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Formatting toolbarThis toolbar contains buttons for common text formatting options in Publisher and throughout Microsoft Office (e.g., font, text alignment, or line spacing). For more information, refer to Office 2007: Formatting Text.

Objects toolbarThis toolbar allows you to insert text boxes, tables, and shapes to your workspace.

Page boundaryPage boundaries represent the edges of the paper. Items outside or partially overlapping page boundaries will not appear in print.

Page icons
These icons indicate which page is currently selected, how many pages the publication contains, and which pages are grouped into spreads. Selecting a page icon will make that page appear in the workspace.

Page margin Blue dotted lines represent page margins. As a general rule, all text and graphics ought to be placed within the page margins.

Format Publication task pane This task pane provides quick access to many Publisher operations. To view a list of categories of operations, click the task pane's header (in the above image, the header is titled Format Publication).
EXAMPLE: To access the Find and Replace task pane, click the task pane's header » select Find and Replace
The Format Publication task pane refreshes to become the Find and Replace task pane.

RulersRulers help you measure the length of your text boxes, images, and other objects relative to how they will appear in print. You can change the unit of measure from the Options dialog box (from the Tools menu, select Options).

Standard toolbar
The Standard toolbar contains buttons for common functions in Publisher and throughout Microsoft Office (e.g., saving, undoing actions, or zooming).