So they like InDesign better? I've shied away from it due to the way that Adobe seems to do to design software what Symantec does to management software. If they have a good one worth looking at I may have to overcome my prejudices.
-----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: InDesign vs QuarkXPress vs ... (was: Why do we buy software?) Thats the same that I hear from my marketing/design folks. We also made the switch from QuarkXpress to Adobe InDesign. On 3/6/08, Kennedy, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will pile on and endorse InDesign. Quark was the standard for many years, > they lost their way several versions ago. InDesign has been a great product > for several years now. My wife is in the advertising business and my > previous gig was in another advertising agency, they are all on InDesign > now. > > Here at the school district we have several 'normal' users on InDesign using > it to pub items. Our High School newspaper is on it, it has been an easy and > painless process for them and us. Good stuff. > > > From: Devin Meade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:35 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: InDesign vs QuarkXPress vs ... (was: Why do we buy software?) > > We have had Quark for years and will move to InDesign in the next few weeks. > I am not in this loop, but I think it due to both cost and just plain > problems that we have had with Quark running on the Windows platform over > the years. I recall a conversation that Quark was written for the Mac and > ported to windows (correct me if I am wrong). > > -Devin > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Andrew Laya > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > We use Quark Xpress here (at a newspaper), however, a number of our sister > companies are moving to InDesign. I believe a lot of that has to do with > renewal costs, but also the fact that familiarity with one Adobe product > helps with the use of another. Not having used it myself, mind you, I have > been told by those who have used both that InDesign in almost second nature > if you have previously worked with Photoshop, Illustrator, etc... > > hth, > > Andrew. > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Ben Scott > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Kurt Buff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > TeX/Lyx/MiKTeX/LateX/ProTeXt/DocBook perhaps? > Heh. Our marketing girl isn't dumb, but I think asking her to go > that route would be a bit much. Besides, she's mostly doing marketing > copy, brochures and data sheets and the like, where WYSIWYG layout > actually makes a lot of sense. > > Now, if I could get people writing our internal documentation to > switch to DocBook, I would be overjoyed. But that ain't too likely. > Some of these people have trouble with cut-and-paste... > > -- Ben > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > -- > Devin > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
