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Old July 26th, 2004, 04:06 AM
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I am concerned, however, about the Table of Contents. I
gather this must be done manually as Publisher does not
have this capability built into the program like Word does.
That will be a huge task for 300 pages!



-----Original Message-----
Hi Georgia,

Based on the details you have supplied:

1. 300 Pages
2. 100 Photos
3. Tables
4. Excel Worksheets
5. Columnar
6. Output for Commercial Printer use

Microsoft Publisher is ideal for your job. Microsoft Word

is capable of such
a project as well, but the layout would be much more

difficult. Microsoft
Office Publisher 2003 includes some of the writing tools

you need, such as a
spell checker, auto correct, thesaurus and a full set of

formatting tools
for text, paragraphs baseline shifts, kerning, etc.. If

you require
extended tools, Publisher can be used along side Word for

creating table of
contents, index, word counter, etc. There is an "Edit

Story in Word" feature
in Publisher.

As far as layout goes, Publisher is object based. This

means you can place
your text and objects in any location you desire, set

wrapping objects, and
have objects locked or move inline with text.

I recommend using Publisher 2002/2003 as these versions

will store your
photos compressed, keeping the file size original, where

as previous
versions stored the images uncompressed and blew their

sizes way out of
control.

Another nice feature is that you can use Publisher 2003's

catalog merge
feature, which allows you to use a database of file

locations for photos and
merge them into Publications, allowing you to easily

update/change and
remove photos in your database and having them reflect in

your Publication.

You will have no issues adding Excel Worksheets or Word

Tables if need be.

I would recommend finding out how your printer prefers you

to layout and
prepare your publication. While Microsoft Publisher is one

of the most
widely known DTP programs out there, you will find that

not all printers
carry Publisher. All printers qualify for a free copy of

Microsoft Publisher
(if they don't have one already) so they can just take

your Publisher file
in its native format. Publisher has some excellent built

in printing tools.
If your printer requires a *.pdf output, Publisher is

capable of doing so by
using one of many free pdf printer drivers available for

download (unless
you are already using Adobe Acrobat, which in that case

you can use that for
exporting your Publisher file as a *.pdf). Publisher can

easily handle the
size of Publication you are producing as well as easily

export it to *.pdf.
Fantastic results are to be had!

Post back if you have any further questions.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

"Georgia" wrote in message
...
Hello, I hope someone can provide me with some advice,

which Program
is best to use for a large publication of approximately

300 pages. It is for
a Departmental review which includes 18 divisions and I

originally thought
it should be done in Publisher and not Word. There will be

quite a number of
photographs, tables and importing of Excel worksheets. The

format will be
columnar.

Does anyone have any suggestions on which is the better

program to use for
this project?

Thanks,
Georgia



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  #12  
Old July 26th, 2004, 04:24 AM
Mike Koewler
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Default Program to use for a large publication

Brian,

Only because you are a good guy, and David will respond, I won't post
how PagePlus is better. :-)

BTW, what exactly is MSFT?

Mike

Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP] wrote:
Hi Georgia,

Based on the details you have supplied:

1. 300 Pages
2. 100 Photos
3. Tables
4. Excel Worksheets
5. Columnar
6. Output for Commercial Printer use

Microsoft Publisher is ideal for your job. Microsoft Word is capable of such
a project as well, but the layout would be much more difficult. Microsoft
Office Publisher 2003 includes some of the writing tools you need, such as a
spell checker, auto correct, thesaurus and a full set of formatting tools
for text, paragraphs baseline shifts, kerning, etc.. If you require
extended tools, Publisher can be used along side Word for creating table of
contents, index, word counter, etc. There is an "Edit Story in Word" feature
in Publisher.

As far as layout goes, Publisher is object based. This means you can place
your text and objects in any location you desire, set wrapping objects, and
have objects locked or move inline with text.

I recommend using Publisher 2002/2003 as these versions will store your
photos compressed, keeping the file size original, where as previous
versions stored the images uncompressed and blew their sizes way out of
control.

Another nice feature is that you can use Publisher 2003's catalog merge
feature, which allows you to use a database of file locations for photos and
merge them into Publications, allowing you to easily update/change and
remove photos in your database and having them reflect in your Publication.

You will have no issues adding Excel Worksheets or Word Tables if need be.

I would recommend finding out how your printer prefers you to layout and
prepare your publication. While Microsoft Publisher is one of the most
widely known DTP programs out there, you will find that not all printers
carry Publisher. All printers qualify for a free copy of Microsoft Publisher
(if they don't have one already) so they can just take your Publisher file
in its native format. Publisher has some excellent built in printing tools.
If your printer requires a *.pdf output, Publisher is capable of doing so by
using one of many free pdf printer drivers available for download (unless
you are already using Adobe Acrobat, which in that case you can use that for
exporting your Publisher file as a *.pdf). Publisher can easily handle the
size of Publication you are producing as well as easily export it to *.pdf.
Fantastic results are to be had!

Post back if you have any further questions.



  #13  
Old July 26th, 2004, 04:48 AM
°°MS-Publisher°°
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Mike it is not worth responding to. Brian K has a vested interest and
consequently a bigoted point of view and he cannot see the forest for the
trees. My view is the truth without any bias.

Brian has never attempted a 300 page book in Publisher and when it comes to
long documents PagePlus ****es all over Publisher.

While technically these comments Brian has made "You will have no issues
adding Excel Worksheets or Word Tables if need be", the truth be it, you
certainly will have from no issues to *major* issues with Excel Worksheets
or Word Tables.

MSFT = Microsoft Forking Trouble division. It is the division they created
when MS did away with all quality control.

As I have always stated, I like PagePlus and Publisher, however at the end
of the day each program has features that are better and far more suitable
for a task than the other.
For long documents Serif PagePlus lords it all over Publisher any version in
all ways.


  #14  
Old July 26th, 2004, 06:21 PM
Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]
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Hi °°MS-Publisher°° ),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Mike it is not worth responding to. Brian K has a vested interest
|| and consequently a bigoted point of view and he cannot see the
|| forest for the trees. My view is the truth without any bias.

Wrong.

|| Brian has never attempted a 300 page book in Publisher

WRONG again.

|| and when it
|| comes to long documents PagePlus ****es all over Publisher.

Wrong AGAIN

|| While technically these comments Brian has made "You will have no
|| issues adding Excel Worksheets or Word Tables if need be", the truth
|| be it, you certainly will have from no issues to *major* issues with
|| Excel Worksheets or Word Tables.

ROFL

|| For long documents Serif PagePlus lords it all over Publisher any
|| version in all ways.

I beg to differ.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.


  #15  
Old July 26th, 2004, 06:22 PM
Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]
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Hi Mike Koewler ),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Brian,
||
|| Only because you are a good guy, and David will respond, I won't post
|| how PagePlus is better. :-)

You are more than welcome to. This is a public forum.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.


  #16  
Old July 26th, 2004, 07:33 PM
Mike Koewler
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Brian,

I know I am welcome to, but this IS a Pub NG. If anyone wants my opinion
they can visit the Serif forums at www.serif.com (except they are down
while some database stuff is being done) or e-mail me.

Mike

Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP] wrote:
Hi Mike Koewler ),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Brian,
||
|| Only because you are a good guy, and David will respond, I won't post
|| how PagePlus is better. :-)

You are more than welcome to. This is a public forum.



  #17  
Old July 26th, 2004, 07:53 PM
Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]
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Hi Mike Koewler ),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| I know I am welcome to, but this IS a Pub NG. If anyone wants my
|| opinion they can visit the Serif forums at www.serif.com (except
|| they are down while some database stuff is being done) or e-mail me.

Don't forget about news.serif.com for nntp newsgroups (I love NNTP!)
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.


  #18  
Old July 26th, 2004, 08:53 PM
Mike Koewler
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Brian,

It's down too. Moving servers, I believe.

Mike

Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP] wrote:
Hi Mike Koewler ),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| I know I am welcome to, but this IS a Pub NG. If anyone wants my
|| opinion they can visit the Serif forums at www.serif.com (except
|| they are down while some database stuff is being done) or e-mail me.

Don't forget about news.serif.com for nntp newsgroups (I love NNTP!)



  #19  
Old July 26th, 2004, 08:55 PM
Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]
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Hi Mike Koewler ),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| It's down too. Moving servers, I believe.

Yeah, I remember Dale posting that note. I miss it already.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.


  #20  
Old July 26th, 2004, 10:34 PM
°°MS-Publisher°°
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I miss my Buddhist Bigot sparring partner ROFLOL


 




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