Using PMS colors in Microsoft Publisher

When you first create your document in Microsoft Publisher, select the file color mode first before you get started and choose Spot colors: then pick the pms colors you want to use throughout the document. For example PMS 185 Red and PMS spot black. This will prevent spending tons of money for the prepress department at your local print shop from charging a bunch of time trying to fix the document.

When you are finished creating it be sure to package it so that all links are included in the file when you send it to the printer. You can also make a postscript file and use Acrobat distiller to convert the postscript file to a pdf - high resolution for the printer.

Just go to print and in the box at the top select print postscript, save it on the desktop then double click the file on the desktop and it will open in Distiller to create the PDF then save on the desktop again. And there you have it! A high-resolution PDF in 2 spot colors (PMS) to send to your printer! Have a great day!