Creating Calendars 975
clip art that comes with Publisher and that is available from Microsoft Office Online is
not copyrighted and can be used by anyone for any purpose. Materials that are copy-
righted are usually accompanied by a variation of the following statement:
Copyright © 2010 by Online Training Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.
If you want to use artwork that you have been given by someone else, it is wise to
acknowledge the source. Otherwise, hard feelings can result if it appears to the owner
that you are trying to claim credit for his or her work. You can add captions, credits,
and copyrights to your publications in unobtrusive text boxes, so don’t be tempted
to omit them only because you think they might detract from your design.Changing Page Backgrounds.
In Publisher, you can customize the background of any page by adding a solid color,
a color gradient, a texture, or even a picture. This type of formatting is particularly
effective in full-page publications such as calendars, because the background holds
the objects on the page together with a cohesive design element.
A color gradient is a visual effect in which a solid color gradually changes from light to
dark or dark to light. Publisher offers several gradient patterns, each with several variations.
You can also choose a preset arrangement of colors from professionally designed back-
grounds in which different colors gradually merge.
Tip Be cautious when using preset color arrangements with calendars. It is important that
the background be subtle and that it not compete with the other objects for attention or
make them difficult to read.
If you want something fancier than a gradient, you can give the background a texture,
or you can even use a picture. Publisher comes with several textures that you can easily
apply to the background of your pages.Working with Master Pages.
When you create a publication, the pages take on the characteristics of the template on
which it is based. You can then make changes to individual pages. In a multipage publica-
tion, making the same change to the design of every page can be tedious. For efficiency
and precision, you can make the change to the publication’s master page instead.
The design of the master page controls the look of all the pages in the publication. Anything
that appears on the master page appears on every page. (For example, you might want to
add your company logo or a watermark to every page.) Most master page elements can
be changed only on the master page. (An exception is the background; you can override a