Design in Publisher
Applies To
Publisher for Microsoft 365 Publisher 2021 Publisher 2019 Publisher 2016Link text boxes
If you have too much text to fit in a text box, select or create another text box and link them.
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Select the overflow button
.The cursor changes to a pitcher
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Select the text box you want the text to flow into, or click anywhere on the page to create a new text box for the overflow text.
![Screenshot of a text box with overflow text ready to pour into another text box.](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/385f3e4a-ff26-473d-b195-00a961806cf1/cd0a3d4548a1ce732ae2fb720ecc24e7d91e95ab.png)
Swap pictures
Drag and swap pictures from the scratch area to your layout until you find the layout you like.
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Select a picture.
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Drag the picture by the mountain icon where you want it.
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When the pink highlight appears around the picture, release the mouse button.
![Swap pictures](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/other-m365/neutral/6a1bd174-da54-45d9-a89e-ca8f1c912c1a/9e886fe369289b55b39ac4835048ea1af007cbe4.jpg)
Crop a picture
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Select the picture.
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Select Picture Tools Format > Crop.
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Use the cropping handles to size the picture:
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Drag a center handle to crop that side.
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Hold Ctrl and drag a center handle to crop evenly on two sides.
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Hold Ctrl+Shift and drag a corner handle to crop all four sides evenly.
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Click outside the picture to crop.
![Screenshot of an image being cropped.](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/449388da-7ee5-4f30-948e-2c4005971213/af993d862f3b35a40e35856d8f2c37b6e4479765.png)
Add effects to pictures
You can add effects like shadow, reflection, glow, soft edges, bevel, and 3-D rotation to pictures.
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Select a picture.
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Select Picture Tools Format > Picture Effects.
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Select an effect: Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Soft Edges, Bevel, or 3-D Rotation.
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Select the effect you want.
![Picture effect](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/other-m365/neutral/e1352691-4888-41e5-b85c-ced37433f8d4/b5fe87ef35c4506319936ce9ffeac7ba61aeda43.jpg)
Add effects to text
You can add shadow, reflection, glow, and bevel effects to text.
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Select the text you want to format.
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Select Text Box Tools Format > Text Effects.
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Select the type of effect: Shadow, Reflection, Glow, or Bevel.
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Select the specific effect you want.
![Text effects](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/other-m365/neutral/1b1a920a-21bf-4b47-a110-1d358f9f5a30/bbb095ea0a721cdf90ebf7c325eef2094aeee58d.jpg)
Add a building block
Publisher offers hundreds of building blocks to use in your publications, like headings, calendars, borders, and advertisements.
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Select the Insert tab.
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Select a building block:
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Page Parts
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Calendars
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Borders & Accents
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Advertisements
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See all building blocks
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Select Show Building Block Library
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Select a building block in the library, and then select Insert.
![Publisher Building Blocks](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/68a444f6-b8b4-4ef9-833e-25128d7e8f41/38e368147842b418cfedc9177299391c0ac911fd.png)
![Screenshot of the partial Building Block Library window displaying thumbnails in the Page Parts category.](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/4e77c6b7-2383-41e5-819f-7c02601ffba3/101d25a2884c136bb354c224f69220e9e1ae1c39.png)