1. What is desktop
publishing?
Desktop
publishing is the process of combining text and graphics into one file, called
a publication.
2. a) What is a publication?
A publication
is a desktop publishing document saved as a file.
b) List three examples of publications.
Answers will vary. Flyers, business
cards, and newsletters.
c) What is a template?
A template is
a master publication that includes the basic elements for particular types of
publications.
d) List four examples of templates that are
available in Publisher.
Answers will vary. Calendars, Greeting
Cards, Newsletters, and Postcards.
3. What is the Design
Gallery used for?
The Design Gallery is used to add various
objects, such as accent graphics, logos, and calendars to a publication
quickly.
4. a) What is a text box used for?
A text box is
used to add text to a publication.
b) List the steps required to create a text box
and enter your name.
1. Select the Text Box tool on the Objects
toolbar.
2. Drag on the publication page to create a text
box.
3. Type your name.
c) List the steps required to resize and move a
text box.
1. Point to a handle until the pointer changes
to a double headed arrow.
2. Drag to resize the text box.
3. Point to the dashed outline.
4. Drag to move the box.
5. List two ways to zoom
into a selected text box and then zoom back out again.
Press the F9
key or use the Zoom Out and Zoom In buttons on the toolbar.
6. List
the steps required to place a horse graphic on a publication page.
1. Select Insert > Picture > Clip Art.
2. In the Clip Art task pane, type horse.
3. Select Go.
4. Click a graphic in the task pane or click
the arrow to the right of the graphic and select Insert from the menu.
7. a) What kind of objects are usually placed on
the master page?
Answers will vary. Borders and logos
that are to appear on every page of the publication.
b) List the steps required to move an object to
the master page.
1. Select the object on the publication page.
2. Select Arrange > Send to Master Page.
8. List the steps required
to add a header that includes the date.
1. Select View > Header and Footer.
2. Click Insert Date on the Header and Footer
toolbar.
9. a) What is displayed when the open publication
is previewed?
The
publication is displayed as it will be printed.
b) What is the Color/Grayscale button for?
The
Color/Grayscale button changes from a black and white version of the
publication to a color version, and back again.
10. a) Describe how a template is created and then
used.
A template is
created by adding objects and applying formatting. The template is then saved
to the Templates folder. Templates are used by creating a new publication and then
clicking Templates in the New from a design list.
b) Give two examples of templates that a
grocery store might create.
Answers will vary. A grocery store might
create a weekly flyer template and a business card template.
11. a) List the steps required to create a side
fold card to be used as an invitation.
1. Create a new publication.
2 Select the Invitation Cards publication
type to display templates.
3. Select a side fold card template.
4. Set options in the Customize section.
5. Select Create.
b) Describe how an 8.5" x 11" piece
of paper is folded to create a greeting card.
A greeting
card is made by folding an 8.5” x 11” piece of paper twice, which results in a
front panel, two inside panels, and a back panel.
12. a) How do you know which page in a
multiple-page publication is displayed?
Each page in
a publication is represented by a page icon at the bottom of the window. The
displayed page icon is shaded.
b) How can you display page 3 in a publication
that has 4 pages?
To display
page 3 in a publication, click the page 3 icon at the bottom of the page.
13. a) What are layout guides?
Layout
guides are blue guides that are used to indicate margins and columns.
b) What are ruler guides?
Ruler
guides are green guides that can be placed anywhere on a page to precisely
arrange objects.
c) List the steps required to create a vertical
ruler guide at 3” on the horizontal ruler.
1. Move the pointer into the blue area of the
ruler.
2. Drag to the 3” mark on the horizontal ruler.
d) Can a ruler guide be deleted? If so, how?
A
ruler guide is deleted by dragging it off the publication page.
14. a) List the steps required to add three pages
to a publication that currently has one page.
1. Select Insert > Page.
2. Type 3 in the Number of new pages.
3. Click after current page.
4. Click OK.
b) How is the currently displayed page deleted
from a publication?
Select Edit
> Delete Page.
15. a) List the steps required to change the top
and bottom margins in a publication to 2".
1. Select Arrange > Layout Guides.
2. In the Margin Guides options, change the top
margin to 2”.
3. Change the bottom margin to 2”.
b) List the steps required to format a
publication with three columns.
1. Select Arrange > Layout Guides.
2. In the Grid Guides options, change the
columns to 3.
16. List
the steps required to insert text from a Word document named Badminton into a
new, blank publication.
1. Create a text box and select it.
2. Select Insert > Text File, which displays
a dialog box.
3. Select the Badminton Word document in the
dialog box.
4. Select OK.
17. a) What is overflow text?
Overflow text
is text that does not fit in the text frame.
b) List two ways to display text in overflow.
One way to
display the text in overflow is to resize the text box larger, which increases
the amount of text that can be displayed. Another way to display the text in
overflow is to connect text boxes.
18. List the steps required to connect two text boxes, one with text in
overflow and one empty text box.
1. Select
the text box that has text in overflow.
2. Click
Create Text Box Link on the toolbar.
3. Move
the pointer over the empty text box and click once to flow the text and connect
the boxes.
19. What
is mail merge?
An integration
of the information stored in an Access database with a publication.
20. a) Text is added to a publication in a text
box.
True.
b) Handles are used to size text boxes and
graphics.
True.
c) Pressing the F10 key changes the
publication’s magnification.
False.
Pressing the F9 key changes the publication’s magnification.
d) Graphics from a digital camera can be added
to a publication.
True.
e) Objects on the master page appear on every document
in the publication.
True.
f) Pages have to be added to a publication one
at a time.
False.
Multiple pages can be added at once by typing the Number of new pages in the
Insert Page dialog box.
g) A ruler guide is deleted by clicking the guide
and pressing the Delete key.
False. A
ruler guide is deleted by dragging it off a publication.
h) Clicking the Text In Overflow indicator
creates a new text box.
False.
Clicking the Text in Overflow indicator does not create a text box.