Using a Template to Create a Publication
Any time you start Publisher or select the File 
New command (Ctrl+N), Publisher displays the window (Figure 31-4) in which you can navigate to and select a template to use to create a new publication file.
Figure 31-4. Publisher enables you to select a template from any of a number of categories (Publication Types).
Tip
To skip the template selection process and create a new, blank publication, click the New button at the far left end of the Standard toolbar.
Click a category in the Publication Types list in the left pane or one of the icons in the Popular Publication Types area in the center of the window. Publisher displays the templates in that category. Click the desired template to see a preview in the upper-right corner, as shown in Figure 31-5. If you want to see more template choices, you can typically scroll down or click the View Templates from Microsoft Office Online list above the template thumbnails to find and select additional templates.
When you’ve found the template you’d like to use, you can set up the template by making choices in the Customize and Options areas below the template preview. After you’ve made the desired choices, click the Create button in the lower-right corner to create the new publication. It will appear in the workspace, as in the example in Figure 31-6, so that you can begin replacing placeholder information with the unique information for your publication.
Notice that the new publication file has a placeholder name, Publication1, in the example in Figure 31-6. Remember to use the File 
Save command (Ctrl+S) or click the Save button on the Standard toolbar to name the publication and specify a save location for it. Press Ctrl+S periodically to save changes as you make them in the file, and use the File 
Open command (Ctrl+O) or click the Open button on the Standard toolbar to reopen any existing publication.
Note
You can click one of the publications listed in the Recent Publications list as shown at the far right in Figure 31-4 to reopen a recently used file. Clicking the From File link at the far right enables you to open a Publisher or Word file to use as the basis for a new publication file.