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From: Geoff Berrow on 17 Mar 2010 06:38 On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:47:21 +0000, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: >> Well if you have Word, do you not have Publisher, which is more suited >> to the job. > >There is no Publisher in the Mac flavours of Office. In fact I have >never seen a Mac application that can operate on Publisher files at any >sensible level. I think that is because Publisher does not have a >sensible level. Well I won't argue that. I had the devil of a job using it when I was an IT teacher. The network just couldn't handle it. But for simple brochures, flyers, posters etc it works very well. -- Geoff Berrow (Put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs www.4theweb.co.uk/rfdmaker
From: Elliott Roper on 17 Mar 2010 10:01 In article <m0c1q5p9c5avm47mriuquvlnm3fh2sceqq(a)4ax.com>, Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:47:21 +0000, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> > wrote: > > >> Well if you have Word, do you not have Publisher, which is more suited > >> to the job. > > > >There is no Publisher in the Mac flavours of Office. In fact I have > >never seen a Mac application that can operate on Publisher files at any > >sensible level. I think that is because Publisher does not have a > >sensible level. > > Well I won't argue that. I had the devil of a job using it when I was > an IT teacher. The network just couldn't handle it. But for simple > brochures, flyers, posters etc it works very well. By far, the nicest tool for brochures and flyers is iWork's Pages. It is deceptively simple yet very capable. I also use Omnigraffle for those jobs. Its ability to export a PDF of just the selected items is weirdly useful. -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Geoff Berrow on 17 Mar 2010 10:14
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:01:12 +0000, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: >> Well I won't argue that. I had the devil of a job using it when I was >> an IT teacher. The network just couldn't handle it. But for simple >> brochures, flyers, posters etc it works very well. > >By far, the nicest tool for brochures and flyers is iWork's Pages. It >is deceptively simple yet very capable. I'm only here because I have an iPhone. :) Wannabe Mac owner, me. -- Geoff Berrow (Put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs www.4theweb.co.uk/rfdmaker |