Using Custom Templates

Now it s time to use your custom template to create an actual press release publication. If you have followed the instructions and saved the template in the default location, you can easily create a publication based on the template from the New Publication task pane. You can then customize the publication in the usual ways

Creating a Template-Based Publication

To put the template to the test, follow these steps:

1. Click the Save button to save your changes to the Press Release template, and then click Close on the File menu.

2. On the File menu, click New to open the New Publication task pane.

3. Click the From template link in the New area of the task pane.

Publisher displays the Open Template dialog box shown in this graphic:

4. Double-click Press Release to open a new publication based on the Press Release template.

In the title bar, the document name is Document2 instead of Press Release , indicating that you are working with a regular publication that is based on the Press Release template, rather than with the Press Release template itself.

5. On the File menu, click Save As , and then save the file as Fossil Tour Press Release in the My Documents folder.

Adding Text to a Template-Based Publication

Now you re ready to add some text to the press release. For this example, you add a second page, which shows you the master page elements in action. For the text, you reuse the paragraph from the newsletter you created in Chapter 4. Follow these steps:

1. Open the Newsletter publication, select the text of the first paragraph of the Fossil Dig Tours story, and press Ctrl+C to copy the paragraph.

2. Close the newsletter to redisplay Fossil Tour Press Release.

3. Press F9 , and then draw a text frame between the date and contact frames , stretching the text frame across the page to the left edge of the PRESS RELEASE frame.

4. With the insertion point in the new frame, press Ctrl+V to paste the paragraph from the newsletter, and then press the Enter key.

When two objects occupy the same space on a page, you might want to make one of them transparent so that the other object is more visible. For example, if a text frame appears in the same place as a graphic, the text might obscure the graphic. To make the frame transparent so that the graphic is visible behind it, click the frame to select it, and then press Ctrl+T. If you change your mind, press Ctrl+T again to turn off transparency.

5. Repeat step 4 four more times.

6. Click a blank area of the press release to deselect the text frame.

The press release now looks similar to the one shown here:

7. On the Insert menu, click Page .

Publisher displays the Insert Page dialog box shown in this graphic:

8. Make sure that After current page is selected, and then click OK to insert a new page after the current page.

As you can see, the elements you added to the master page appear on the new second page.

9. To see the new press release on paper, click the Print button. Then save and close the publication.