Thanks Rob! I did create a booklet like I was told earlier and its working
out pretty good so far. At this time I've only got one 1/2 page parent ad,
one 1/2 page business ad, one 1/4 page parent ad and one 1/4 page business
ad. I probably wont have more till Tuesday, so I can at least work on these
and get some experience before I start doing more. I will also get the real
photo's on Tuesday as well (Im using the same one right now for all ad's).

Now, I am wanting to create a line to separate the ad sizes. For example, I
used the line draw tool to draw a line at 5 1/2 " across my page to separate
the top and bottom part of a 1/2 page ad. I am going to want to do this
horizontally as well in the middle of my page for 1/4 ad's. When I first did
this on page 4 it worked out beautifully, but when I tried to do it on page 5
it would not stop on the 5 1/2" mark. It was either top or bottom of it. So
I started all over and drew the line thru both pages, but now its still not
set at 5 1/2" across. Im going to want to do this to all pages that are not
a full page. So first, is there a way to do this do get it perfectly at 5
1/2" and second is there anyway not to have to draw the line each time I do a
page. Not only does this help me in setting each ad in its proper spot, but
it makes the page look really good.

I noticed that the pages are set at a default of 1" all around. What would
be a good number to set the page up for a book so that it can be stapled in
the middle of the book and not cut off the ad's? I did set it at 0.5", but I
am not sure in reality if that's going to work. I also want to be sure I get
as much ad space for each ad that I can get. I dont want my 1/4 spot to look
like its less than 1/4 and I want any picture there to look good.

I am also wanting to add watermarks, background stuff, boarders, or clip art
to some ad's to bring them to life. Is there a way I can do that? I
searched and searched and just could not find it. The business ad I got has
a black lace background w/some blue frame boarders around photo's and a solid
black bar w/white writing. It to too cute and I want to be able to do
something like that on some.

As far as "camera ready artwork", I've only gotten parents who wrote down
what they want and I'm creating it. I will be getting original photo's on
Tuesday and I will scan those into my computer. I do have one business who
created their own ad and its simply beautiful. She is sending it to me via
email in .jpg format for me to add to Publisher. You think that will work?
It looks good as far as print view goes. All I did is save it to my desktop
from Facebook, but shes going to email it to me anyways. I do have an older
version of Photoshop, but its not installed on any of my computers.
Hopefully, I wont need it.

Thanks for all the help, its greatly appreciated!

Tina




"Rob Giordano [MS MVP]" wrote:

You'll probably be handing the printer a .pdf not a bunch of paper.

There's a lot more to doing what you want to then you think but Publisher
can do it...I've done at least 20 theater programs in the past few years
with Publisher and have had them printed professionally and they came out
great. You'll need a friendly/helpful printer that doesn't mind helping a
noobie :-)...this is key.

One of the many things you will learn is that hardly anyone will provide you
with finished artwork ("camera ready art") they'll be giving you mostly a
bunch of junk and expect you to work miracles, so you will need an image
editor software like Photoshop or some other program similar...you won't be
able to do everything in Publisher.

Good luck!

hth

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






"okstout4" wrote in message
...
I also forgot to mention I have Publisher 2003.

"okstout4" wrote:

Don, Thanks. Sounds simple enough and I will try it. I guess Im also
assuming that the program would also help me in placing stuff in the
correct
spots. I.e. in the center of the book would be a recital order listing.
Over the years its been two pages and its in the center of the book. But
in
any case, I will work w/this and see how it works out. I'm also assuming
that
it will allow me to rearrange pages if needed?

As far as the ad sizes, guess I could do that but Im wondering if that is
really going to give me the correct size I need. In the past when Ive
made
things I just put whatever on a pre-created 1/2 page birthday card or 1/4
page multi-folded card. I will try anything though!

To answer you question, no I dont have a printer that will support 11 x
17
paper (I thought it did and I could possibly get a feeder for it?).
That's
why when I do my final printouts I need them to be in the correct order
so
that they can be handed directly to the printer to be put onto 11x17
paper.
They will probably do all they stapling, but I will tell the studio owner
to
have them (or I can) cut the edges because they haven't been doing that.
I
think if these are going to be handed out they need to look good.

Any other suggestions for ad design I'd really appreciate from anyone.

Tina



"Don Schmidt" wrote:

Publisher should be able to do the job. You do have a printer that
will
handle 11" x 17"? You mentioned 11 x 14; or, are you planning to use
8x14?

Select the page setup for a booklet and Publisher will add pages 4 at a
time
when wanting to increase the number of pages.

A couple of tools you'll need are, a long arm stapler and a paper
cutter.
When you fold multiple sheets of paper to create the booklet, the
center
pages will extend farther out than the outer pages; the need for the
paper
cutter.

As for the several ad sizes, just create your text boxes and image
sizes to
the sizes wanted.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"okstout4" wrote in message
...
I am creating a recital program book. It will be a 8 1/2 x 11 book
with
pictures, text and advertising and it will be in color. Over the
years
others who have created this book have just simply used the
"publications
for
print" and other sources and the book hasn't been all that great
(only the
pub for print pages were good). Since I will be working on it, I
want it
to
be great!

I was assuming when I began this project that there was something
already
set up to help me create a multi-page book, but I am not finding it.
I
need
something that I can create similar to a yearbook or recital program
book.
Something that has multi-pages where I can create the ad's on these
pages
and
when done, move on to the next page. I also need to be able to
create
multiple sizes on one page. For example, we have full page, 1/2
page, 1/4
page and 1/8 page available. Therefore, I will end up with having
multiple
requests for 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 page student good luck ad's. So I
wonder is
there any way I can pre-set up these sizes on one page as needed.
Like
one
page w/two 1/2 sizes and one page with one 1/2 size and two 1/4 size,
etc.
I
would also like to be a little creative on some of the pages instead
of
using
all templates or pub for print. I've seen ad's in other program
books
that
have a border around each picture as well as the ad side, so that you
can
see
the size on each page. I think in all this as well I am assuming
once I
get
the booklet set up w/multi-pages that once I am ready to print the
originals
that we will use to take to the printer it will print out in a way
that
each
page will print out correctly so that they will be front and back in
proper
order to be put on 11 x 14 paper to create the final book.

So any help that anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.


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