Welcome to JeffPub

JeffPub is a program for laying out pages. Use it to make flyers, newsletters, brochures, greeting cards, business cards, calendars, booklets, and e-books. It is free and open source. There is no fee, no subscription, and no account to set up.

The file you work on is called a publication. It can have one page or many. JeffPub saves its own publications as .jpub files. It also opens and saves .pub files, so you can keep working on older publications.

Do these four things first

1. Start a publication. When JeffPub starts, it shows the New page. Pick a ready-made design (called a template) or a blank page. Then click Create. See Start a new publication.
2. Add your words and pictures. Click a text box on the page to select it, then type. To add a picture, click Insert > Illustrations > Pictures. See text boxes and pictures.
3. Save your work. Press Ctrl+S. The first time, JeffPub asks for a name and a place. See Open and save publications.
4. Print or share. Press Ctrl+P to print. To make a PDF, click File > Export, then Create PDF. See Print a publication and PDF files and print shops.

Find your way around

The ribbon across the top holds the buttons. The Pages list on the left shows a small picture of each page. The page itself is in the middle. See Find your way around the window.

Get help while you work

• Press F1. The Help pane opens on the right. It shows help about what you are doing: the ribbon tab you are on, the dialog you have open, or the object you selected. Over a dialog or the File page, Help opens in a small window of its own.
• You can also click the ? button at the right end of the tab row, or click Help > Help > Help.
• Type a word in the search box at the top of the pane. It finds help topics and also commands. If you choose a command, JeffPub runs it.
• Click a link to jump to another topic. Click Back to return to the topic you read before, and Forward to go the other way. Click Contents (the little house) to see the list of all topics.
• Click Help > Help > Keyboard Shortcuts to see the keys you can press. Or read Use JeffPub with the keyboard.

If something goes wrong, see Get help and report problems.

Related

• Start a new publication
• Find your way around the window
• Open and save publications
• Get help and report problems