Sometimes good print shops get bad files from customers and have to redo
them almost completely. Then they get hell from the customer who gave
them a Publisher or Word file, wanting to know why it's so expensive to
print their files.
But the higher fees at least give the idiots some incentive
The reason I asked this is because a couple times a year, I'll get a
publisher document. I have to use MS Windows (I use Virtual PC, since
I have a PPC based Mac) in order to open it. I'm just trying to
avoid MS Windows. If I had an Intel based Mac, I'd still be trying
to avoid using MS
Anything you can do in MS Publisher you can do as well, actually better,
in Word.
Word only handles RGB colors and printing presses use CMYK inks.
Publisher finally added the ability to use CMYK, but I believe it did not
do it well.
To use Word you would have to rely on work arounds, like
Is there a Publisher reader for the Mac?
Best solution is to save it as a PDF on the Windows PC. The open it in
InDesign using a conversion plug in like PDF2ID.
The InDesign User Group has a special offer: If you'd like to purchase
PDF2ID at a discount, go to
Anything you can do in MS Publisher you can do as well, actually better,
in Word.
Word only handles RGB colors and printing presses use CMYK inks.
Publisher finally added the ability to use CMYK, but I believe it did not
do it well.
To use Word you would have to rely on work arounds, like
A good print shop either does it own color separations or prefers tog
et them in a page layout format such as Pagemaker (now indesign) or Quark.
At least that was the experience I had when I did years ago.
I do most of my own printing nowadays and have no need for the separations.
Stewart
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What do you want to lay out?
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Subject: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
Can anyone recommend a beginners graphics layout program
A good print shop either does it own color separations or prefers tog
et them in a page layout format such as Pagemaker (now indesign) or
Quark.
At least that was the experience I had when I did years ago.
I do most of my own printing nowadays and have no need for the
separations.
Sometimes
The reason I asked this is because a couple times a year, I'll get a
publisher document. I have to use MS Windows (I use Virtual PC, since I
have a PPC based Mac) in order to open it. I'm just trying to avoid MS
Windows. If I had an Intel based Mac, I'd still be trying to avoid
using MS
Thanks! I'll check them out and choose one.
db
Tom Piwowar wrote:
Can anyone recommend a beginners graphics layout program for the Apple
platform that is equivalent in simplicity and ease of use as MS Publisher?
There are several good choices that run on Leopard.
Pages is part of
Can anyone recommend a beginners graphics layout program for the Apple
platform that is equivalent in simplicity and ease of use as MS Publisher?
There are several good choices that run on Leopard.
Pages is part of Apple's $80 iWork suite.
The Print Shop 2.0 from Software MacKiev is
Can any of them open a MS Publisher document?
Can Publisher print to PDF? Export as EPS? In layers? CMYK?
What formats can Pages/Swift/Scribus import? Do any have a translator
for [ugh] Publisher?
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Can anyone recommend a beginners graphics layout program for the Apple
platform that is equivalent in simplicity and ease of use as MS Publisher?
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- Original Message -
From: db db...@att.net
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:21 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
Can anyone recommend a beginners graphics layout program for the Apple
Can anyone recommend a beginners graphics layout program for the Apple
platform that is equivalent in simplicity and ease of use as MS Publisher?
There are several good choices that run on Leopard.
Pages is part of Apple's $80 iWork suite.
The Print Shop 2.0 from Software MacKiev is $59.
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