This dialog box appears when you select New from the File A document stored on a hard or floppy disk, or other media menu A list of available commands and actions in Publisher. Menu names are displayed in the menu bar at the top of the Publisher window., or click on the New Document tool in the General Tools. From this dialog box you can choose a document to base your new document on or start a document from a blank page. The text in the box at the bottom of the dialog box is there to help you get started.
Standard Types tab
Category list box: Select a type of document to style your document on.
Templates and Designs list box: Select the design you want to use as a basis for your document.
Browse tab
Name drop-down text box:
Type the path of the folder Part of a structure for organizing your files on a disk. A folder can contain files and other folders called sub-folders where the document you want to open is stored. All the paths that you have visited recently are listed in the drop-down list box for you to select. The default path when you first open Publisher is C:\PROGRAM FILES\**\LAYOUTS (where C: is the drive you installed Publisher on and ** is the folder you installed Publisher into).
Parent Folder button:
Click on this to move up to the previous folder in the path. If you are at C:\DOCUMENTS\SAMPLES and you click on this, it will take you to C:\DOCUMENTS.
Preview area:
The folders and files that you can open in the current folder are displayed in this area. Double-click on a folder icon to view the available files in that folder. Click on the file you want to open and click on New.
Modify View button:
Click on this to change the way your files and folders are displayed in the browser. Click on the arrow to display the menu listing the views available. You can also right-click in the preview area to display a menu listing further options.
Select Folder tree from the menu to display a tree view of the drives and folders available in a window on the left-hand side of the preview window. The drives and folders are displayed in the same way as in Windows Explorer. Click on a folder to make it the current folder and display all the .DTP files in the preview area.
New button:
Click on this to create a new document based on the one you have selected in the preview window.
Cancel button:
Click on this to close the dialog box without opening a document and return to Publisher.