The fastest, easiest way to create documents with impact

Art Explosion Publisher Pro Silver is a fast, easy way to create documents with impact.? From flyers and newsletters to brochures and greeting cards.? It provides you with powerful tools and readymade templates you need to turn out spectacular publications.? With so many powerful word processing features plus state-of-the-art text effects, it is an ideal solution for all of your text and layout needs.? All images and templates are provided - no downloads or memberships!

Many conventional publishing programs take care of page layout but leave you to do most of your graphics work in separate, often expensive programs.? In contrast, Publisher Pro is built on a sophisticated graphics engine that will have you creating stunning documents in no time.? As as added bonus, the Publisher Pro Image Editor offers award-winning power that's truly easy to use. From its image clean-up features and outstanding painting tools to its innovative filter effects, this image editor is the easy way to enhance photos and images.

Powerful desktop publishing made easy in 3 easy steps:

1. Select It - Choose from 2,000+ professionally designed templates in more than 100 different categories and subcategories.
2. Customize It - Add your own text and graphics, plus 50,000+ premium quality images.
3. Print It - You will achieve spectacular results with any inkjet or laser printer.? Or use color separation and PDF features to easily prepare publications for professional printing.

Easy

• Readymade Templates
• Built-In Tutorials
• Intelligent Text Fitting

Complete

• Matching Design Sets
• Integrated Word Processing
• Standalone Image Editor Included

Powerful

• World-Class Text Effects
• Studio-quality 3D Graphics
• Advanced Layout Tools

Professional

• Automated Indexes and Tables of Contents
• CMYK and PANTONE Color Support
• Press-Ready PDF File Creation

• 2,000+ professionally designed templates.
• Instant 3D effects for stunning logos and headlines.
• 50,000+ premium quality graphics
• 300 fonts
• Full-featured Image Editor

Create stunning documents from templates or from scratch.

• Advertisements
• Announcements
• Banners
• Brochures
• Business Cards
• Business Forms
• Calendars
• Catalogs
• Envelopes
• Flyers
• Gift Certificates
• Greeting Cards
• Invitations
• Labels
• Letterhead
• Menus
• Newsletters
• Postcards
• Posters
• Resumes
• Sales Tools
• Signs
• Web Pages
• and more!

Flexible Page Layout
Choose from more than 2,000 ready-made designs. Or create a publication from scratch with complete control over placement of text and graphics.

Professional Color Support
Print documents on your color inkjet or easily send them out for professional printing with an array of high-end publishing features, including four-color separation and PANTONE color support.

Powerful Graphics Features
Create your own designs with a full complement of professional graphics tools, easier to use than ever before, including full support for gradients and transparency.

Works The Way You Do
Easily compose text and create graphics in Publisher Pro. Or import content you've created in the applications you use every day. Even produce PDF files in a snap!




Text and Page Layout Features:

Easy Text Handling

• Text in Columns, plus text in custom drawn shapes
• Object runaround lets you specify how text wraps around a graphic.
• Auto-Hyphenation
• Tables that calculate and auto-fill like mini-spreadsheets

Document Processing

• Master Pages, plus Headers and Footers
• Style Sheets with character and paragraph attributes and specifications for numbering and drop caps
• Long Document Features: Table of Contents and Index generations

Text Tools

• Mail Merge includes the ability to import data from your address book.
• Thesaurus
• As-You-Type Spell Checker
• Proof Reader Wizard
• Drop Caps to add flair to text
• Kerning and Vertical Alignment

Text Attributes & Effects

• Basic Text Attributes: Font, size, style, color, leading, kerning and justification
• Shadows: Both drop shadows and inner shadows
• Inner & Outer Glows with control over color, opacity, blur and more
• Bevel & Emboss
• 3D Type Effects for visual impact
• Insert Pictures into Text, plus materials like stones, woods and marbles
• Text on Curves
• Warp Text into any shape

Graphics and Image Editing Features:

Drawing Tools

• Basic Shapes, plus adjustable QuickShapes
• Straight Lines, Curved Lines and Freehand Shapes: Use the Curve Tools to fine-tune the contours of any line
• Arrowheads and Custom Borders
• Gradients: Linear, radial and conical. Plus, fill graphics with bitmap images.
• Group, Lock and Align Objects
• Object Style Sheets

3D & Filter Effects

• Bevels: Round, Flat, Chiseled and more
• Drop Shadows & Inner Shadows
• Outer & Inner Glows
• Embossing
• Materials Library: Marbles, Woods, Clouds, Fire, Water, Stones, Plastics and much more!

Photo Tools

• Brightness & Contrast Correction
• Transparency Controls with separate values for red, green and blue
• Crop, Flip & Rotate
• Picture Frames with customizable corners

Publisher Pro Image Editor

• RGB, CMYK and Grayscale Modes
• Easy Color Correction & Retouching
• Red-Eye Correction
• Clone Tools
• Web Graphics: Optimization, image maps ? even animation
• Creative Filter Effects: Blur, Sharpen, Soften and much more

Professional Tools Features:

Complete Color Support

• CMYK Color Mixing and Separations
• Spot Color Output
• Intelligent Color Schemes for applying complementary color themes to your projects

PANTONE Color Matching System

• PANTONE Solid Colors: Coated, Uncoated and Matte
• PANTONE Process Colors: Coated and Uncoated
• PANTONE Pastel Colors: Coated and Uncoated
• PANTONE Metallic Colors

Long Document Tools

• Index Generation: Includes headings, subheadings and page references
• Tables of Contents
• Style Sheets for both text and graphics

PDF File Creation

• Hyperlinks, PageHints & Bookmarks
• Font Embedding
• Password Protection
• Support for PDF/X-1 and PDF/X-1a

Complete Web Page Publishing

• Web-Specific Content: Add animated GIFs, marquee effects, sound, video, Java code and more
• Rollover Graphics & Buttons
• HTML Code: Add headers, as well as body code
• Layout Checker helps you fine-tune your pages

• Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP or Vista
• Pentium II compatible processor or faster
• 64 MB of RAM
• 800 x 600 Display and thousands of colors
• CD-ROM Drive
• Works with most popular printers - inkjet and laser - including Epson, HP, Canon, Lexmark and more

Compatibility: Compatible with Files Created in Virtually All Word Processing and Graphics Programs

Text Formats: Microsoft Word (DOC), Microsoft Works (WPS), WordPerfect (WPD), Write (WRI), Rich Text (RTF), ANSI Text (TXT) and more.

Graphics Formats:? WMF, EPS, JPG, BMP, CGM, DIB, DRW, EMF, FPX, GIF, HGL, IMG, PCD, PCX, PNG, RAS, TGA, TIF, WPG and more.

Compatibility Patch from Nova might be required