it's where you publish your desktop right? <g> seriously, there is mention of it but it is usually a reserved term for producing glossy as the final product although, the old desktop publishers have been supperceed by todays "document processing systems".
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:22 PM Subject: Re: apple store snafoo: So what is desktop publishing? Couldn't resist fueling the fire a bit :) CB vashaun jones wrote: > After several web searches I concede to your views and as I stated in > another post the word processing text editing game has changed and my > mind set needs to adjust to that. It's almost like blogging taking > over the real journalism and the journalist going back and forth that > the old media is some how still better. Thanks for helping me to > broaden my understanding. Maybe you are old enough to remember that at > one time there was a difference though. > On Apr 25, 2008, at 4:37 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > >> Shaun, >> >> That's the whole point. TextEdit has pretty extensive formatting >> options. YOu can create tables, lists, etc. It has spell checking >> and grammar checking. It isn't severely limited at all, except for >> very advanced features like footnotes and such. It is, I repeat, a >> simple word processor. >> >> Josh de Lioncourt >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ...my other mail provider is an owl... >> >> >> >> On 25 Apr, 2008, at 1:20 PM, vashaun jones wrote: >> >>> Two sides to a story, but the one you gave indicated that Text Edit >>> is a Word Processor and it isn't. In the old days when you needed to >>> write down something you would use a note pad and when you would >>> write a book you would use a type writer. Quick note taking with >>> limited or no formatting or word processing for more functionality. > >
