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Microsoft Publisher 2010

Add a Calendar for a Month

SUMMARY: Need a monthly calendar for a newsletter or other Publisher 2010 document? Add one with ease; several pre-made styles are available.

When designing a newsletter, advertisement campaign, brochure with time-sensitive information, etc, it might prove useful to add a monthly calendar to your Microsoft Publisher 2010 document. Doing so is easy; there are a variety of styles at your disposal, and the calendar color will automatically match your document's color scheme (see the "Schemes" section on the "Page Design" tab of the Ribbon).

1. Select the page in your Publisher document where you want the calendar to appear.

2. Click the "Insert" tab in the Ribbon.

3. In the "Building Blocks" section, click the "Calendars" button. A pull-down menu appears where you can select a calendar type for this month or next month; simply click on a type to insert it into your document.


Inserting a calendar into a Publisher 2010 document



The calendar can then be moved or resized like any other object.


Moving and resizing an inserted calendar in a Publisher 2010 document



Or, if you want to choose from other styles or need a calendar for a different month, click the "More Calendars" link from the pull-down menu. Click on a desired style (from here you can even add a daily calendar). If you need to change the month and/or year, click on the pull-downs underneath "Select a month" in the right pane. When done, click the "Insert" button.


Selecting a calendar to insert into a Publisher 2010 document via the Building Block Library

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