Main menu opens with a click of a button Start. The main menu, in fact, is also a folder located at C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Main Menu. Settings Main menu system is carried out by adding/removing folders, files and shortcuts to this folder. Shortcuts located in Main menu, can be moved with the mouse, renamed, deleted. also in Main menu shortcuts are displayed that are the same for all users. They are stored in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Main Menu. Changing shortcuts stored in this folder will affect everyone computer users, before deleting a shortcut included in this folder, the system will issue a warning.
Button Start also has a context menu. Team Open this menu opens a folder window Main menu, which displays the contents of the items at the top Main menu and folder Programs, and the team Conductor opens the same folder in the program Conductor; team Find opens a search window; team Properties opens a dialog box in which you can set configuration modes Taskbars And Main menu.
Access to settings Main menu can be obtained by selecting the command Properties button context menu Start or context menu Taskbars, this opens a dialog box (Fig. 40), in which you can set the setup modes Taskbars And Main menu.

Rice. 40. Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box,
Start Menu tab

The same window can be opened from Main menu team StartControl PanelTaskbar and Start Menu.
In this dialog box, you can select the menu display style by selecting the radio button: Start Menu - Windows XP style menu, Classic Start Menu - Windows XP style menu previous versions Windows. The next time you press the button Start The main menu will appear in the selected style.
To further customize the selected Main Menu style, click the Customize button. Additional setup includes choosing what items appear in the Main Menu, customizing the submenus that open when you hover over an item with the mouse pointer, and clearing the list of recently used programs, documents, and Web sites.

Setting up the Main Menu in XP style

IN title menu Start the name of the user who registered in the system is indicated. If the computer works independently or as part of working group, in the left corner of the menu title there is a picture, clicking on which opens the utility window Accounting user records, displaying information about account registered user. The Windows XP style Main Menu is divided into several areas.

IN top left(also called the pinned items list) contains shortcuts that the user has identified as frequently used. By default, these include the Internet ( Internet Explorer) and Email (Outlook Express).

IN left middle part Under the separator (also called the list of most frequently used programs) there are shortcuts to the programs that were launched last. Programs are added to this list as they are used. Windows has a default number of programs that appear in the most used list. When the list is full, previously used programs are replaced by the most recently used programs.

IN lower left the team is located All programs, which opens a drop-down list for accessing programs installed on the computer.

IN right side Main menu there are links to access Windows services, such as main system folders ( My computer, My documents), Control Panel, Printer and Fax Settings, Network connections, command line, Help and support, Search, as well as others depending on the settings. Elements Main menu are equipped with tooltips that appear if you hold the mouse pointer over them, and context menus.

Change appearance Main menu, you can use additional settings. To do this, you need to in the dialog box Properties Taskbar and Start menu (see Figure 40) on the tab Start Menu in Group Start Menu press the button Tune. On the tab Are common(Fig. 41) you can change the size of icons for programs (large or small icons). In Group Programs you can change the number of programs displayed in the list of frequently used programs (in the left middle part Main menu). Button clear the list in this group will remove shortcuts from the list of frequently used programs. This does not remove programs from the computer. Program shortcuts will be added again to Main menu after their next launch. In Group Show in Start menu Checking the boxes will allow you to display shortcuts for programs that provide access to the Internet and e-mail, and the program can be selected from the corresponding list.

Rice. 41. Start Menu Customization dialog box, General tab

On the tab Additionally(Fig. 42) you can change the parameters Main menu, number of items displayed in Main menu, and also set the list display Recent documents . In Group Start menu items" for elements My Documents, My Pictures, My Computer, My Music, Control Panel you can not only set their display in Main menu, but also choose their type: Display as menu or as a link. In the first case, a > sign will appear next to these items, indicating that when you select this command, a submenu will appear.

Rice. 42. Start Menu Customization dialog box, tab Additionally

Adding items to the Main Menu

You can add shortcuts to programs, files, and folders to the Main Menu. There are several ways to do this.

1 way.
In Windows XP in the context menu executable files an item appeared Pin to Start Menu, which adds the program to the list of pinned items above the dividing line.

Method 2.
Drag the object with the mouse Desktop or from another folder to the button Start. In this case, the object's shortcut will appear in the list of pinned elements Main menu.

3 way
In the dialog box Properties Taskbars and Start Menu(see Fig. 40) on the tab Start Menu in Group Start Menu press the button Tune. On the tab Additionally(see Fig. 42) in the list Start menu items select the items that should be displayed in the Main Menu. The next time you press the button Start the selected items will be displayed in Main menu.

4 way

1. Open folder window Main menu in one of the following ways:
   • in the button context menu Start select a team Open;
   • in the button context menu Start select a team Conductor;
   • open folder in windows system My computer or using Conductor.
2. Move, copy, or create a shortcut to an object as usual.
   • If an object is dragged to free place folder windows Main menu, then he will get into top part teams All programs Main menu.
   • If an object is dragged onto a folder Programs, then it will be placed in the list of programs.
   • You can open the folder Programs, create a subfolder and drag an object into it. In this case, at point All programs a group of programs will be created.

Removing items from the Main Menu

Method 1 – removing pinned items from the list
In the list of pinned items, in the context menu, select Remove from Start Menu or Remove from List.

Method 2 – remove from the list of frequently used programs
In the list of frequently used programs in the context menu, select the command Remove from list.

Method 3 – deleting items
In the dialog box Taskbar and Start Menu Properties(see Fig. 40) on the tab Start Menu in Group Start Menu press the button Tune. On the tab Additionally(see Fig. 42) in the list Start menu items uncheck the item to be removed or select a radio button Do not display this element.

4 way

1. Open folder window Main menu.
2. In folder Main menu select the object or group of objects to be deleted.
3. Delete objects in the usual manner for folder windows.

5 way
The easiest way is to delete elements directly from the open Main menu.
Call Main menu button Start and do one of the following:

• select a command from the object's context menu Delete.
• drag the object to Cart.

Laboratory work No. 5

Subject : "Main menu Windows»

Goal of the work: Understand the purpose of Main Menu items and commands Windows, and also learn how to carry out system operations to search and open applications and documents.

1. Consider general purpose Main Menu items and commands Windows.

2. Learn to work with the help system Windows.

3. Study the rules for conducting system operations to search and open applications and documents.

Main menu is an ordered set of programs, documents and operating system commands Windows. The main elements of the Main Menu are named points And teams. The items may contain names of software applications, documents, and commands. The main menu, in its essence, is an analogue file system, in which there are items instead of folders, and instead of files there are names of programs, documents and commands.

The Main Menu can be opened by clicking on the button Start located on the Taskbar Windows. The desired item is selected by moving the mouse pointer over the names of the Main Menu items. A small triangle to the right of Main Menu items indicates that this item contains submenu , which is a set of other items and commands Windows. To open a submenu, just hold the pointer on the line with the name of the item for a while or click on the name with the left mouse button.

By successively opening several submenus, you can access the desired software application or document. If the menu was opened by mistake, you should move the mouse pointer to the previous menu and select the correct item again.

To close the Main Menu, simply click outside it, that is, by placing the mouse pointer on a space on the Desktop that is free from the Main Menu.

You can work in the Main Menu not only using the mouse, but also using the keyboard. This allows you to access the Main Menu if the Taskbar is hidden or for some reason it is inconvenient to use the mouse. The top level of the Main menu is opened using the key combination CTRL+ESC or a special Windows key, located to the right of the left Ctrl key. The desired item can be selected using the UP and DOWN keys. To open a submenu, use the RIGHT cursor key. To return, press the LEFT key, and to execute the selected command, press the ENTER key. Closing the Main Menu can be done by pressing the ESC key.

Exercise №1

Main menu

Windows, using the Start button.

2. Try moving the mouse pointer to the appearing submenus while moving through the Main Menu items. Write down how many items are on the first level of the Main Menu.

3. Try using the Programs item to get to the second-level menu Standard programs Windows. Write down the serial number of the Notepad text editor.

Now, after we have learned how to navigate through the Main Menu items Windows, let's look at each of these points separately, and in parallel, let's look at performing some system operations.

Launch programs and applications. Main menu item “Programs”

Paragraph Programs The main menu contains the names of the most necessary programs required to work in Windows. The menu of this item also contains second-level items, which contain programs grouped together for ease of access. For example, the Startup item is intended to accommodate programs that should start automatically after Windows boot. To start the application, just select the right application and left click.

Exercise №2

Launching programs

1. Call to the Desktop Main Menu Windows and select Programs.

2. Find the name of the Calculator program in the Standard section and run it.

3. Close the Calculator program window.

Opening a document. Main menu item “Documents”

Document In Windows, it is customary to refer to information organized in the form of a file and created using an application. Such information can be text created in a WORD editor, a spreadsheet prepared using EXCEL programs, drawing or database. On Windows operating system , which is a multimedia system, there are also files that contain audio and video information. Clicking on the name of any document launches the associated application and automatically opens this document.

Windows provides several ways to open a document. First, you can open a document if the document file type is registered with Windows. The thing is that in the Windows system, each of the extensions is associated with a specific program. For example, the .DOC extension has text documents processed by a software application such as text Word editor, and documents with the .BMP extension are usually processed using graphic editor Paint. In other words, the Windows system predetermines which program should be used to open a given document.

Let's assume that the icon or name of the document we need is already on the Desktop or in open window folders. Then, the easiest way is to open the document by double-clicking, after placing the mouse pointer on its icon. If you select the name or icon of a document by simply clicking the left mouse button, the document can be opened by pressing the ENTER key.

You can also use the context menu to open a document. By right-clicking on the document icon, in the context menu that appears, select the command Open.

Often you have to work with the same document for a long time. If it is “hidden” in deeply nested folders, opening this document may not be very convenient. Therefore, it is useful to be able to quickly access a document that was opened recently, for example yesterday or a few days ago.

Windows allows you to access recently opened documents through the Main Menu item Documentation. The Documents item contains a list of up to 15 documents that were recently opened on this computer. Required document open by clicking on the corresponding document title.

Information in the Documents item is entered by the program in which the document was opened or created. If this DOS-an application or program that does not take into account the presence of the Documents item, then information about the document in this case may not be available. You can find out whether a document is included in this menu or not only by viewing this item in the Main Menu.

In the Windows system, in this menu it is already possible, in addition to the list of documents, to select the item My Documents. This opens the My Documents folder - a standard place for storing edited documents. Thus, you can get fast access and to those documents that currently cannot be directly opened using the Documents item.

Exercise №3

Opening a document

1. Find the “Laboratory Works” file folder on your Desktop.

2. Log in and open the document “Lab.work No. 1”, which is located in this folder. This will automatically launch the software application required for this document.

3. Close the software application and open the Documents Main Menu item. Write down the serial number of the document that was opened and open it again by placing the pointer bar on its name and simply clicking on the left mouse button. Close the software application.

Configuration Windows. Main menu item “Settings”

Main Menu Item Settings contains a list of system components Windows and devices whose settings can be changed. Standard configuration Windows This item contains the names of the following system applications:

Control Panel;

Printers;

Task bar.

Using the app Control Panel you can change the configuration, operating modes and appearance of Windows.

Application Printers allows you to manage the printing process by setting up new printers, as well as viewing the queue of print jobs.

Using the system application Taskbar, you can configure the settings of the Taskbar itself, clear the contents of the Documents item, and also add and remove items in the Main Menu or in the Programs item.

Exercise №4

Windows setup

1. Open the Main menu on the Desktop and in Settings select the Control Panel application. Make a note of the row and column numbers where the system application icon for setting the date and time is located.

2. Select the system application Taskbar in the Settings item of the Main menu. Please note what size you are this moment The icons in the Main Menu are set to small or large.

3. Go to the Menu Settings tab and clear the contents of the Documents item. Check that this operation was performed correctly.

Quick search files and folders. Main menu item “Find”

Finding a file or folder is not difficult at all if you simply browse through the My Computer folder structure. However, this will be done much faster using the item Find from the Main Menu, which makes it easy to find the files and folders you need. The Find dialog box contains several tabs that let you define your search terms. A set of these conditions can be saved to a file and then restored at any time. In the search window, just specify the name of the folder or file you are looking for and click the Find button. Knowing the name of the folder in which the object is located can significantly speed up the search. For example, if the file is located somewhere inside Windows folders on the C: drive, enter in the Where to look field: C:\WINDOWS (in the picture, this field shows the My Computer folder).

In addition to files and folders, the Search command can also search for computers in the local computer network, unless of course your computer is part of this network.

Exercise №5

Search files and folders

1. Call the Main menu on the Desktop and in the Search item, select the system application Files and folders.

2. In the Search dialog box that appears, type the word WINDOWS and click the Find command button. Write down the number of objects found that contain this word in their names.

Call the help system. Main menu item “Help”

Even a very experienced person cannot always remember how to perform a particular operation. The Windows system, like most other applications, provides the opportunity to obtain the necessary information in this case during a work session. For this purpose, Windows has a developed help system, in which any situation that arises during operation is explained.

Information and reference system Windows called by the Main Menu command Reference. This opens the Help dialog box. Windows", containing three tabs.

Tab Content includes a complete set of help system articles, arranged in a hierarchical structure.

An item with a closed book icon means that the section contains several lower-level items. By double-clicking this icon, you can expand that section and see its contents, which can include both articles and subsections.

An icon in the form of a piece of paper with a question mark means that this item represents a Help system article. Double clicking on this icon will open it.

In order to return to viewing previously called information, you need to click on the button Back on the toolbar.

Tab Subject index contains in alphabetical order basic concepts covered in the Help system. It allows you to search for the necessary information by entering the initial letters of the desired concept or term.

Sometimes it is difficult to accurately formulate a request to search for information in the help system. There can only be a general idea in your head of what you need to find. In such a situation, it is more convenient to search for the desired article using the keywords it may contain. To do this, in the Help system sections dialog box, select the Search tab.

Tab Search allows you to search for the necessary concepts and terms in all articles of the Help system. In field Enter a keyword to search You can enter a word that you want to search for in Help system articles. When searching, you can use more than one keyword. To do this, after entering keyword you need to press the SPACEBAR key. After typing the names of the required concepts, click on the button Chapter.

Based on search results in the field Select section for withdrawal The titles of Help system articles containing the specified words are displayed. By highlighting the desired section and clicking on the button Show, we can view the information we need in the right panel of the dialog box.

In the Articles panel, some phrases or individual words may be highlighted in a different color and underlined with a solid or dotted line. When you click on a phrase that is underlined solid line, there is a transition to another article. Click on the underlined phrase dotted line, opens an additional window that contains a definition of the term or its explanation.

Exercise №6

Windows Help

1. Open the Main Menu on the Desktop and select the Help command. Select the Contents tab, and in the Desktop book Windows article “New Desktop Interface”. Work with her.

2. Select the Index tab and find the concept you are interested in by typing it in the text field.

Launching programs. Main menu command “Run…”

The main purpose of any operating system, including Windows systems, is to provide the ability to run programs and software applications. The easiest method to launch a program is to double-click after placing your mouse pointer on its icon. To select an icon, use the cursor keys or a single mouse click. If the program icon has already been pre-selected, the program can be launched by simply pressing the ENTER key.

You can also use the context menu to launch programs. By right-clicking on the program icon or shortcut, select the command in the context menu Open.

Exercise №7

Launching programs

1. While on the Desktop Windows double-click on the My Computer icon with the left mouse button. Close the My Computer system application folder window.

2. Now simply click on the My Computer icon with the left mouse button, and then right-click to open the context menu.

3. Select the command in the context menu Open and click on it with the left mouse button. Write down which of the two suggested methods you liked better.

If you need to run a program that does not have an icon either on the Desktop or in the Main Menu items, then call up the “Run a Program” dialog box on the Desktop, which is opened through the Main Menu with the command Execute. The Run command allows you to run any program and open any folder both on your computer and on any other computer in local network. Executed commands are remembered and placed in a list, so each of them is easy to repeat.

In a text field Open you need to enter the search path for the desired launch file software application. If its address is unknown or it is inconvenient to enter it manually, you should click on the button Review. Dialog window Review will allow in this case to find executable file, and the program address is entered in the field Open automatically. To start the program, click the OK button located at the bottom of the “Run Program” dialog box, or press the ENTER key.

Exercise №8

Windows setup

1. Call up the Main Menu on the Desktop Windows and give the Run command.

2. In the text field of the “Run a program” dialog box, enter the address of the Far-manager application: C:\Program Files\Far\far.exe and click the OK command button.

3. Quit the Far Manager using the F10 function key.

With the last command Shut down, located in the Main menu of the operating system Windows, we already know each other. However, in addition to the items and commands we have studied, the Main Menu may contain additional commands and items that can be added using the System Taskbar application. In addition, a number of programs, when installed, can also add their own items to the Main Menu Windows.

Control questions

1. What is the Main Menu? Windows?

2. List the main elements of the Main Menu.

3. What are the ways to call the Main Menu using the keyboard?

4. What does the Programs item in the Main Menu contain?

5. List ways to open a document.

6. What settings can you change using the Control Panel?

7. What is the purpose of the system application Taskbar?

8. What tabs does the Find dialog box contain?

9. Which tab of the Help dialog box contains descriptions of basic concepts? Windows?

10. In what ways can programs be launched for execution?

Clicking allows you to fix the position of the submenu.

You can use the cursor keys or a single mouse click to select an icon.

Included in the package Microsoft Office 2007 included a powerful tool for creating advertising materials - the program Microsoft Publisher 2007. We will get acquainted with it in this chapter.

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Basic techniques and methods of working with Publisher 2007 are clearly demonstrated in the video lectures in the chapter “Microsoft Office Publisher 2007”.

Start interface of the program

To start Publisher 2007, run the command Start > All programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Publisher 2007. The user interface of the application, which opens by default when it is launched, is shown in Fig. 7.1.

Rice. 7.1. Publisher 2007

On the left side of the window you see a list of popular types of publications. They are also presented in the central part of the interface, but in the form of folders. When you select a publication type (it doesn’t matter, in the list or by opening the corresponding folder), a list of available layouts is displayed in the central part of the window, on the basis of which publications are created. For example, for a publication type Business Cards There are three different collections of layouts you can use: Modern layouts, Classic Layouts And Blank Pages. After selecting the required layout, you switch to the publication creation and editing mode, which we will get acquainted with below.

A characteristic feature of the Publisher 2007 interface compared to other Office 2007 applications is that its structure has not undergone such significant changes. In particular, at the top of the program window there is not a ribbon with tabs, but a familiar main menu, which any user of Windows applications is familiar with. The main menu commands, as usual, are intended to go to different modes work and access to certain tools. Let's briefly look at the purpose of the main menus and commands included in the main menu of the program.

Basic Main Menu Commands

Menu commands File designed for working with files. To create a new file, run the command File > Create Ctrl+N. A new window will open (see Fig. 7.1), from which you can go to the publication creation mode.

To open a previously created publication, run the command File > Open or press the key combination Ctrl+O. As a result, a window will open in which, according to the usual Windows rules, specify the path to the publication file.

Publisher 2007 offers the ability to import Word file and converting it into a publication file. To do this, run the command File > Import a Word document and in the window that opens, specify the path to the required file. In the future, you will no longer work with this file as with Word document, but what about the publication file.

To save changes to the current publication, run the command File > Save or press the key combination Ctrl+S, and to save the current publication in separate file run the command File > Save as. As a result, a window will open in which you need to specify the path to save, as well as the file name and type.

To print the current document, execute the menu command File > Seal or press the key combination Ctrl+P. A window will open in which you can perform pre-setting print settings. The publication will be sent for printing as soon as you click the button in this window Seal. To see what your publication will look like on a piece of paper with the current settings set, run the command File > Preview.

Menu commands Edit are intended for making changes to the current document, canceling latest changes, working with the clipboard, searching for data, and also for performing other operations. To copy the selection to the clipboard, run the command Edit > Copy, and to delete the selected fragment to the clipboard - the command Edit > Cut(these commands can be executed by pressing the key combinations respectively Ctrl+C And Ctrl+X). To paste the contents of the buffer, use the menu command Edit > Insert or press the key combination Ctrl+V.

To delete text, an object or a page, follow the corresponding menu commands Edit > Delete text, Edit > Delete object And Edit > Delete page.

To switch to search mode, execute the menu command Edit > Search or press the key combination Ctrl+F. To find data and replace it immediately, run the menu command Edit > Replace.

Menu commands View are intended for customizing the presentation of data displayed in the window, as well as for controlling the display of some program tools. Menu command View > Two pages You can enable the publication to be displayed on two pages. Executing this command again returns the publication to its previous form. However, it is advisable to use a two-page presentation when preparing not all publications.

NOTE

Teams Edit > Copy and Edit > Cut is available only if there is a selected text fragment or object in this publication. Edit command > Paste is only available when there is content on the clipboard.

To display the task pane, located on the left side of the interface, execute the menu command View > Task pane or press the key combination Ctrl+F1.

Submenu commands View > Toolbars convenient to use to toggle the display of toolbars on and off. By default, the program includes the following toolbars: Standard, Formatting, Publisher Tasks, Task pane, Objects And Link text fields.

If you are bothered by the rulers located at the top and left of the program’s workspace, then disable their display with the command View > Rulers. Executing this command again will return the rulers to their original position.

Using the commands located in the submenu Scale, select the appropriate display scale for the publication. For smaller documents (such as business cards), a 200% zoom may be appropriate, while for larger publications, a 75 or even 50% zoom may be appropriate.

Menu commands Insert are intended for inserting various objects into a publication: pages, pictures, sections, page numbers, hyperlinks, etc. For example, if you want to insert a picture from an external file into a publication, then run the command Insert > Drawing > From file, then in the window that opens, specify the path to the picture file and click the button Insert. In a similar way, you can insert objects from other external files into your publication.

To quickly number the pages of the current publication, run the command Insert > Page numbers. As a result, the window shown in Fig. will open. 7.2.

Rice. 7.2. Setting pagination

From the dropdown list Position select the place on the page where its number should be located, and from the drop-down list Alignment– method of page number alignment ( Left, Right or Centered). Please note that the field Alignment only available when any value other than is selected in the field above Current text field. If you want to number the first page as well, check the box Number on the first page and press the button OK.

To quickly duplicate the current page, run the command Insert > Duplicate page. To quickly insert a new page into a publication, run the command Insert > Page.

Commands for formatting the current publication are located in the menu Format.

By executing the command Format > Font, you will go to the font settings mode, where you can specify the font type, its size, color, style, and other parameters. The window that opens when you execute this command is in many ways reminiscent of a similar window called up in Word.

To switch to the mode for setting the parameters of the current paragraph, run the command Format > Paragraph. In the window that opens, you can set the required line spacing, text alignment method, display of the red line, and also make other settings.

Using the menu command Format > List You will be taken to the mode for customizing the presentation of bulleted and numbered lists. In the window that opens, you can select the type of markers, their location, indentation, set the numbering order, and also make other settings.

To change the background of a post, run the command Format > Background. As a result, a list of background design options for the publication will be displayed on the left side of the interface (in the task area). To select a suitable background, just click on its sample.

A lot of useful commands also included in the menu Service. The first thing to note is the menu command Service > Options, after completing which you will switch to the mode for setting program parameters. By the way, when more or less experienced users first launch the program, they first check its settings so that, if necessary, they can be adjusted to suit their needs. At the same time, please note that the default program settings are optimal for performing most operations.

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The video lecture “Menu Format, Service (Part I)” is devoted to issues of formatting publications.

Advertising materials are subject to special requirements in terms of the absence of grammatical and spelling errors in the text. Publisher 2007 includes an automatic spell check feature. The main menu command is intended for this Service > Spelling > Spelling, also called by pressing a key F7. Before checking, it is recommended to review and, if necessary, edit the settings; to switch to the corresponding mode, execute the menu command Service > Spelling > Spell checking options.

There may also be increased requirements for printing advertising materials that differ from the standard ones (which we use, for example, in Word, Excel and other applications). To set up professional printing (with special colors, etc.), use the commands located in the submenu Service > Professional printing tools. With their help, you can configure color printing, font, and registration settings.

Like some other applications in the 2007 Microsoft Office suite, Publisher 2007 includes the ability to use macros. For those who do not know, let us remind you: a macro is a program written by a user in Visual language Basic for Applications (VBA) and designed to expand the standard capabilities of the application.

To select a macro from among previously created ones, execute the main menu command Service > Macro > Macros or press the key combination Alt+F8. In the window that opens, in the list of macros, click on the name of the desired macro and click the button Execute. To create a new macro, in this window in the field Macro name enter his name using the keyboard and press the button Create. As a result, the Visual Basic for Applications editor window will open, in which you can perform all necessary actions on writing a macro.

You can open the Visual Basic for Applications editor in another way - using the menu command Service > Macro > Visual Basic Editor or a key combination Alt+F11.

Publisher 2007 has the ability to automatically correct random errors that occur when entering certain data. It was called “autocorrect”; its meaning is that the program will automatically correct erroneously entered data immediately after pressing the spacebar or Enter. To switch to the autocorrect setting mode, execute the main menu command Service > AutoCorrect options. Working in this mode is approximately the same as in Excel 2007 (for more details, see the above section “AutoCorrect as a means of preventing input errors” in Chapter 3).

ATTENTION

The Create button becomes available only after at least one character is entered in the Macro name field.

Menu commands Table designed for quickly creating tables. Fundamentally, the procedure for working with tables looks approximately the same as in other applications Office package, however there are some differences. For example, the table creation window that opens when you run the command Table > Insert > Table, looks like shown in Fig. 7.3.

Rice. 7.3. Setting table parameters

At the top left of this window there are fields in which the number of rows and columns of the table is indicated using the keyboard or using a counter. Below is the field Table Format, which provides a list of table templates. For example, category templates Numeric are well suited for representing numbers or quantitative and financial data, and category templates List convenient to use for displaying lists and comparing data, etc. To completely clear all table formatting in the list, use the item Absent. To quickly create a table, click on the name of the appropriate format in the list and click OK.

To delete a table or any of its elements (row or column), execute the appropriate submenu commands Table > Delete. To quickly select a table or its element (column, row or cell), submenu commands are used Table > Select.

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The procedure for working with tables is discussed in more detail in the video lecture “Table Menu. Location (Part I)".

Description of operating modes

In this section, we will briefly look at the basic steps you need to perform to prepare advertising materials using Publisher 2007.

As we noted above, when you start the program, its start window opens (see Fig. 7.1). In it you need to choose the further order of work, in particular what type of publication you need to create or which of the previously created publications you will work with. In the first case, you should open the folder with publication templates and select the optimal template, in the second case, click on the link From file, which is located on the right side of the window in the area Latest publications. This will open a window in which you need to specify the path to the required file.

If you want to create a publication without using templates, select the item on the left side of the window Blank Page Sizes, then select the appropriate page size in the central part of the interface.

You may be wondering: why specify the page size in advance?

The fact is that different types of publications are designed on pages of different sizes. For example, it is one thing to prepare a booklet or a large advertising poster, and quite another to develop a business card, which, in principle, cannot be large. Therefore, the program offers the user who does not want to use a ready-made template to decide in advance on the appropriate page size.

To select the page size, just click on the appropriate icon. After this, the right side of the window will display Workspace, the contents of which (using the example of A4 sheet size) are shown in Fig. 7.4.

Rice. 7.4. Pre-setting

In this window, preliminary configuration of the layout of the future publication is performed. In field Color scheme From the drop-down list, select the optimal color scheme in accordance with which the publication will be designed. The list contains quite a lot of schemes: Waterfall, Sunrise, Clay, Cranberry, Graceful etc. Then into the field Font scheme similarly, select the font scheme that will be used when creating the publication. Click the button Create, a working window will open (Fig. 7.5), which will display a blank page. This is where you will create your publication from scratch.

Rice. 7.5. Working window for creating a publication

On the left side of this window there is a task area, the contents of which depend on the current operating mode (in Fig. 7.5 the mode is selected Publication format). This area contains the most popular tools needed by the user to work with the publication. To change the operating mode (and, accordingly, the tools contained in the task area), click on the small triangle located to the right of the operating mode name (in Fig. 7.5 - to the right of the text Post formatting), and select the required mode in the menu that opens. Please note that the workflow in the task pane is the same whether you are creating a publication from a template or from scratch.

Let's briefly look at the purpose and procedure for using the main modes.

Post formatting

Mode Post formatting includes four sections: Page settings, Color schemes, Font schemes And Publishing setup. In chapter Page settings You can, if necessary, configure the page settings and insert a logo. In chapter Color schemes You can not only change the previously selected color scheme by selecting from among the schemes available in the program, but also create your own color scheme. In the latter case, click on the link Create a color scheme and in the window that opens, make the necessary settings (set the name of the scheme, its color palette, etc.).

In chapter Font schemes you can re-select a font scheme, which includes the main and additional fonts, and also create a new font scheme if for some reason none of the schemes proposed by the program suits you. In the latter case, click on the link Creating a font scheme, as a result, the window shown in Fig. will open. 7.6.

Rice. 7.6. Creating a Custom Font Scheme

In this window, from the corresponding drop-down lists, select the title font and body text font that will be used when creating and editing this publication. At the same time, in the field located on the right Sample You'll see a sample of what your post title and body text will look like with your current settings. In field Font scheme name Using the keyboard, enter an arbitrary name for the font scheme, under which, after saving, it will be available for selection in the general list of schemes. Enter a name that carries a certain meaning, this will allow you to quickly determine in the list for which publications different schemes are intended. For example, one created diagram can be called For business cards, another - For presentation booklets etc.

To complete the process of creating a new font scheme, click the button in this window Save. If you press the button Cancel

In chapter Publishing setup you can select a template based on which the publication will be created. To do this, click the button Apply template, then in the window that opens, select the appropriate template by clicking the mouse button and click the button OK.

Working with the clipboard

If you often work a lot with the clipboard, it is recommended to enable the mode in the task area Office clipboard. In this case, the task area will take the form shown in Fig. 7.7.

Rice. 7.7. Working with the clipboard

This mode displays a list of objects previously placed on the clipboard not only from Publisher 2007, but also from other Microsoft applications Office. To insert an object into a publication, double-click on it. To quickly paste all the objects on the clipboard into a publication, click the button Paste all. If you want to quickly delete all content from the clipboard, click clear all.

You can customize the clipboard to suit your needs. To do this, click the button Options and in the menu that opens, specify the appropriate settings. In particular, you can make the clipboard open when you press the keys twice Ctrl+C, or you can enable automatic display of the clipboard, etc. The settings you make take effect immediately.

Business Data Entry

When preparing many advertising materials, it is necessary to include relevant business data: the name and logo (emblem) of the company, telephone number, address, name of the contact person, etc. The most typical example of such material is a business card.

To view, enter, and edit business data included in a publication, use the Business data. Publisher 2007 task pane when enabled this mode looks like shown in Fig. 7.8.

Rice. 7.8. Business data mode

To insert certain data into a publication, click on the desired object. It will be highlighted with a frame, on the right side of which an arrow will appear, click on it with the mouse button and in the menu that appears, execute the command Add this field.

Second menu command Change business data is intended to switch to the business data editing mode. When you execute this command, a window will appear as shown in Fig. 7.9.

Rice. 7.9. Creating and editing business data

In this window, you can enter a new and edit a previously created set of business data. Almost all parameters of this window must be entered from the keyboard. Exception - parameter Emblem: To select its value (which can be a company logo, trademark emblem, etc.), click the button Add a logo and in the window that opens, according to the usual Windows rules, specify the path to the image file.

Since the program's capabilities involve the use of different sets of business data, each of them must have its own name. This is necessary for subsequent identification of the set in lists and other selection elements. Enter the unique name of the set using the keyboard in the field Business dataset name.

To complete entering business data, click the button in this window Save. Button Cancel is designed to exit this mode without saving the changes made.

If several sets of business data are entered into the program, then when switching to editing mode (that is, when executing the command Change business data) the window shown in Fig. 7.10.

Rice. 7.10. Business Data Selection

From the dropdown list Select a business dataset select the data set you plan to work with in the future. In this case, the contents of the selected set will be displayed in the central part of the interface. To include this set in the task pane for working with the publication, click the button Update publication located at the bottom right of the window.

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By default, the Name and Organization Name fields display, respectively, the user name and the name of the organization under which the account is registered. this copy Office 2007 package.

From this window you can also go into editing mode for the selected data set. To do this, click the button Change, as a result, an editing window will open (see Fig. 7.9), in which the necessary actions are performed.

To delete the selected data set, click the button Delete. In this case, the program will issue an additional request to confirm the deletion operation.

In addition, from this window you can switch to the mode for creating a new business data set. Click the button Create, as a result, the window for creating a business data set will open (see Fig. 7.9), which we have already met above.

Selecting and customizing the publication background color

Not only can you choose a color scheme for each promotional material, but you can also customize the background color of the publication. To do this, go to the mode Background, as a result, the task area will look like in Fig. 7.11.

Rice. 7.11. Working in Background mode

To select a background design for a publication, just click on the corresponding icon - the changes will take effect immediately. However, do not forget that to save changes you must execute the main menu command File > Save or press the key combination Ctrl+S.

If you did not find a suitable design option in the proposed background library, you can customize the background colors yourself. To do this, click on the link Additional colors, as a result, the window shown in Fig. will open. 7.12.

Rice. 7.12. Setting a secondary color

On the tabs of this window you can customize any color at your discretion. For example, on the tab Regular by moving the mouse pointer while the button is pressed, the optimal option is selected. On the tab Range The color can be selected in the same way, or by entering specific values ​​for red, green and blue (for the RGB color model) or by entering other parameters (for other color models). At the same time, in the lower right corner of the window, a sample of what the currently selected background will look like, as well as the color of the current background, is shown. Remember that the settings made take effect only after pressing the button OK.

Publisher 2007 uses different types background, which may differ in saturation, fill option, shading method, as well as other parameters. If necessary, you can customize the background type yourself. To switch to the appropriate mode, click on the link Additional background types located at the bottom of the task pane. As a result, the window shown in Fig. will open. 7.13.

Rice. 7.13. Setting up additional background types

As can be seen in the figure, this window includes tabs Gradient, Texture, Pattern, Drawing And Hue, which group settings of the same type, similar in functionality and purpose.

On the tab Gradient set the color scheme, transparency level, and shading type. If the switch Colors set to position one color, then a field for choosing a color opens on the right, and a slider also appears with which you can set the desired shade (darker or lighter). If the switch is set to position two colors, then instead of the slider on the right, a field for selecting a second color will appear. If the switch is set to position workpiece, then you can use any of the color templates available in the program for design. At the same time, a field opens on the right Workpiece name, in which you should select the appropriate workpiece from the drop-down list ( Twilight, Desert, Horizon and etc.).

Parameter Transparency determines the degree of transparency of the background design of advertising material. Values From(minimum) and Before(maximum) can be entered into the appropriate fields from the keyboard or set using a counter.

To select the hatch type, you need to set the switch Hatch type to one of the following positions:

horizontal;

vertical;

diagonal 1;

diagonal 2(diagonal hatches differ only in direction);

from the corner;

from the center.

Each type of background can be used in different options, a list of which is presented in the area Options. Select the appropriate option by clicking on it. In field Sample, which is located in the lower right corner of the tab, shows an example of how the background design of the advertising material will look with the currently set settings.

On the tab Texture you can choose a texture for the background design. Click on the required option. Similarly, on the tab Pattern select a pattern to design the publication (however, here you can also specify the color of the shading and background of the pattern), and on the tab Hue- suitable shade.

You can use any arbitrary picture as a background design. To do this, click the button Drawing tabs Drawing and in the window that opens, specify the path to the file of the corresponding image.

All changes made in the window for setting up additional background types take effect only after clicking the button OK. To exit this mode without saving changes, press the button Cancel. Both of these buttons are available on all window tabs.

Automatic search and replacement of data

In the process of work, sometimes there is a need to quickly find certain data (a word, a text fragment, etc.) or replace one data with another. To solve this problem, Publisher 2007 implements a mechanism automatic search and data replacement. This feature is especially convenient to use when working with large volumes of information (for example, when preparing large-scale advertising materials).

The program task area when working in search and replace mode is shown in Fig. 7.14.

Rice. 7.14. Find and replace data

First of all, using the corresponding switch, you should indicate what exactly needs to be done: only data search (position Find) or searching for data while simultaneously replacing it with other data (position Replace). After that in the field Find Enter from the keyboard or select from the drop-down list a word, text, number, etc., which will be the search object. Please note that the drop-down list will be empty for the first search, and subsequently the previously entered search objects will be automatically added to it.

In field Replaced by specify the word, text, etc. that you want to replace the search object with. This field becomes available only if the switch is set to Replace.

If the checkbox is checked Only the whole word, then the program will search for objects that fully satisfy the search condition. In other words, if you need to find a word Automobile, then when this checkbox is checked, the word “Auto” will be ignored.

If the checkbox is checked Distinguish between lowercase and uppercase letters, then the search will take into account the case of characters. In other words, if you need to find a word Automobile, then if this box is checked, the word “car” will be ignored.

From the dropdown list Search select the search direction relative to the current cursor location. If set to throughout the text, then the search will be performed throughout the entire text of the advertising material, regardless of the cursor position. When set to up the search will be carried out in the direction to the cursor, and if the value down– in the direction after the cursor.

To start the search process in accordance with the specified parameters, click the button Find next. To perform a search and simultaneously replace data, click the button Replace. After each replacement, this button must be pressed again to continue the process. If you need to quickly perform a replacement in the entire document at once, click the button Replace all.

Designing documents using styles

To design advertising materials and publications, in addition to the tools discussed in the previous sections, it is also convenient to use special styles. In this case, style is a text design option that includes many settings (in particular, font, paragraph, tab, list presentation, etc. settings). By choosing a specific style, you can be sure that all text in the current document will be formatted according to the same rules.

The task area in the mode of working with styles is shown in Fig. 7.15.

Rice. 7.15. Working in Styles mode

The main part of the task area is occupied by a large field in which a list of styles is displayed. The content of this field is determined using the parameter below Show, the value of which should be selected from the drop-down list. If the value is selected All styles(it is used by default), then the list will contain all the styles available in the program. If you specify the value in this field Used, then only those styles that are used in the current document will be displayed in the list.

Publisher 2007 provides the ability to import styles from an external file stored on your hard drive or removable storage media. To do this you need to press the button Import styles and in the window that opens, specify the path to the file from which the import will be made, and then click the button OK.

You can create a style yourself if for some reason none of the ones available in the program suits you. To switch to style creation mode, press the button Create a style, as a result, the window shown in Fig. will open. 7.16.

Rice. 7.16. Creating a new style

First of all, you should determine the basic parameters of the style being created. In field Enter a name for the new style Give the created style a name. This is necessary for subsequent identification of this style in the selection lists, since it will be displayed in them exactly under the name specified in this field.

If you want to create a new style based on an existing one (for example, leaving its conceptual focus unchanged and making only minor adjustments to it), then select the basis style from the drop-down list Based on style. Otherwise, this field contains the value Absent.

At the bottom of the window in the settings area Sample shows an example of how the created style will look with the current settings.

To configure each style element (font, paragraph, etc.), the program provides separate modes, accessed by the corresponding buttons. Let's briefly look at each of them.

To switch to the font settings mode, press the button Font. This will open the window shown in Fig. 7.17.

Rice. 7.17. Setting font options

From the dropdown list Font select the font type (Times New Roman, Verdana, Arial, etc.) you want to use in the style you create. In field Typeface select the drawing method in the same way: Ordinary(this value is set by default), Italics, Bold or Bold italic. In field Size specify the required font size.

If necessary, you can specify an underline - select the required option in the field Underline. Font color can be customized using the parameter Color: here you specify not only the font color, but also possible ways fills.

In the settings area Modification use the appropriate checkboxes to configure the modification of the selected font. Please note that all checkboxes are grouped in pairs and only one checkbox can be selected at a time in each pair. In addition, the checkbox Circuit can only be set when the checkbox is cleared Recessed, and the checkbox Upbeat– only when the checkboxes are cleared With shadow And Recessed.

In field Sample shows an example of what the style font will look like with the currently selected settings.

Complete the font settings by clicking the button in this window OK. If you press the button Cancel, you will exit this mode without saving the changes made.

Adjust the character spacing separately. To switch to this mode in the window Creating a style Interval, as a result, the window shown in Fig. will open. 7.18.

Rice. 7.18. Setting character spacing

In area Scale you can adjust the compression or stretching of the selected text fragment. To do this, in the field on the right, indicate the degree of compression (less than 100%) or the degree of stretch (more than 100%). By default, this field is set to neutral – 100% . If you change the value of this field using a counter, please note that the counter step in any direction is 10%. However, you can manually enter any value with an accuracy of 1%.

In area Tracking indicate how to adjust the character spacing in the selected text fragment. You can select the required value from the drop-down list or enter it manually in the field on the right On. When selecting a value from the list, remember that any value corresponds to a specific value in the field On, namely:

Ordinary– 100% (these values ​​are used by default);

Very narrow– 75% ;

Narrow– 87,5% ;

Wide– 112,5% ;

Very wide– 125% ;

Special– given value from the drop-down list is automatically substituted whenever the field value On does not match any of the standard values ​​listed above.

If you change the field value On using a counter, remember that one step equals 5%, but from the keyboard you can enter the value with an accuracy of 1%.

Similarly in the area Kerning You can set the size of the space between characters.

An example of how the text will look with the current settings is displayed in the field Sample.

To save the entered data, click the button OK, to close the window without saving changes – button Cancel.

To adjust paragraph settings (text alignment, red line, breaks, indents, etc.), click in the window Creating a style(see Fig. 7.16) button Paragraph, as a result, a window will open, which is shown in Fig. 7.19.

Rice. 7.19. Setting Paragraph Options

This window consists of two tabs: Indents and spacing And Line and paragraph breaks. Let's briefly look at the contents of each of them.

On the tab Indents and spacing from the dropdown list Alignment You should choose the appropriate way to align text on the page. For example, if you specify the method Left(this is the default), the text will be aligned to the left edge of the page when established method Width it will be evenly distributed across the entire width of the page and look equally smooth along the left and right borders, etc.

In area Indentation You can adjust the paragraph indentation from the borders. This may be necessary, for example, to highlight a paragraph in the text or to design a red line, as well as in other cases. From the dropdown list View select the type of indentation (for example, Shift left, Ledge, Quote and etc.). If you need to start a paragraph with a red line, then in the appropriate field indicate the distance by which it should be indented. In the fields Left And On right Set the indent size (in centimeters) on each side of the paragraph.

In the settings area Line spacing you can specify the spacing between lines of one paragraph (parameter Between the lines), as well as the distance between paragraphs before and after the current paragraph (margins, respectively Before paragraphs And After paragraphs). The values ​​of all parameters are either entered from the keyboard or set using the counter buttons.

In field Sample A sample of what the paragraph would look like with the currently selected settings is constantly displayed.

Tab Line and paragraph breaks also includes several options. If the checkbox is selected on this tab ban dangling strings, then displaying one line of a paragraph, for example, on the next page will not be allowed. When checked don't be distracted from the next one the current paragraph will be placed on the same page as the next one. If the checkbox is checked don't break the paragraph, then the entire paragraph will necessarily be placed on one page.

For the paragraph settings to take effect, click the button in this window OK. To close the window without saving changes, click the button Cancel.

It is advisable to present a number of different data in publications in the form of lists. This applies, for example, to lists of types of products, types of activity of the enterprise, available warehouse and other premises, etc.

Publisher 2007 provides extensive functionality for customizing bulleted and numbered lists used within a particular style. To switch to the corresponding mode in the window Creating a style(see Fig. 7.16) press the button List, as a result, the window shown in Fig. will open. 7.20.

Rice. 7.20. Setting up lists

As you can see in the figure, this window consists of two tabs: Markers And Numbering. Let's look at each of them.

On the tab Markers You can customize bulleted lists. In area Marker sign Click the mouse button to select the appropriate marker - immediately after this the options below will become available Size, List indentation And Sign(they are blocked if in the settings area Marker sign the leftmost position is highlighted, which is empty).

In field Size you can change the default marker size suggested by the program. The value of this field can be edited either from the keyboard or using the counter buttons. In the latter case, remember that one counter step is equal to 1. In the field List indentation specify the distance, expressed in centimeters, by which the text should retreat from the marker. This value can also be changed either using a counter (one counter step is equal to 0.25 cm) or from the keyboard.

If necessary, you can change the marker sign suggested by the program. To do this, click the button Sign, then in the window that opens, click the mouse button to select the appropriate symbol and click the button OK.

At the bottom of the window in the box Sample shows a sample of what it will look like bulleted list with the currently valid settings.

Tab content Numbering shown in Fig. 7.21.

Rice. 7.21. Setting up numbered lists

On this tab you can configure numbered lists. From the dropdown list Format select an appropriate numbering format (for example, you can use Arabic or Roman numerals, letters or lettered numbers, etc.). Then into the field Delimiter similarly, specify the separator character that will stand between the number and the text (by default, a dot is suggested as a separator).

You can start numbering the list from any number, depending on the current need. Of course, most lists start with number 1 (the program offers this by default), but if necessary, the field Begin with You can specify any other number.

In field List indentation You can specify the distance, expressed in centimeters, by which the text should retreat from the number. This value is changed both using a counter (one counter step is equal to 0.25 cm) and from the keyboard.

At the bottom of the tab in the field Sample shows an example of what a numbered list would look like with the currently selected settings.

All changes made on the window tabs take effect only after clicking the button OK. If you press the button Cancel, you will exit this mode without saving the changes made.

To design paragraphs, it is sometimes advisable to use horizontal rulers. To configure them, click in the window Creating a style(see Fig. 7.16) button Horizontal rulers, as a result, a window will open, which is shown in Fig. 7.22.

Rice. 7.22. Setting up horizontal rulers

Horizontal rulers are configured separately before a paragraph and after a paragraph, although the settings are similar and become available after checking the boxes respectively Before paragraph And After the paragraph.

In the settings area View From the corresponding drop-down lists, select the value of the thickness (this value can also be entered manually), color and style of the horizontal line. Specify the position of the horizontal line relative to the margins and paragraph in the settings area Position(the value of each parameter is expressed in centimeters, and it can be set either using the counter buttons or entered from the keyboard).

Complete setup horizontal lines by clicking the button in this window OK. To close the window without saving changes, click Cancel.

The last step in creating a custom design style is to configure the tab options. To switch to this mode, click in the window Creating a style(see Fig. 7.16) button Tabulation, as a result, the window shown in Fig. will open. 7.23.

Rice. 7.23. Setting tab stops

In this window, using the parameter Tab stops form a list of tab stops (there may be several of them). In the top field from the keyboard, enter the position value in centimeters and press the button Install, as a result, this value will appear in the list below. Having thus generated a list of positions, you can begin to configure each of them.

Select a custom position in the list by clicking on it with the mouse button, and in the right part of the window using the switch Alignment specify the position alignment method: on the left edge(this position is offered by default), in the center, to the right And by separator. Then select the appropriate placeholder in the same way (by default the radio button Aggregate set to position absent). After this, press the button again Install.

To remove a tab stop from the list, click on it and click Delete. For quick removal simultaneously press the button for all positions delete everything. In each case, be careful, since the program does not issue an additional request to confirm the deletion operation.

To finish setting the tab stops for this style, click OK. If you press the button Cancel, you will exit this mode without saving the changes made.

Don’t forget, after making all the above settings for the style elements in the window Creating a style(see Fig. 7.16) press the button OK– only after this the settings will take effect. If you do not do this, then after closing the window you will lose all the settings you have made.

The main menu (Fig. 3) contains all the program commands; we list its items:

Rice. 3 Main menu

File– working with documents: creating, opening, saving, importing and exporting images, printing, etc.

Edit– general editing and searching, as well as working with some special types of objects.

View– control of viewing modes and display of auxiliary objects.

Layout– setting parameters, adding and deleting document pages.

Arrange– changing the relative position and combining objects.

Effects– color management and vector effects that can be applied to objects.

Raster images– editing raster images.

Text– working with text objects.

Table– creating and editing tables.

Tools– setting up the program and calling some dockable windows.

Window– managing document windows and calling dockable windows.

Reference– help system and useful links.

It should be admitted that the main menu of CorelDRAW is one of the most rich among graphics programs. It is not easy to navigate, so it is recommended to remember the keyboard shortcuts that correspond to the most common commands.

File menu

The File menu commands are used to work with documents.

Create. This command creates a new document with default settings.

Create from template. A command similar to the previous one, but using as a basis for created file one of the template documents. A dialog box appears in which you can select the appropriate template. In CorelDRAW X4, this window has been significantly redesigned and now contains many new interesting templates, sorted by category.

Open. Opens a previously created document.

Close. Closes the current document. If you need to close everything open documents, use the command File\Close All or Window\Close All.

Save as. Saves the current document under a new name and/or in a different format. This opens the Save Document dialog box. This window is standard for saving a document in the operating system you are using, but contains some additional settings. Let's list the main ones:

Saving type – select the format in which the document will be saved. You can choose not only the CorelDRAW or related format, but also the competing Adobe Illustrator format.

Version - This drop-down list is active if you are using one of Corel's native formats, and indicates the version number of that format.

Only selected is a very convenient checkbox that allows you to save only selected objects as a separate document.

Embed fonts using TrueDoc – allows you to save used fonts with the document.

Return. Reverts the document to the last saved version.

Get image. Used to scan images directly from CorelDRAW.

Import. Places an image from a file into the current document. This opens the Import dialog box. You can place several images into a document at one time. To do this, using the Shift and Ctrl keys, select the required files in the Import dialog box and click the Import button). If the image is large, you may not import the entire image. In the drop-down list next to the View check box, change the Full Image value to Crop. In this case, after clicking the Import button, an additional dialog box will be called up in which you can specify the area of ​​the drawing you are interested in. When you select the Resize item in the mentioned drop-down list, a corresponding window will be called up in which you can change the dimensions of the placed image.

Export for Office. An option that allows you to save your work in Microsoft Office-readable EMF format.

Send to. Allows you to send a document by email, save it in specific folders, or create a shortcut for it on the Desktop.

Printing commands. To prepare and print a document, use the following File menu commands: Print, Combined Print, Print Preview, Print Setup, and Prepare for Service Bureau.

Export to PDF. The PDF (Portable Document Format) format was created specifically to ensure that the document looks the same on computers with different operating systems, a different set of fonts, etc. Essentially, Export to PDF is a type of Save As command. In the PDF template drop-down list, you can select one of the templates. For example, if you are going to post a document on the Internet, then Web is best suited; for transferring to a repro center and printing - Prepress, etc. For more precise settings, use the Settings button.

Publishing a page to ConceptShape. New in CorelDRAW X4, this command brings up a dockable ConceptShape window that lets you share work and sketches with colleagues and clients in real time. ConceptShape is a great solution for designers and design teams to get high-quality feedback on ongoing projects without expensive personal meetings.

Publication on the Internet. This submenu contains several commands that allow you to convert the created document into a format suitable for the web.

HTML. When this command is selected, a dialog box is called up in which the user can specify all the necessary settings for the HTML file corresponding to the CorelDRAW document. It is not recommended to use the File\Publish to Web\HTML command to create web pages. Despite all its advantages, CorelDRAW is still a package for creating graphics. It can be used to prepare images, but not HTML files. If it is important for you to completely preserve the document design, use export to PDF format.

Flash embedded in HTML. First, the image is exported to Flash format - the same as when executing the Export command. Then an HTML document is created, which contains a link to the created Flash file.

Web Image Optimizer. Using a dialog box, this command allows you to select parameters for optimizing images for posting on the Web.

Document properties. A very important tool that is often neglected by novice users. The dialog box that appears when you select this command displays summary information about the document. Often it is this that allows you to figure out why the file is not printed or takes up too much space on the disk and in random access memory. Here you can get the following information:

File – general information about the file (location, size, creation date, etc.).

Document – ​​the number, size and orientation of document pages, number of layers and resolution for which the document is optimized.

Graphic objects – general information about document vector objects.

Text statistics – the number and characteristics of text objects.

Bitmap objects - general information about raster objects in a document.

Styles – number and names of styles used.

Effects – number and names of applied effects.

Fills – characteristics of applied fills.

Stroke – characteristics of the strokes used.

Open latest. The last documents you worked with in the program can be opened using this submenu. By default it contains five items.

Exit. Exits the program and closes all documents open in it. If, when executing this command in any of open files there are unsaved changes, the program will ask you to save them.

Edit menu

The Edit menu contains commands for editing, searching, and some others.

Cancel. Allows you to undo the last executed commands. Cancellation occurs according to the stack principle: the last command is canceled first, then the penultimate one, etc.

Return. The reverse command to the previous one. It allows you to restore an action undone by the Undo command. Additional features Undo Management provides a dockable Undo window.

Repeat. Repeats the last action performed. The command can be applied to the object that was changed and to any other. Not all operations can be repeated using the Repeat command): for example, commands for creating objects, inserting images, editing nodes, working with a document, and some others are not reproduced.

Cut, Copy and Paste. Commands that perform standard operations with the clipboard:

Cut – transfers the selected object to the clipboard, removing it from the document;

Copy – writes a copy of the selected object to the clipboard, leaving the original in the document;

Paste – pastes the contents of the clipboard into the document.

Special insert. In contrast, the Paste command asks the user in what format to paste an object from the clipboard. This opens a special dialog box in which you need to select the appropriate format.

Delete. Deleting the selected object.

Symbol. This submenu is dedicated to working with symbols– fixed images that can be used repeatedly in various documents. For example, you can save your company logo as a symbol, and then insert it into an edited document with just one click. To change a symbol, you need to go to a special editing mode, which avoids accidental distortions.

Create Symbol – Converts the selected object into a symbol.

Change symbol – puts the symbol into a mode in which you can modify its shape and color (in normal mode this cannot be done).

Finish symbol editing – allows you to return to normal mode.

Convert to Objects—Converts the symbol to regular CorelDRAW objects.

Break link – removes the link of a symbol.

Update Link – Updates the symbol loaded as a link.

Export Library – Creates a symbol library file in CSL format.

Symbol Manager – Calls up a special dockable window for working with symbols. The dockable Symbol Manager window seems to us the most convenient tool for working with symbols.

Duplicate. When you select this menu item, a copy of the selected object is created at a certain distance from it. To set this distance, enter the required values ​​in the fields that specify the offset relative to the original in the context-sensitive property panel. To duplicate the selected object in the same place, just press the + key. If you hold down the Spacebar while you move or transform an object, intermediate copies are created.

Clone. This command allows you not only to copy an object, but also to rigidly associate its parameters with the copy. This ensures that most changes made to the original object are automatically applied to the clone object.

Copy properties. This command is useful when you need to copy the attributes of one object to another. When you execute it, a dialog box appears in which you should indicate which properties you are going to copy.

Stroke shape—the thickness, shading, and other stroke attributes (except color) are copied.

Stroke Color – Copies the stroke color.

Fill – copy the fill type and color.

Text properties – typeface, font size, style and other attributes of the text are copied.

Step and repeat. When you select this menu item, a dockable window of the same name opens, allowing you to set the number of copies of the object, as well as horizontal and vertical copying parameters (distance to the copy being created or between them and the direction of copying).

Overlaying an outline on top. Assigning paint properties to the stroke of vector objects.

Fill overlay. Assigning paint properties to fill vector objects.

Bitmap overlay. Assigning ink properties to raster objects.

Select all. This submenu is used to simultaneously select objects of the same type.

Objects—all document objects are selected.

Text—all text objects in the document are selected.

Guides—all the guide lines of the document are selected.

Nodes – all nodes of the selected object are selected.

The Select All submenu commands do not always work correctly. For example, if text objects are grouped with other graphic elements, then the Select All\Text command will not “see” them.

Search and replace. The Find and Replace submenu contains commands for searching and replacing objects based on specified characteristics.

Find objects – allows you to search for objects of a certain type, structure, color, etc. For this, a special dialog box with many parameters is called up.

Replace Objects – Replaces attributes of a specific object type. There are four possible replacement options:

Replace color – this way you can replace, for example, the white fill of all objects with black;

Replace color model or palette – useful feature, if you need to convert, for example, all RGB objects to CMYK or assign all colors the closest PANTONE equivalents to them;

Replace stroke parameters – replaces all stroke parameters except color;

Replace text attributes – allows you to change the typeface, style and point of text in the entire document at once.

Find text – search for a specified piece of text.

Replace text – allows you to replace a specific piece of text with any other one.

Last search – repeats the last search performed.

Insert barcode. If you have Corel Barcode installed on your computer, you can use the Edit\Insert Barcode command to insert a standard barcode into a document.

The Insert New Object, Object and Links commands. The Insert New Object command places an OLE object into the document, which can be created directly in CorelDRAW or inserted from an existing file. To edit this object, you can either double-click on it or select the Edit command from the Object submenu. To edit the connection of an OLE object, use the Links item.

Properties. Selecting this Edit menu item opens a dockable Object Properties window that you can use to view and edit many of the object's attributes.

Menu View

This item in the main menu of the program contains commands for controlling the viewing and display modes of auxiliary objects (that is, objects that are not displayed when printing and are not saved when exporting a document, but that help in editing).

The commands in the top section of the View menu are intended to select the mode for displaying objects on the screen.

Simplified wireframe is the most simplified viewing mode in which raster images become black and white and semi-transparent, fill and stroke attributes are ignored, as well as effects (halo, bleed, pseudo-volume).

Wireframe – Unlike the Simple Wireframe mode, you can see the applied effects.

Draft – low quality full color viewing mode.

Normal – medium quality viewing mode that does not display PostScript fills.

Advanced – the highest quality viewing mode with drawing PostScript fills, bitmaps with high resolution and vector graphics anti-aliasing.

Advanced with Overlay—Objects that have a stroke or fill printed with an overlay are displayed accordingly (Figure 4).

Full screen viewing. This command allows you to see the document being edited on full screen– no menu bar, panels or dockable windows. The image in this mode corresponds to the result of the printout (with the accuracy determined by the monitor’s color correction settings).

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Rice. 4. Result of enabling the Advanced mode with overlay:

a – object with fill overlay; b – object with stroke overlay;

c – object with fill and stroke overlay

View only selected items. Shows only selected objects in full-screen view.

Page order view. A viewing mode useful when working with multi-page documents. It allows you to display all pages of a document on one screen. Page contents are shown as thumbnails.

View Manager. When you select this menu item, a dockable window of the same name opens, containing tools for changing the viewing scale.

Rulers. This command begins the View menu section, which includes commands for displaying auxiliary elements of the CorelDRAW document window. Dimension rulers are located on the top and left sides of the document window. They allow you to visually control the coordinates and sizes of objects, as well as the current coordinates of the mouse pointer. By default, the origin is in the lower left corner of the document. If necessary, you can move the origin of coordinates to any other place. To do this, click on the intersection of the rulers (icon) and, without releasing the mouse button, drag the crosshair to the desired point. To return the origin to the lower left corner of the sheet, double-click the same icon.

Net. A grid is a set of intersecting dashed or dotted lines. It is convenient to use a grid if you need to place objects at a strictly defined distance, and their sizes must be a multiple of a certain value.

Guides. Guides are auxiliary lines that help align objects along a certain direction. You can create guides in two ways: “drag” them with the mouse from the dimension rulers or enable them using the Options dialog box.

Let's consider the second method in more detail. Open the Options dialog box. In this case, it is convenient to do this by double-clicking on the size ruler. To create, for example, a horizontal guide, click on the Horizontal item. Enter the vertical coordinate of the guide in the upper left field and click on the Add button - the corresponding line will immediately appear in the document. Created guides can be moved using the Move button or deleted using the Delete button. Vertical and oblique lines are added and edited in the same way.

The Blanks item allows you to create entire groups of guides, for example, to take into account the unprintable margins of the printer or for multi-column layout.

Show. This submenu contains commands that allow you to show or hide additional auxiliary lines.

Page Border – The solid line displays the page border of the document.

Crop – the dashed line displays the boundaries of the sheet before the trim, defined on the Document\Page\Size page of the Options dialog box.

Printable area – the dashed line displays the boundaries of the printable area, determined by the printer settings.

Display interactive buttons. Interactive buttons are buttons whose appearance depends on the position of the pointer and the mouse click. They are widely used in web documents. In CorelDRAW, such buttons can be created and edited using the commands in the Effects\Interactive Button submenu). If you select the Show interactive buttons check box, the dynamic button in the CorelDRAW window will respond to pointer movements and mouse clicks.

Snap to Grid, Snap to Guides, and Snap to Objects. Selecting any of these checkboxes causes the object to “stick” to grid lines, guides, or nodes of other objects when moved around the document window.

The Snap to... checkboxes work even when the grid, guides, or objects are not visible on the screen. For example, if the Guides checkbox is cleared and Snap to Guides is selected, then objects will “snap” to invisible guide lines. Similarly, if the Snap to objects checkbox is selected, then attraction will occur even to the nodes of those objects that are on invisible layers.

Dynamic guides. If this parameter is activated, then when drawing you will see information - the angle of rotation of the line, etc. This should be especially useful for those users who create simple drawings in CorelDRAW.

Setup. Using the commands Configuring Grid and Rulers, Configuring Guides, Configuring Snap to Objects, and Configuring Dynamic Guides of this submenu, you can call up the corresponding pages of the Options dialog box.

Menu Layout

The Layout menu contains commands for working with document pages.

Insert page. Adds a certain number of pages before or after a given one.

Duplicate page. Allows you to create a copy of the current page along with all layers and, if necessary, their contents, placing it before or after the selected one.

Rename the page. Allows you to assign your own title to the page. This can be useful when working with multi-page documents.

Delete page. Deletes pages in a specified range (for example, pages five through eight).

Go to page. Move to the specified document page.

Change page orientation. Rotates the document page by 90°, that is, changes its orientation from portrait to landscape and vice versa.

Page settings. Opens the Options dialog box page, where you can change the dimensions and some other parameters of the document page.

Page background. Opens the Options dialog box page, where you can change the color and background type of a document page. In many cases, it is more convenient to use not the Layout menu, but the page navigator (Fig. 5), located in the lower left corner of the document window. You can drag and drop page tabs in the navigator to change the order of the pages. If you keep pressing Ctrl key, then the page is copied. Right-clicking on a page shortcut brings up a menu whose items mirror some of the Layout menu commands.

Rice. 5. Page navigator

Menu Arrange

The Arrange menu contains commands for changing the relative arrangement of objects, as well as merging and converting the type of objects.

Transformations. This submenu contains commands for calling all tabs of the docked Transformation window.

Cancel transformations. Allows you to undo all transformations applied to the selected object, with the exception of movement.

Level and distribute. This submenu contains commands that allow you to align objects on a document sheet, that is, shift them so that the coordinates of one of the sides or centers of these objects coincide.

Align Left – The left edges of objects are aligned vertically.

Align Right – The right edges of objects are aligned vertically.

Align Top—Aligns objects to the top edge.

Align Bottom – Aligns objects to the bottom edge.

Align centers horizontally – objects are aligned so that their centers lie on the same horizontal line.

Align centers vertically – objects are aligned so that their centers lie on the same vertical.

Center on page - objects are shifted so that their centers coincide with the center of the page.

Center horizontally on page - objects are shifted so that their centers lie on a horizontal line passing through the center of the page.

Center vertically on page – objects are shifted so that their centers lie on a vertical line passing through the center of the page.

Align and distribute – opens the dialog box of the same name, which contains all the alignment functions described above. In addition, the Distribute tab contains options that allow you to distribute objects evenly on the page.

Order. This submenu contains commands for changing the order of objects in plans. As noted above, each CorelDRAW object occupies a specific place in the hierarchy of plans: the figure in the background is obscured by objects located in closer plans. Let's now look at how the commands in the Order on Objects submenu work.

Bring to Page Front and Bring to Layer Front – bring the selected object to the foreground.

Send to Page Back and Send to Layer Back – move the selected object to the background.

One plan forward – the selected object moves one plan forward.

One plane back – the selected object moves one plane back.

In front of object – the selected object is placed directly in front of the specified one.

Behind the object – the selected object is placed on the plan directly below the specified object.

Reverse order – the order of the plans is reversed.

Group. This command combines the selected objects into a group. At the same time, they retain their individual characteristics (color, type of stroke, parameters of applied effects, etc.), but are transformed - moved, rotated, changed in size and shape - as a single whole. If you need to select one of the elements of the group, click on it while holding down the Ctrl key.

Ungroup. Divides the selected group into independent objects.

Ungroup everything. Grouping in CorelDRAW can be hierarchical. This means that a group can be part of another group, which, in turn, can be part of a third, etc. If you select a group that has nested groups and execute the Ungroup command, then only the top-level group will be ungrouped. The Ungroup All command allows you to ungroup all subgroups at once.

Merge. When several objects are combined, their individual characteristics are lost. The areas where the original objects intersect become transparent. You can only merge ungrouped vector objects and line (not paragraph) text.

Divide. The inverse operation of union.

Lock an object. A locked object cannot be edited. Selection markers for a locked object look like locks.

Unlock an object. Unlocks the selected object.

Unlock all objects. The locking of all objects to which the Lock Object command was applied is canceled.

Changing shape. The commands in this submenu allow you to transform the shape of intersecting objects.

Union - intersecting objects turn into one, and its border runs along the outer contour of the objects.

An exception is that objects are cut along the intersection boundary.

Intersection – the intersection area is cut off from objects, which turns into a separate figure.

Simplification—The intersection area is removed from the underlying object.

Subtract back from front – the intersection area is removed from the top object; the lower objects are completely removed.

Subtract front from back – the intersection area is removed from the bottom object; the upper objects are completely removed.

Change form – opens the dockable window Change form, which contains the commands listed above.

Convert to curves. CorelDRAW has many types of vector objects that are not Bezier curves: these are, first of all, text, but also rectangles, polygons, circles, arcs, spirals, etc. They are edited according to their own rules. The Convert to Curves command allows you to turn special objects into regular ones.

Convert stroke to object. Converts an object's stroke to a filled object. The edges of the stroke become two new strokes. For example, after applying the Position\Convert Stroke to Object command, an ellipse turns into a ring.

Close the loop. The Close Path submenu offers the user a set of commands that can be used to close an open path.

As an example, let's see how two open segments (Fig. 6a) will behave when selecting various items in the Close contour submenu:

Connect the nearest nodes with straight lines - the nodes are connected by straight segments with the nearest free nodes (Fig. 6b).

Connect the nearest nodes with curves - the nearest nodes are also connected, but with sections of smooth curves (Fig. 6c).

Connect the beginning and the end with straight lines - a connection occurs with straight lines, but not with the nearest node, but in order (that is, the last node of the first segment is connected to the first node of the second and vice versa) (Fig. 6d).

Connect the beginning and end with curves - as in the previous case, but the connecting lines are smooth (Fig. 6e).

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Rice. 6. Closing contours: a – original objects;

b – the result of using the command Connect nearest nodes with straight lines; c – the result of applying the Connect nearby nodes with curves command; d – the result of applying the command Connect the beginning and end with straight lines; d – the result of using the command

Connect the beginning and end with curves

Effects menu

Dynamic graphic effects are one of the most successful features of CorelDRAW. They allow you to quickly create complex, impressive groups of objects that can be easily and visually edited. The main part of the menu item in question is devoted specifically to effects. In addition, it contains color correction commands.

Color Setting

The Color Adjustment submenu contains a set of commands for adjusting the color of the selected object.

Contrast enhancement – ​​allows you to increase or decrease the contrast of the image.

Local setup– makes fine details of the image more visible.

Balance by sample - adjusts color by adjusting at three points: in highlights, shadows and midtones.

Tone Curve – Allows you to adjust the color tone of an image based on tone curves.

Brightness\Contrast\Intensity – as you can easily guess from the name, adjusts the brightness, contrast and intensity of the image.

Color balance – changes the ratio of colors in the image.

Gamma correction – allows you to change the contrast of areas of the image whose brightness is within a certain range. For example, you can increase the contrast in the midtones without changing the highlights and shadows.

Hue\Saturation\Brightness) – adjusts the hue (spectral value) of a color, its saturation and brightness.

Selective color correction – makes corrections in specific color ranges.

Replace colors – allows you to replace a color (or a range of similar colors) with a new one.

Desaturation – turns a color image into black and white.

Channel blending—changes the brightness of pixels in a given color channel by adding or subtracting from them the brightness of the original image channels.

Transformation. This submenu contains commands for general image color processing.

Remove horizontal scan stripes – allows you to compensate for errors in the image received from video media.

Invert – creates a color negative of the image.

Posterization – reduces the number of color gradations, thereby creating sharp transitions between halftones.

Adjustment. This submenu contains a single command - Dust and Scratches, which allows you to remove gross blemishes from the image (usually scanned) caused by the presence of dust and scratches on the original.

Decoration. When you select this menu item, a dockable window of the same name is called up, with which you can set an effective stroke design.

In the dockable Art Media window, you can select three types of art brush:

Blank;

Object Sprayer.

The Artistic Media tool, located in the Graphics panel, offers many more options for editing stroke effects.

Overflow. Flowing is a step-by-step transition between objects, in which the shape and color of intermediate objects gradually change (Fig. 7).

The dockable Blend window, called by the Effects\Blend command, allows you to set the effect parameters and apply it.

Rice. 7. An example of flow between a rectangle and an ellipse

To create a blend using the settings window, just select two objects and click the Apply button. In an already created transition, you can change the number of steps in the Number of steps parameter, set the rotation of intermediate objects (the Rotate parameter and the Loop checkbox), as well as replace the start and end objects and the flow path (there are three buttons located above Apply for this).

The second tab of the dockable Blend window is used to control the nonlinearity of the step transition.

Nonlinearity of objects - the distance between intermediate objects changes unevenly.

Non-linearity of fills/stroke – stroke thickness and fill color change unevenly.

Apply to dimensions – adds non-linear resizing of intermediate objects.

Link nonlinearities – uneven changes in sizes and fills with strokes are synchronized.

The third tab of the Blend docker controls how the color of intermediate objects changes. Each color is modeled by a point on the color wheel; the transition from the initial color to the final color can be carried out in one of three ways.

In a straight line - with this method, the transition is carried out along the shortest distance on the color wheel.

Clockwise – the transition occurs in an arc in a clockwise direction.

Counterclockwise – move along an arc counterclockwise.

The fourth tab of the dockable Blend window allows you to change the start and end points of the transition, as well as work with complex transitions. It contains the following parameters.

Node map - when creating a blend, the first point of the starting object is transformed into the first point of the ending object, the second - into the second, etc.

Divide – using this button you can specify one of the intermediate objects as a separator. This means

In this lesson, we will begin to study the main menu of the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. Here is our main menu. It must be said that the main menu is a traditional tool for working with applications. It usually gives full access to all the features of our browser. The main menu of our browser contains the following items. The first is the File item. When you perform a left mouse click here, this set of commands opens with which we work with our file. Next point

Edit. The editing operations of our document are concentrated here. Next comes the View menu. Using this menu, we work with the interface of our browser: we specify fonts, its appearance, and so on.

Favorites. Here we work with the Chosen One. Service. The Tools menu is usually used to make certain settings for our browser. Well, and finally, the Help menu. The commands for working with the help system are concentrated here. If you pay attention, you will notice that many menu commands have so-called underlined characters. If, for example, we now press the Alt button, then many of our commands will be underlined in certain letters like this. What does this mean? This means that when you press the combination Alt keys and the corresponding letter, this command will be executed.

Let's try to do this. First, let's switch to the Russian font and press the Alt and F buttons at the same time. As you may have noticed, the File menu has opened. This particular menu opened because we pressed the hotkey combination Alt+F. Here F is emphasized. If we had pressed Alt+P instead of Alt+F, the Edit menu would have opened, which is what happened. Similarly, pressing Alt+I opens the Favorites menu. Let's move on to the first item of our menu, the File menu. Here it is. The File position of the main menu concentrates the main operations for working with files (we have already told you about this).

The first command that is available here is the Create command. When we hover the mouse over it, a submenu opens in which we select what exactly we want to create. We can create a New Window.

Let's run this command. A second Internet Explorer window opens in front of us. You can see that we currently have two Internet Explorer windows active on the Taskbar. Let's close one of them and continue studying. We can create: Message, Contact, Internet Call. Well, the Message command is identical to the command that is called when this button is clicked. Clicked.

A corresponding window appears, which is called Create message. We will close it, since we have already worked with this window. Next - Create a contact.

What is Create Contact? This is, in fact, an entry in the address book. You will learn how this is done in the relevant sections of our course. Next - Call via the Internet. Using this command, we call a subscriber for a teleconference. You will also find out what a teleconference is later. You will learn how to use the program that is currently running. This command is called NetMeeting. With this program you can communicate with other Internet users.

We'll close this window now, and you just remember that using this Create Internet Call command starts NetMeeting. Now let's move on to the next command, which is called Open. This command opens a search window the desired file or addresses. Let's execute this command. Here we are asked to enter the address of a document or folder on the Internet. We can enter the address right here.