Look for the instructions on how to build a site under Help...they are
actually pretty good.

Also, David Bartosik has some excellent material at
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/  Just type
in the words and subjects that you want to learn about in the search field
in the upper right corner.

Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011053521033.aspx
This page also has good links to other good information.

As to your previewing problem. Publish to the Web and direct your html
output to a folder on your hard drive where you can find it. Open the folder
and double click on the index.htm file. Does it open in IE? If not, right
click the file > open with, and browse to IE, and check the box to always
open with that program.

DavidF