Trying to Evaluate Trial Version 2007

[Becky]

Hi,
I own my own bookkeeping business and was thinking about purchasing
Publisher to help with business cards, advertising, brochures, etc. I just
downloaded the free trial version this afternoon so that I could work through
some examples and see if #1, I liked the results, and #2 if it was
"user-friendly".

I have gone through the steps of the download. I have entered my activation
key and activated the product. When I open Publisher, it defaults to
"Getting Started with Microsoft Publisher 2007" screen and shows a bunch of
templates. However, I cannot get any of those templates to open. I went
online to search for help and it says I should go to [File] [New]. The [New]
option is not highlighted for me to use. The only reason I did this was to
play with it and try to create documents before I committed to a purchasing
it. I have heard good things about publisher from other colleagues and I
would like to see if I like it or not. What am I doing wrong? Why can't I
create a new document? Help!!!!!

 

[John Inzer]

Hi,
I own my own bookkeeping business and was thinking about purchasing
Publisher to help with business cards, advertising, brochures, etc.
I just downloaded the free trial version this afternoon so that I
could work through some examples and see if #1, I liked the results,
and #2 if it was "user-friendly".

I have gone through the steps of the download. I have entered my
activation key and activated the product. When I open Publisher, it
defaults to "Getting Started with Microsoft Publisher 2007" screen
and shows a bunch of templates. However, I cannot get any of those
templates to open. I went online to search for help and it says I
should go to [File] [New]. The [New] option is not highlighted for
me to use. The only reason I did this was to play with it and try to
create documents before I committed to a purchasing it. I have heard
good things about publisher from other colleagues and I would like to
see if I like it or not. What am I doing wrong? Why can't I create
a new document? Help!!!!!

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What if you close the 'Getting Started' screen...
(just click the X in the upper right...not the one that
closes the program but the one just below that)

If you go to...Help / Activate Product...do you
receive a dialog box that says:
"This product has already been activated"?

Now on the left of your screen you should see
the 'Format Publication' pane (better known as
the "Task Pane")...if you click the..."Change
Template" button can you open any of the
templates?

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