John, Pages is the word processing/page layout element of Apple's iWork suite of applications. The iWork suite is £69 from the Apple Store.
Regards Phil PS. Yes I remember those SE30 days too. My first Mac was a Performer 400, complete with 4MB of RAM and a 40MB hard disk. Happy, but somewhat primitive days, -- Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.myspace.com/philwardmusic Phil Ward is the exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. On 10 Oct 2009, at 16:16, John N wrote: > > Thanks Phil - excuse my ignorance but what's "Pages"? An Application I > buy or download? I'm very old and though I've been using Macs since > 1988 my Application knowledge begins and ends with Word and Quark > Express. I used to produce a 64 page pub guide on an SE30 running > System 6 - oh, happy days! > John N > > On Oct 10, 3:55 pm, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote: >> That should have been, "there might even be..." >> >> Hey, it's Saturday, I'm off duty. >> >> P >> >> -- >> Phil Ward >> >> Skype: aphilw >> E: [email protected] >> E: [email protected]/philwardmusic >> >> Phil Ward is the exclusive UK distributor for Veillette >> Guitars.www.veilletteguitars.com >> >> Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. >> >> On 10 Oct 2009, at 15:51, Phil Ward wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I'd say do it in Pages - their might even be an existing template, >>> or >>> one that can be easily adapted, and save/distribute it as a PDF. If >>> you chose a hi-resolution PDF export it will also print pretty well. >> >>> I'd avoid Word. >> >>> Phil >> >>> -- >>> Phil Ward >> >>> Skype: aphilw >>> E: [email protected] >>> E: [email protected] >>> www.myspace.com/philwardmusic >> >>> Phil Ward is the exclusive UK distributor for Veillette >>> Guitars.www.veilletteguitars.com >> >>> Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. >> >>> On 10 Oct 2009, at 15:41, John N wrote: >> >>>> Suggestions, please, on the following. Over the next 2-3 years I >>>> plan >>>> to scan all our family pics into my iMac. There are several hundred >>>> going back to the 1920s, so I will select, say, 150 important >>>> ones. I >>>> want to produce an album-cum-storybook, with fairly long captions, >>>> which will be passed to the grandchildren (x4). They have >>>> computers, >>>> but not Macs, and it also needs to be produced in "book" form (not >>>> necessarily in colour) for those of the family without computers. >>>> My idea is to make up the album as a series of pages, perhaps A4 in >>>> landscape format, leaving space at the edges for punching holes and >>>> loose leaf binding, with the e-versions being put on DVD or memory >>>> sticks. >>>> What can I use that will be openable by others and can be printed, >>>> perhaps by an outside agency? Is the inbuilt "album" on iPhoto >>>> suitable, it seems to be useful only if one is sending off for a >>>> Mac- >>>> produced book - or is that only in the States? Would I be able to >>>> do >>>> it in Word? >>>> Many thanks for ideas >>>> John N > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
