Publisher help

Applies To
Publisher for Microsoft 365 Publisher 2021 Publisher 2019 Publisher 2016 Publisher 2013 Publisher 2010

Important

After October 2026, Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported. Microsoft 365 subscribers will no longer have access. Learn more about Publisher retirement.

Use Publisher to create professional publications complete with backgrounds, text effects, and images that pop.

Get started

Publisher Quick Start

Basic tasks

Keyboard shortcuts

Get a word count

Resize the page or paper

Highlight text

Change line spacing

Delete pages

Insert a table of contents (TOC)

Use building blocks to quickly create a publication

Work with borders, backgrounds, and columns

Add or remove a page border in Publisher

Add a border around a text box, picture, or other object

Remove a border around a page, text box, picture or other object

Change the space between columns

Create columns within a text box in Publisher

Working with page margins

Make a two-column publication

Change the background color

Make a background transparent

Work with pictures and watermarks

Tips for working with images

Crop a picture

Crop a picture to a shape

Make a picture a background

Group and ungroup text boxes, pictures, and other objects

Add a watermark to a photo or picture

Add a text watermark

Create a watermark from a photo or picture

Print watermarks

Remove a watermark

Work with calendars and templates

Change the dates on a calendar

Change the month on a calendar

Add calendar pages

Add months to a calendar

Add holidays to a calendar

Create a publication from a template

Add or remove template pages

Find an Avery template

Make cards and brochures

Make and print business cards on Avery stock

Print a sheet of business cards

Print different business cards on the same sheet

Make greeting cards

Make one or two-sided postcards

Print one-sided postcards

Print two-sided postcards

Find brochure templates

Make a brochure

Print a brochure

Create labels with different addresses

Print different labels on one sheet

Add and print crop marks

Set page margins for printing

Print watermarks

Print a newsletter on 11x17 paper

Print a brochure

Print one-sided postcards

Print two-sided postcards

Print multiple postcards on a single sheet

Make and print business cards on Avery stock

Create newsletters

Create a newsletter

Add pages to a newsletter

Remove pages from a newsletter

Print a newsletter on 11x17 paper

Create and send email newsletters

Save As or convert a publication to .pdf

Add a PDF file or image to a publication

Create a hyperlink

Change the color of hyperlinks

Set a hyperlink to open in a new window