What's New in Publisher 2010

The latest version of Publisher, Microsoft’s entry-level desktop publishing tool, adds features that bring it into line with other Office products and make it easier for users to create good-looking digital or print publications. Although Publisher 2010 no longer has tools or templates for building Web sites, Web sites created in earlier versions can be maintained and modified by Publisher 2010.

Alignment with Office 2010

Publisher provides entry-level desktop publishing features for creating marketing materials, such as business cards, brochures, product literature, and newsletters for print, e-mail, and Web site publishing. The eleventh version of Publisher since 1991, Publisher 2010 (Office has been dropped from the product name) contains several new or changed features to bring it in line with other Office 2010 products.

New features in this version include the following:

The Ribbon. A user interface introduced for some applications in Office 2007, the Ribbon replaces Office 2003’s menus and toolbars with a tabbed interface that groups common, logically related tasks together in a row of large icons.