desktop publisher program

[cindy]

I'm not sure if this is the forum for my question. If not, perhaps someone
could direct me to a more appropriate one.
Which desktop publishing program would be best for book self-publishing? I
don't have a lot of money, so keep that in mind.
Thanks,
Cindy

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

Hi cindy ([email protected]),
in the Microsoft® newsgroups
you posted:

|| I'm not sure if this is the forum for my question. If not, perhaps
|| someone could direct me to a more appropriate one.
|| Which desktop publishing program would be best for book
|| self-publishing? I don't have a lot of money, so keep that in mind.

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 is supurb for book publishing. The best
thing you could do is contact that printing company that will be printing
your book, find out what format they want your book in, how they want it
laid out and post back with what you find out. It's possible that depending
on your situation, one product might be better suited than another.

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
Official Publisher MVP Site:
http://www.kvalheim.org

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

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

Publisher 2003 is a good program, but a lousy book program compared to Serif
PagePlus.

Once Publisher 2003 gets to 84 pages with a few pictures the files are
unmanageable for the majority.

Check out all the PagePlus users here:
http://www.serif.com/forum/default.asp
and ask any questions you like.


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illegally held prisoners they are
torturing, abusing and denying
human rights being held at
Guantanamo Bay.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

Hi °°°MS°Publisher°°° ([email protected]),
in the Microsoft® newsgroups
you posted:

|| Publisher 2003 is a good program, but a lousy book program compared
|| to Serif PagePlus.
||
|| Once Publisher 2003 gets to 84 pages with a few pictures the files
|| are unmanageable for the majority.

I don't remember the last time I read a good book that had pictures
actually. I know of a couple people that actually write up to 1000 page
books with Publisher. And it works flawlessly for them.

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
Official Publisher MVP Site:
http://www.kvalheim.org

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[Ed Bennett]

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

I don't remember the last time I read a good book that had pictures
actually.

I remember reading the OEM manual for Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and MS-DOS
That had pictures occasionally.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

Hi Ed Bennett ([email protected]),
in the Microsoft® newsgroups
you posted:

|| I remember reading the OEM manual for Windows for Workgroups 3.11
|| and MS-DOS That had pictures occasionally.

talk about zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
Official Publisher MVP Site:
http://www.kvalheim.org

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[Ed Bennett]

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

talk about zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It must have been my age - I found it a gripping read (and therefore read it
cover-to-cover!)
The only thing I skipped was the 121 combinations of autoexec.bat files that
you can use with MemMaker. That was boring, because it was all .bat file
code (and this was before my coding days)

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

Ed, what were your days. Bad, badder or baddest days!!!

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The US should free all those
illegally held prisoners they are
torturing, abusing and denying
human rights being held at
Guantanamo Bay.

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

Show me one or tell me the name of one I can verify?

The only way they would create a 1,000 page book in Publisher would be with
around 10 to 15 separate files.

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The US should free all those
illegally held prisoners they are
torturing, abusing and denying
human rights being held at
Guantanamo Bay.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

Hi °°°MS°Publisher°°° ([email protected]),
in the Microsoft® newsgroups
you posted:

|| Show me one or tell me the name of one I can verify?
||
|| The only way they would create a 1,000 page book in Publisher would
|| be with around 10 to 15 separate files.

Nope, I won't give out their personal/private information. However, we had
customers that worked for our municipal/city and they created maintenance
manuals for the city vehicles. Maintenance of snow plows, street sweepers,
squad cars, etc. These manuals/books were designed and printed from
Microsoft Publisher 2002 and they experienced no problems what so ever.

These were single files, but they had created constant back ups.

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
Official Publisher MVP Site:
http://www.kvalheim.org

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