Microsoft Publisher Essentials

This course is designed to give you the tools and confidence in Microsoft Publisher to create documents for printed publication, such as newsletters, flyers, brochures, business cards, and more. Many of our clients are using Publisher to quickly and easily create their own professional looking documents, saving on the costs of hiring a graphic designer and giving more control over what is created.

This course is only available for private bookings, either for groups or as a one-to-one, held online via Zoom or in the classroom. Please get in touch for availability.

No prior experience of using Publisher is needed as we cover all the essential features from the very basics. You will learn how to create a document, how to use Publisher’s Page Wizards to create a basic template, as well as adding and editing images and importing text from other applications like Microsoft Word.

Course Overview

What you will learn

By the end of this one-day Publisher course, you will be able to:

  • How to create publications such as Newsletters using Microsoft PageWizards
  • How to enhance and improve on the Page Wizards
  • How to create Border Art, Word Art and More Wizards with the toolbar
  • How to import text from other word processors
  • How to import pictures, and crop, size and move them
  • How to take text and flow it over multiple pages

Course timetable

Session 1

  • Publisher Wizards
  • Moving around a publication
  • Zooming
  • Frames

Session 2

  • Formatting
  • Inserting text
  • Linking text frames
  • Design gallery

Session 3

  • Clipart frames
  • Drawing
  • Grouping shapes
  • Borders

Session 4

  • Design checker
  • Spell check
  • Printing the publication

This course can be delivered in the classroom or remotely via Zoom. Contact us for availability and pricing.

Information for Mac users

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.

 

Group Learning Events

If you have three or more learners, a private group course could be cheaper.

We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy's HQ in Aldgate, Central London.

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What is it like to learn with Happy?

Our facilitators make learning interactive and fun. In this video, Maureen delivers a session on Formulas and Functions in Excel at Happy's HQ in London.

Get in touch

This course is only available as a one-to-one or private group booking.

For pricing and availability, send us a message using the form below, leave us a message on 020 7375 7300, or speak to an Account Manager straight away using our Live Chat service in the bottom right of your screen!

The Small Print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions (webinars)

The course will run remotely for a full day consisting of three 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven't received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the training session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy's HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9:45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

Mac Users

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.

The happy Guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course. We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

Coronavirus Update

We are monitoring the Coronavirus pandemic closely and are following all current Government guidelines. Please see our Coronavirus Policy for more details and the latest information.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact our friendly team, available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

 

Your post-course support package

  • Included in the price of both online and classroom programmes
  • 2 years of free access to our IT Helpline
  • Unlimited access - call or email our team as often as you need
  • Ask about any content covered on your course

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Did you know...

...Happy also runs a few courses in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop?

The Introduction to Adobe InDesign course shows you all the essential features of the desktop publishing and typesetting software. Introduction to Adobe Photoshop will show you how to manipulate photographs, perform image touch-ups, apply filters and more. Both are designed for people with no prior experience.

Introduction to Adobe InDesign to learn techniques that can be used to create posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations and eBooks. Find out more

Introduction to Adobe Photoshop to enable you to touch up and edit your photographs. Find out more