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This page offers examples of what you can create using Microsoft Publisher. Feel free to save these documents to a disk or your computer. Then open Microsoft Publisher and modify them as you see fit. Samples are provided in the form of an Adobe pdf file (Get Adobe Acrobat Reader) in case you are unable to open up the documents with Microsoft Publisher.

To learn the necessary skills to build one of these projects, please visit the tutorial.

Classroom Projects with Publisher
Create student projects that connect directly to your school's curriculum in social studies, economics, world languages, science, literature and language arts.
Invitation (PDF file) Picnic Invitation (PDF file)	For a class play or Back to School Night
Newletter or Student Newspaper (PDF file)	Run by the students
Brochure (PDF file)	For travel lessons, role-playing, marketing, business plans
Resume (PDF file)	For workplace readiness and business writing
Flyer (PDF file)	All-purpose event announcement
Business Card (PDF file)	For workplace readiness and business writing
Menus (PDF file)	For economics lesson, marketing plans
Webpage (PDF file or HTML file)	Cross curricular use

Publishing is a necessary, final stage of the writing process. It gives students the opportunity to further develop their personal styles, reach out to an audience, and acknowledge their own work. Desktop publishing with Publisher 2002 moves publications beyond word processing and helps you and your students create professional, distinctive publications without any design experience.