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Import text

If your publication will contain long blocks of text, such as articles, you can compose the text for your publication in Microsoft® Word, and then import it into a new publication:

1. Make sure your Word document is saved.
2. In the Publisher task pane, click the Other Task Panes arrow button and, from the menu that appears, select New Publication.

3. In the New Publication task pane, select Publications for Print and then Import Word Documents:

4. Select a design from the Import Word Documents preview gallery to the right:

The Import Word Document dialog opens.

5. Navigate to the document you want to import, and then select it and click OK.

The document is converted to Publisher:

6. You can now use the Word Import Options task pane to define the formatting options you want to use for the publication:

Select text boxes

Text boxes, as well as other types of object frames (such as picture boxes), are displayed with dashed borders. You can select a text box to format it, move it, resize it, or delete it.

In the example newsletter, select page 2 and then zoom in, if necessary, so you can read the text. Scroll to the bottom of the page so you can see the last two articles:

Select the text box containing the last headline by moving your mouse over the boundary of the text box until the mouse icon changes to vertical and horizontal arrows:

Then click to select the text box:

 

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