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Using building blocks - Publisher Tutorial
From the course: Publisher 2010 Essential Training
Using building blocks
To help speed up the design process of your publication, Publisher offers a number of building blocks, and you can also create your own. That's what we're going to do right now, working with our NewPostCard publication. Let's start by looking at the existing building blocks. In this case, we click the Insert tab on the Ribbon. You'll notice there is a Building Blocks group. You'll see Page Parts. When you click this dropdown, you'll see different headings, pull quotes, sidebars, and of course, you would add your own text to any of these building blocks that might contain text. You can also access more page parts from here. If we go to Calendars, you'll see different calendar building blocks that could be inserted into a publication, a great timesaver. Borders & Accents, even advertisements that you could alter once inserted into your publication. When we just click off the page anywhere, and go back to the Building Blocks group, you'll notice this little button in the bottom…
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