Saving, checking & getting your Microsoft Publisher files ready for printing
Getting files ready seems like alot of work, but following these steps will ensure your printing to be what you want. If you can't send a high resolution PDF file follow the intructions below.
1) Use the Pack and Go Wizard
2) Use Design Checker to detect any problems in your publication
Use the Pack and Go Wizard
The Pack and Go Wizard greatly simplifies the process of preparing your files for commercial printing. The Pack and Go Wizard creates a packed Publisher file that contains all the elements that your commercial printer needs.
The Pack and Go Wizard creates linked graphics and embeds fonts in your publication so that your printing service has access to the graphics and typefaces that are in your publication. In addition, the wizard lists any fonts that it can't embed and reports any problems with linked graphics.
Pack your publication by using the Pack and Go Wizard
On the File menu, point to Pack and Go, and then click Take to a Commercial Printing Service.
The Pack and Go Wizard will take you through each step of the packing process. For details about the Pack and Go Wizard, see Use the Pack and Go Wizard to pack or unpack publications for commercial printing.
Note: If you make changes to your publication after you pack your files, be sure to run the Pack and Go Wizard again, so that the changes are included in the publication that you take to your commercial printing service.
Use Design Checker to detect any problems in your publication
Design Checker runs as part of the Pack and Go Wizard and is set to run only commercial printing checks. You can also run Design Checker while you are creating a publication.
Design Checker lists all occurrences of problems that it detects. These may be such things as an element that is partially off the page, overflow (overflow: Text that does not fit within a text box. The text is hidden until it can be flowed into a new text box, or until the text box it overflows is resized to include it.) text in a story (story: Text that's contained within a single text box or a chain of linked text boxes.), or a picture that is scaled disproportionately. In some cases, Design Checker may offer you an automatic fix for these problems. In other cases, you must fix the problems manually.
Design Checker lists problems according to a set of checks. You can choose to run a set of commercial printing checks, several other sets of checks, or all sets.
After you start Design Checker, it runs continuously. When an item is fixed, it disappears from the list of problem items. Any new problems automatically appear in the list.
Run Design Checker to check your publication for problems
By default, Design Checker runs checks according to the type of publication that you set up. If you are checking to see whether a publication is ready to be commercially printed, some of the default checks may not be needed.
1) On the Tools menu, click Design Checker.
2) If you want Design Checker to run commercial printing checks only, select the Run commercial printing checks check box and clear the other check boxes.
3) In the Design Checker task pane, under Select an item to fix, click the arrow next to the item that you want to fix, and then do one of the following:
Select Go to this Item to go to the page where the problem item is.
Select Fix automatic fix suggestion to automatically fix the problem with the item.
Note:
The automatic fix varies, depending on the problem. In most cases, no automatic fix is available.
Click Never Run this Check Again to turn off the check. This affects all instances of the problem.
Click Explain to open a Help topic that more fully explains the problem and offers suggestions about how to fix it.
Microsoft Publisher Help
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