| Welcome to Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies. If you’ve never used desktop publishing software and really aren’t much interested in becoming an expert at it, congratulations! The book you hold in your hands is an excellent choice: It can help you complete your current project quickly — and with the least effort possible. (I’m pretty good at that “least effort possible” stuff. Just ask our editors.)
Many computer users simply don’t have the time or resources to become experts on all the complicated software programs they use. Oh, sure, some of you like to spend your spare time learning the most minute details about the software you use — We won’t mention any names, Kevin — but most of us are content to learn just enough to get the job done in an efficient manner. We don’t want to read page after page of esoteric information, presented by some computer books, that doesn’t pertain to the job at hand. If you want to know a simple answer to a single question about desktop publishing with Microsoft Publisher 2007, this book is for you.
Microsoft Publisher 2007, designed for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 Server (Service Pack 1 required), and newer operating systems, is an inexpensive desktop publishing program. In fact, if you purchased any of the following versions of Microsoft Office 2007, you already own it: Microsoft Office Small Business 2007, Microsoft Office Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007, or Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007. You use this program to create professional-looking marketing materials — brochures and flyers, for example — as well as Web pages. |