Use the Pack and Go Wizard to package files for commercial printing

The Pack and Go Wizard is extremely easy to use, and it will greatly simplify the process of preparing your files for commercial printing. When you use Pack and Go, the wizard creates linked graphics and embeds fonts in your publication, so that your printing service has access to the graphics and typefaces you want to use in your publication. In addition, the wizard will list any fonts that it can't embed and will report any problems with linked graphics.

Pack your publication using the Pack and Go Wizard

  1. On the File menu, point to Pack and Go, and then click Take to a Commercial Printing Service.

    The Pack and Go Wizard will take you through each step of the packing process.

  2. To save your publication files for the printing service, do one of the following:

    Save files to a disk or CD

    If you're taking your publication on disk to the printing service, when the wizard asks you to choose a location for saving your file, click the appropriate drive (usually A for a floppy disk, and D or E for a CD.

    Save files to a hard drive, and external drive, or a network

    If you're putting your files on an external drive, on a network, or on your computer's hard disk, click Browse, choose the drive and folder you want, and then click OK.

Tips to keep in mind while using Pack and Go

Unless your commercial printer tells you otherwise, you should make sure that the options to embed TrueType fonts, include linked graphics, and create links for embedded graphics are selected.

If you make changes to your publication after packing your files, be sure to run the Pack and Go Wizard again so the changes are part of your packed publication.

Unpack and open Microsoft Publisher files for a commercially printed publication

The Pack and Go Wizard names and numbers packed files and adds a .puz extension. For example, the first file will be named Packed01.puz, the second file will be Packed02.puz, and so on. A Readme.txt file and Unpack.exe program also are included with the packed files.

  1. Insert the first disk with the packed files into the appropriate drive on your computer.
  2. On the Microsoft Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer icon.
  3. Double-click the drive that contains the packed Publisher files.
  4. Double-click Unpack.exe.
  5. Type the path to the folder where you want to save the unpacked files, or browse to a folder, and then click OK.
  6. If there are multiple disks, insert each disk when prompted, and then click OK.
  7. When Publisher notifies you that the publication is unpacked, click OK.
  8. To open the publication in Publisher, navigate to the folder that contains the files, and then double-click the file with PNG in the name and a .pub extension.