

        Objective 9   Create and Apply Text Styles                

Activity 4.13  Creating and Applying Text Styles       

      Objective 10   Insert Text in Columns                            

Activity 4.14  Inserting Text in Columns                      

Summary, Key Terms, Matching, and Multiple Choice                                                           

Mastering Publisher                                                                                                                         

Rubric                                                                                                                                                

GO! Think                                                                                                                                         

Chapter 5     Creating Business Forms, Templates, Tables, and a Mail Merge..

PROJECT 5A           Purchase Order

        Objective 1   Create Business Forms                            

Activity 5.01  Creating a Purchase Order                      

Activity 5.02  Formatting a Business Form                  

        Objective 2   Modify a Business Form                         

Activity 5.03  Modifying a Table within a Business Form                                                

Activity 5.04  Inserting a Graphic and a Background in a Form                                     

        Objective 3   Save a Publication as a Template         

Activity 5.05  Saving a Publication as a Template     

Activity 5.06  Entering Data into a Customized Template

PROJECT 5B  Council Postcard

        Objective 4   Create a Publication for Mailing         

Activity 5.07  Creating a Postcard                                  

Activity 5.08  Formatting the Postcard Publication    

Activity 5.09  Changing an Attached Business Logo 

        Objective 5   Create a Table                                           

Activity 5.10  Creating a Table                                       

Activity 5.11  Formatting a Table                                  

        Objective 6   Merge a Publication with a Mailing List                                                    

Activity 5.12  Creating a Data Source                           

Activity 5.13  Connecting a Data Source to a Publication                                                

Activity 5.14  Printing a Merged Publication                

Summary, Key Terms, Matching, and Multiple Choice

Mastering Publisher                                                                                                                         

Rubric                                                                                                                                                

GO! Think          

Glossary       

Index