Jude 2

Hey guys

A coworker went on disablity and has completed the paperwork to be gone completely. I have had to help clear out her old stuff and discard/file/keep some of it. I found this program. I would have to use it for work, but I was wondering if it is any good and what is it good for. 1st impressions would be that it is something simiilar to Micro$oft publisher? Any thoughts?

Daryl

darylscook wrote:Hey guys

A coworker went on disablity and has completed the paperwork to be gone completely. I have had to help clear out her old stuff and discard/file/keep some of it. I found this program. I would have to use it for work, but I was wondering if it is any good and what is it good for. 1st impressions would be that it is something simiilar to Micro$oft publisher? Any thoughts?

Daryl

This is an older version, but is essentially what Adobe now calls In Design. It's Desktop Publishing software. To equating Publisher to it would be like equating a butter knife with a Toledo Sword, or comparing Adobe Photoshop with Micro$oft Photo Editor (although that is Micro$oft's intent) When this was the current version, this was the professional level Publishing package, competing closely with Quark Express. As those two fought for dominance in that area of computing, Micro$oft felt left out and threw together Publisher, which is incompatible with everything else, has less features but is Micro$oft, so it got popular with those that don't know any better.

The newest version, Adobe End Design CS3 or CS4 (not sure if 4 is out yet) is pretty much the current industry standard.

Yes, if it's all you got.. use it instead as it will export to Quark and other professional level modern apps.

darylscook wrote:Hey guys

A coworker went on disablity and has completed the paperwork to be gone completely. I have had to help clear out her old stuff and discard/file/keep some of it. I found this program. I would have to use it for work, but I was wondering if it is any good and what is it good for. 1st impressions would be that it is something simiilar to Micro$oft publisher? Any thoughts?

Daryl

Daryl - it's really pretty much in what you have need of.
I've got Pagemaker Plus 6.5 and InDesign CS2. They are
both professional, more high end, publishing programs.

I've used Pagemaker longer & like it better - but they
are both nice programs. The company I work for had
our last catalog prepared with Pagemaker & subsequently
purchased the program so we could make corrections
to the file as we found them. It's great for making flyers,
brochures, catalogs, etc. It comes with a lot of stock
templates, graphics, and a nice table editor utility.

It does take a bit to get used to - but certainly a keeper
if you're getting it for free!

darylscook wrote:Hey guys

A coworker went on disablity and has completed the paperwork to be gone completely. I have had to help clear out her old stuff and discard/file/keep some of it. I found this program. I would have to use it for work, but I was wondering if it is any good and what is it good for. 1st impressions would be that it is something simiilar to Micro$oft publisher? Any thoughts?

Daryl

Daryl, Pagemaker is a good product. It will probably do about 95% of everything that a church /individual would need.

I used Pagemaker from about 87-93 for most of my church stuff.
bulletins, posters, Biz Cards etc.

I switched over to Micro$oft Publisher in the mid 90's. Its still what I use.
Primarly because its the cheapest.. It comes free now with MS Office PRO which churches can get for about $70..