In the high school I teach at, I've been doing a Microsoft Office course over the past semester. We did: MS Word MS Excel MS PowerPoint MS Publisher This is the Final Project. This magazine design takes 4 weeks to do. Week 1: Ad and filler designs Week 2: Writing and designing your personal magazine articles Week 3: Designing your peers' magazine articles Week 4: Putting it all together in a finished magazine Hopefully by the end of this portion of the class, you'll be comfortable and competent using MS Publisher. Good luck!