On Saturday 12 December 2009 06:20:44 Andy Brown wrote: > John McCreesh wrote: > > I agree with Alexandro - I prefer the more graphical look of the > > "Education Flyer". I think this particular flyer is good, although I > > think it could be improved by targeting the message better, and making > > more use of the available space. I also believe we should avoid > > proprietary software to create marketing materials, especially when the > > pdfs they create do not print correctly on the most common Linux pdf > > viewer :( > > The pamphlet/flyers/whatever you want to call them, should be done in > Writer. That way anyone that needs them can make the appropriate > changes for they locale and print them out.
I agree with Alexandro, avoid Writer, use Draw it's much more suited to DTP work and much easier to edit later on. Chjeers GL > > > As an early warning, for our 2010 marketing work I'll be looking to > > source some new brochures for conferences etc. There was some off-line > > discussion about this at OOoCon - one suggestion that went down well was > > to go 'mix and match'. So, we'd have a high quality, global, 'language > > neutral' folder - think http://www.folderprinting.co.uk/a4-folders.html - > > which we would use with inserts as appropriate: > > > > - for a small event - e.g. at a university - a local team could print out > > / photocopy black and white A4 inserts in the local language > > - for a large consumer event we could have one insert per 'application' > > (Writer, Calc, etc) printed full colour > > This may work for a large venue but what I am looking at is maybe 100 or > 200 to send to university for an event they are having. > > > The folder could also contain a product DVD if appropriate. > > > > Feedback welcomed - would this work? > > > > Thanks - John > > I have posters and disk ready to ship, it is the flyers that are holding > me up. > > -- > Andy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
