Ultimate Basic question: What exactly IS publisher?

[Kurt]

Okay, okay, I should know. But my wife is considering getting Publisher, and
has previously worked with Word for text things, and sometimes
with--gasp--Print Shop to produce basic graphics-based things like cards and
posters. But what does Publisher do that Word doesn't? And does it do
anything like a Print Shop type program, or is it something completely
different?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Word or Publisher? Use Crabby's special recipe to decide
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101757591033.aspx
Publisher 2007 Help and How-to
http://officebeta.iponet.net/en-us/publisher/FX100649111033.aspx

 

[Ed Bennett]

Okay, okay, I should know. But my wife is considering getting Publisher, and
has previously worked with Word for text things, and sometimes
with--gasp--Print Shop to produce basic graphics-based things like cards and
posters. But what does Publisher do that Word doesn't? And does it do
anything like a Print Shop type program, or is it something completely
different?

Well, I've never used Print Shop, so I can't tell you what the
similarities and differences are there.

The differences between Publisher and Word are many; big and small. The
main one is that Word is (as the name suggests) based around text (a
Word Processor). Images are located in reference to a piece of text,
either inline or with an anchor.

Publisher is object-based. If you put a picture at co-ordinates 2.5cm,
3.89cm, then it will stay there, unless you tell it to do otherwise.
Text cannot be placed directly on the page, it has to be put into a text
box.

 

[Chuck Davis]

Publisher is a desktop publishing program, Use it to create marketing
brouchues, etc. Read this:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA101656391033.aspx

Word is a word processing program. Read this:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA101680221033.aspx

Some examples of Publisher Newsletters:
http://www.myscacc.org/newsletters.htm

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I have Print Shop and it's fine for working with graphics but when it comes
to laying out something like a newsletter or a brochure, I'll take Publisher
in a New York second. About the only thing I use Print Shop for is for the
clip art.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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