I would love to know what the problems, considering that MS Word is a corporate level word processor and has been used to produce documents with over 1000 pages of text, graphics and pictures.
I have not come across a document that could not be produced in MS word. When trying to put high resolution pictures, the only issue is the size of the image, considering you are usually working with 8.5 x 11.5 sheets of paper. The higher the resolution the more time it takes to print. When embedding an image in a document, a 150-400dpi image should be fine. Anything with more resolution is typically not needed. Do you really need the higher resolution, or you just want it? Pete From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 12:15 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Publishing hard copy / printed book I use MS Word 2007. A number of months ago somebody in the LUG mentioned limitations or problems with MS Word while assembling a book, and suggested another word processing program (possibly an open-source one). I do not remember the original question put the LUG, or the alternative word processing program. My basic question is whether others have had problems preparing printed books in MS Word. If so, which alternative word processing program would they suggest? I get nervous about doing complex things on computers, so try to foresee and prevent problems, rather than sorting out messes later on. I have been gradually preparing pages in MS Word, to be later inserted where Place Holder pages have been set aside via the Legacy Publishing Center. In them, I have inserted high resolution photos, maps etc. Could large file sizes cause problems e.g. Does MS Word have a small clipboard or memory which does not handle rearranging chapters or pages with high resolution images? I presume that when you save a book in the Publication Center as an RTF file, it would be compatible with any word processing program. When everything is just right, I intend to save the whole book as a PDF file before printing. John
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