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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

