Checking and Printing
Printing your publication can be a thrilling moment—or an absolute dud if you discover that you’ve missed something and have to go back and fix it. So before you print, take the time to use the Design Checker. After that, it’s off to the printer!
Note
Always remember to save your final changes to the publication before printing by pressing Ctrl+S or selecting File 
Save.
Using the Design Checker
Publisher’s Design Checker checks a publication for boo-boos such as empty text boxes and spacing errors. Running the Design Checker so that you can uncover and fix these errors saves you toner, paper, and printing time. Among the problems Design Checker looks for are text in overflow areas, disproportional pictures, empty frames, covered objects, objects partially off the page, objects in nonprinting regions, blank space at the top of the page, spacing between sentences, and (for Web sites) a page unreachable by hyperlinks.
Select Tools 
Design Checker to run the design check. When it finishes, results appear in the Design Checker task pane, as shown in Figure 32-21. To correct each error, click the error in the list. Publisher displays the location where the error occurs so that you can correct it.
Figure 32-21. D’oh! Design Checker caught a number of errors in this publication.
Tip
It’s also not a bad idea to run a Spelling check before printing. Publisher’s Spelling check works just like the ones in other Office applications, so just press F7 to start the process.
If you plan to have the document commercially printed, click the Run Commercial Printing Checks checkbox at the top of the Design Checker task pane to check that option. The Design Checker then immediately displays any errors that might cause a problem at a commercial printer, such as the publication’s being in the wrong color mode. When you click this type of error, a drop-down arrow appears beside it. Click that error to display a drop-down menu with options for correcting or learning more about the error.
Printing
When you’re satisfied that your publication is as near to perfect as you can make it, you’re ready to print. Printing is pretty much the same as in any Office application—choose File 
Print and then select a printer, a range of pages to print, and the number of copies you want.
The Printer Details tab of the Print dialog box contains an important button, Advanced Printer Setup, which you need to know about. Clicking it opens a dialog box (Figure 32-22) with specialized printing settings, including the following:
What resolution to use when printing linked graphics.
Whether to allow the printer to substitute its own fonts for those used in the publication.
Whether to allow bleeds (images that extend to the edge of the paper). Because most printers won’t print right to the edge, you have to make your page size slightly smaller than your paper size and then trim the paper to achieve this effect.
Options for creating a publication that can be turned into the separations needed for color printing on a printing press at a commercial printer. You can choose the output (such as Composite Grayscale, Composite CMYK, Composite RGB, or Separations), the resolution, and more. You’ll probably want to consult with your printer before selecting any options here.
Figure 32-22. The settings here are important for commercial printing and advanced print jobs of your own.
After you’ve chosen all the Advanced Printer Setup choices, click OK and then Print to send the publication to your printer.
Warning
Publisher’s Standard toolbar does offer a Print button for printing the publication. However, that button acts more like a quick print button; clicking the button sends the print job directly to the last-used printer without giving you the opportunity to change print settings.