Wb site BOLDED words appear smudged or unclear - How to cener objects

[Stevan]

Hi,

I had to change the design of my web site since the words that I wanted to
bold, when previewed, appear smudged, unclear, not pleasant to look at. What
causes this? Let me know please so that I may correct my home page.

Web site: www.timesaversforteachers.com

Second Question: I am using Publisher 2000 and 2003 and do not know how to
center one or more objects on a page. In the previous versions there was a
feature that did that. In these two the feature appears hidden and I do not
know where to find it. Please help!

Stevan

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

I had to change the design of my web site since the words that I wanted to

bold, when previewed, appear smudged, unclear, not pleasant to look at.
What causes this? Let me know please so that I may correct my home page.

Web site: www.timesaversforteachers.com

probably a jpg image was generated of the text. the jpg format doesn't
handle text well, gif is better. your best bet for implementing fancy text
is to create a gif image of it yourself in a graphic editor and then use
that image in the publisher page.

Second Question: I am using Publisher 2000 and 2003 and do not know how to
center one or more objects on a page. In the previous versions there was a
feature that did that. In these two the feature appears hidden and I do
not know where to find it. Please help!

In versions 2000, 2002, 2003, you can draw a text box the width of the
publisher document and then click the center text button to center text
within that text frame. In html the centering remains within the width of
the document area, not the browser window. No version supports centering
relative to the browser.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[Stevan]

Hi David. regarding the centering of objects on a page.... I have not =
been able to center one or several objects on a page in Publisher 2002, =
2003 anywhere (on a regular document or a web site page). Where is this =
feature? I used to be able to select several objects on a page and then =
center them all together before but not any more. How is this done =
please?

I had to change the design of my web site since the words that I wanted
to bold, when previewed, appear smudged, unclear, not pleasant to look
at. What causes this? Let me know please so that I may correct my home
page.

Web site: www.timesaversforteachers.com

probably a jpg image was generated of the text. the jpg format doesn't
handle text well, gif is better. your best bet for implementing fancy text
is to create a gif image of it yourself in a graphic editor and then use
that image in the publisher page.

Second Question: I am using Publisher 2000 and 2003 and do not know how
to center one or more objects on a page. In the previous versions there
was a feature that did that. In these two the feature appears hidden and
I do not know where to find it. Please help!

In versions 2000, 2002, 2003, you can draw a text box the width of the
publisher document and then click the center text button to center text
within that text frame. In html the centering remains within the width of
the document area, not the browser window. No version supports centering
relative to the browser.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[DavidF]

On Publisher 2000 it is Arrange > Align Objects, but I am not sure where
they moved this feature in 2002 and 2003. Perhaps use Help to find 'Align
Objects' unless someone else with the newer versions jump in here.

DavidF

Hi David. regarding the centering of objects on a page.... I have not =
been able to center one or several objects on a page in Publisher 2002, =
2003 anywhere (on a regular document or a web site page). Where is this =
feature? I used to be able to select several objects on a page and then =
center them all together before but not any more. How is this done =
please?

I had to change the design of my web site since the words that I wanted
to bold, when previewed, appear smudged, unclear, not pleasant to look
at. What causes this? Let me know please so that I may correct my home
page.

Web site: www.timesaversforteachers.com

probably a jpg image was generated of the text. the jpg format doesn't
handle text well, gif is better. your best bet for implementing fancy text
is to create a gif image of it yourself in a graphic editor and then use
that image in the publisher page.

Second Question: I am using Publisher 2000 and 2003 and do not know how
to center one or more objects on a page. In the previous versions there
was a feature that did that. In these two the feature appears hidden and
I do not know where to find it. Please help!

In versions 2000, 2002, 2003, you can draw a text box the width of the
publisher document and then click the center text button to center text
within that text frame. In html the centering remains within the width of
the document area, not the browser window. No version supports centering
relative to the browser.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

Objects (versus text), well that would be the Arrange menu. Arrange,
Align...

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

Hi David. regarding the centering of objects on a page.... I have not =
been able to center one or several objects on a page in Publisher 2002, =
2003 anywhere (on a regular document or a web site page). Where is this =
feature? I used to be able to select several objects on a page and then =
center them all together before but not any more. How is this done =
please?

I had to change the design of my web site since the words that I wanted
to bold, when previewed, appear smudged, unclear, not pleasant to look
at. What causes this? Let me know please so that I may correct my home
page.

Web site: www.timesaversforteachers.com

probably a jpg image was generated of the text. the jpg format doesn't
handle text well, gif is better. your best bet for implementing fancy
text is to create a gif image of it yourself in a graphic editor and then
use that image in the publisher page.

Second Question: I am using Publisher 2000 and 2003 and do not know how
to center one or more objects on a page. In the previous versions there
was a feature that did that. In these two the feature appears hidden and
I do not know where to find it. Please help!

In versions 2000, 2002, 2003, you can draw a text box the width of the
publisher document and then click the center text button to center text
within that text frame. In html the centering remains within the width of
the document area, not the browser window. No version supports centering
relative to the browser.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[JWPlatt]

Stevan,

1. Ungroup your text object from other objects if you have it grouped.
Grouped objects often generate graphic images which can look pretty bad
Once the text object is ungrouped, it should look okay. If tha
doesn't work, try to keep your text boxes from overlapping anythin
else. Turned on view boundaries and guides to see if anythin
overlaps.

By the way, objects which are repeated throughout your website but ar
grouped with other objects add more graphics files which must b
uploaded to your web site and downloaded by browsers. I keep m
objects ungrouped so that publisher only generates one graphic file fo
each unique object repeated on the site. The speed of your websit
improves as only a single file needs to be cached instead of a file fo
every grouped appearance. Ungrouping is almost demanded anyway by th
problems in 2002 (and above?) with "filtered" HTML. For every ne
feature Microsoft adds, there seems to be a negative consequenc
somewhere else.

2. I assume you are talking about centering objects and not text. T
center a set of grouped or selected objects (in Pub 2002), us
Arrange/Align or Distribute/Align Center. The Alignment functions ar
so extremely useful that I have made a custom toolbar with all th
alignment functions. It's a whole lot easier than going through th
menus


-
JWPlat

 

[JWPlatt]

Stevan,

Sorry, I should have said you need to select "Relative to Margi
Guides" on the same Arrange/Alignment menu to enable the centering o
objects on your page


-
JWPlat

 

[Stevan]

I just experimented to see how one can center objects on a page. I have
discovered that there is NOTHING in the help section that tells how one can
center anything on a page. The word "center" produces nothing in a search. I
then tried to use the Align feature. It appears that a single item (text box
or object) can be aligned in relation to one another but NOT centered on a
page. I am very disappointed that I am not able to center objects or text on
a page. This is a feature that I used very often and now it is gone, or
hidden so well that no one knows where it is.

Is it possible to know for sure if the page centering feature exists? Please
help.

Objects (versus text), well that would be the Arrange menu. Arrange,
Align...

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

Hi David. regarding the centering of objects on a page.... I have not =
been able to center one or several objects on a page in Publisher 2002, =
2003 anywhere (on a regular document or a web site page). Where is this =
feature? I used to be able to select several objects on a page and then =
center them all together before but not any more. How is this done =
please?

I had to change the design of my web site since the words that I wanted
to bold, when previewed, appear smudged, unclear, not pleasant to look
at. What causes this? Let me know please so that I may correct my home
page.

Web site: www.timesaversforteachers.com


probably a jpg image was generated of the text. the jpg format doesn't
handle text well, gif is better. your best bet for implementing fancy
text is to create a gif image of it yourself in a graphic editor and
then use that image in the publisher page.

Second Question: I am using Publisher 2000 and 2003 and do not know how
to center one or more objects on a page. In the previous versions there
was a feature that did that. In these two the feature appears hidden
and I do not know where to find it. Please help!


In versions 2000, 2002, 2003, you can draw a text box the width of the
publisher document and then click the center text button to center text
within that text frame. In html the centering remains within the width
of the document area, not the browser window. No version supports
centering relative to the browser.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[Stevan]

I still cannot seem to center text or object relative to the page. I want to
center text or object right in the middle of the page p not relative to one
another but exactly in the "middle" of the page. The features that you
mention do not seem to work for me. Why was the page centering feature
removed from the 2002 version? Why remove something that works and that is
so useful??

Thanks for your time.

 

[JWPlatt]

*I still cannot seem to center text or object relative to the page.
want to
center text or object right in the middle of the page p not relativ
to one
another but exactly in the "middle" of the page. The features tha
you
mention do not seem to work for me. Why was the page centerin
feature
removed from the 2002 version? Why remove something that works an
that is
so useful??

Thanks for your time.*

You must have missed my follow-up later in that thread. Here it i
again:

*Sorry, I should have said you need to select "Relative to Margi
Guides" on the same Arrange/Alignment menu to enable the centering o
objects on your page.

-
JWPlat

 

[Stevan]

Hi JWPlatt,

I did read your comment but it did not work for me (Publisher 2002). For
example, I created a text box off center of the page, went to
Arrange/Alignment, clicked on "Relative to Margin and the text box stayed in
the same spot? What is it that I am not doing please?? If your suggestion
worked than the box should have moved to the center of the page.

 

[JWPlatt]

*Hi JWPlatt,

I did read your comment but it did not work for me (Publisher 2002)
For
example, I created a text box off center of the page, went to
Arrange/Alignment, clicked on "Relative to Margin and the text bo
stayed in
the same spot? What is it that I am not doing please??*

That menu option only enables centering on the page. If you'll notice
it does not mention which way to align such as vertical or horizontal.
Now click on Align Center/Left/Right/Top/Bottom/Middle...

By the way, if you've clicked on "Relative to..." more than once, mak
sure it is still enabled


-
JWPlat

 

[Stevan]

Got it! That finally worked! Thanks for being patient with me and offering a
solution that worked. You guys are priceless!