How to Insert a Thumbnail in Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Publisher has many features you will find quite useful in both print and online documents and publications. The interface has a familiar MS Word-like appearance, and you may already be familiar with many of the buttons and commands. Publisher has quite a bit of flexibility in that it behaves like MS Word, is feature-rich enough to output very impressive graphics and documents, and it is easy to use. Thumbnail graphics are essentially easy to insert and resize.
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Instructions
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Launch Publisher. Click the "New Document" icon in the Main Menu bar for a new document to which you wish to add thumbnails or open an existing Web document previously created in Publisher. The "Microsoft Publisher Catalog" appears.
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Select "Web Sites" from the "Wizards" selection menu. Choose one of the templates from the Web Sites catalog. Modify this template to suit.
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Insert your images by either dragging and dropping them into the document or using the "Copy" and "Paste" command for images from other files. Exit the Template Wizard at any time by clicking the "Finish" button on the bottom right of the Web Site Wizard.
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Select your image and re-size it by dragging the corner to the desired size. The standard for most thumbnails is 100 pixels-by-100 pixels.
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Right-click the image and choose "Hyperlink" from the pop-up menu. The Hyperlink dialog box appears.
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Click "A Web site or file on the Internet" radio button in the "Create a hyperlink to" option.
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Type the desired URL name in the "Internet address of the Web site or file" text entry box. Click "OK."
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Click the "Web Page Preview" icon on the main menu task bar to preview your link. Your thumbnail is an active link to the page of your choice.
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