RE: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread Brian Barker 

At 17:30 09/09/2016 -0400, Terry Hocevar wrote:

That is exactly what I can do in Publisher and what I need. Thanks Dennis.


Er, except that - as it happens - it was Dennis who told you that you 
*couldn't* do this in Writer and it was I that then explained how you could!


;^)

Brian Barker


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RE: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton 


> -Original Message-
> From: Brian Barker [mailto:b.m.bar...@btinternet.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2016 13:19
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: Terry Hocevar <tcarna...@comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: MS Office Publisher
> 
> At 11:57 09/09/2016 -0700, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> >There are functions of Publisher that OpenOffice Writer does not
> >have (such as column flow into non-contiguous pages) ...
> 
> I hesitate to query an expert, and I'm not sure exactly what you mean
> here. But in OpenOffice Writer I can:
> o Create two frames - which can be on unrelated pages, of course.
> o Link the frames.
> o Insert text into the first frame - which then flows into the other.
> o Select the text (so in both frames).
> o Insert a section with multiple columns. The single section contains
> all the text and is divided between the linked frames.
> 
> Does that achieve what you describe?
[orcmid] 

Yes, that is what I was thinking of.

I don't understand why there has to be a single section, although that works in 
Publisher.

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RE: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread Brian Barker 

At 11:57 09/09/2016 -0700, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
There are functions of Publisher that OpenOffice Writer does not 
have (such as column flow into non-contiguous pages) ...


I hesitate to query an expert, and I'm not sure exactly what you mean 
here. But in OpenOffice Writer I can:

o Create two frames - which can be on unrelated pages, of course.
o Link the frames.
o Insert text into the first frame - which then flows into the other.
o Select the text (so in both frames).
o Insert a section with multiple columns. The single section contains 
all the text and is divided between the linked frames.


Does that achieve what you describe?

Brian Barker 



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Re: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread Wade Smart 
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Terry Hocevar  wrote:
> Hi Wade, I am looking to replace MS Publisher with something less expensive 
> and easier to get. I am pretty good using Publisher. Does Write work like 
> Word or Publisher or a mix? I was looking for a specific product or something 
> to move to.
>
> Terry

I was just rereading this thread.. never saw the subject line.
Sorry...

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RE: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton 


> -Original Message-
> From: Terry Hocevar [mailto:tcarna...@comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2016 10:49
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: RE: MS Office Publisher
> 
> Hi Wade, I am looking to replace MS Publisher with something less
> expensive and easier to get. I am pretty good using Publisher. Does
> Write work like Word or Publisher or a mix? I was looking for a specific
> product or something to move to.
> 
> Terry
[orcmid] 

It is at best a mix.  There are functions of Publisher that OpenOffice Writer 
does not have (such as column flow into non-contiguous pages) but that might 
not matter to you.  And Publisher tends to depend on Word as a choice source of 
content to import into Publisher.

Publisher 2016 is included with the desktop applications provided under Office 
365 Home and Personal (along with Access).  That's how I happen to have it 
(except with 365 Business).  If you only need a non-business subscription to 
Office 365, those would seem to be useful. 

If you are still running Publisher, it should be easy enough to install Apache 
OpenOffice and do your own comparison testing.  

And there are many Desktop Publishing Software products around, and a few are 
free.  Without knowing more about your needs, other than as a beginner, it is 
difficult to recommend particular options among them.

Just remember, however you approach this, to always keep progressive backups 
and be careful how you close your work and shut down your computer, avoiding 
any kind of loss of your work to only the most recent changes.

 - Dennis
 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Wade Smart [mailto:wadesm...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 8:04 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Re: MS Office Publisher
> 
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 6:41 AM, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 08/09/2016 23:58, Terry Hocevar wrote:
> >> Do you have a similar product or recommendation for beginner
> newsletter publisher?
> >
> > Write will do a better job than anything MSPublisher could ever dream
> > of being able to do.
> >
> >
> > jonathon
> 
> I think Toki said a beginner to publishing, not a specific product.
> 
> Toki, check out http://fullcirclemagazine.org/  Its a linux mag but they
> talk about the tech they use to produce it. Write is one one of their
> tools. I think they even have a article series about publishing.
> 
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Re: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread James Knott 
On 09/08/2016 07:58 PM, Terry Hocevar wrote:
>
> Do you have a similar product or recommendation for beginner
> newsletter publisher?
>
>  
>
>

You might try Scribus.
https://www.scribus.net/

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RE: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread Terry Hocevar 
Hi Wade, I am looking to replace MS Publisher with something less expensive and 
easier to get. I am pretty good using Publisher. Does Write work like Word or 
Publisher or a mix? I was looking for a specific product or something to move 
to.

Terry

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From: Wade Smart [mailto:wadesm...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 8:04 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: MS Office Publisher

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 6:41 AM, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/09/2016 23:58, Terry Hocevar wrote:
>> Do you have a similar product or recommendation for beginner newsletter 
>> publisher?
>
> Write will do a better job than anything MSPublisher could ever dream 
> of being able to do.
>
>
> jonathon

I think Toki said a beginner to publishing, not a specific product.

Toki, check out http://fullcirclemagazine.org/  Its a linux mag but they talk 
about the tech they use to produce it. Write is one one of their tools. I think 
they even have a article series about publishing.

Wade

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Re: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread Wade Smart 
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 6:41 AM, toki  wrote:
> On 08/09/2016 23:58, Terry Hocevar wrote:
>> Do you have a similar product or recommendation for beginner newsletter 
>> publisher?
>
> Write will do a better job than anything MSPublisher could ever dream of
> being able to do.
>
>
> jonathon

I think Toki said a beginner to publishing, not a specific product.

Toki, check out http://fullcirclemagazine.org/  Its a linux mag but
they talk about the tech they use to produce it. Write is one one of their
tools. I think they even have a article series about publishing.

Wade

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Re: MS Office Publisher

2016-09-09 Thread toki 
On 08/09/2016 23:58, Terry Hocevar wrote:
> Do you have a similar product or recommendation for beginner newsletter 
> publisher?

Write will do a better job than anything MSPublisher could ever dream of
being able to do.


jonathon



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MS Office Publisher

2016-09-08 Thread Terry Hocevar 
Do you have a similar product or recommendation for beginner newsletter
publisher?

 

 

Terry Hocevar

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