Word vs. Publisher

[Office User]

I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult
question to answer.

 

[Office User]

I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is graphic-intensive
(including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the 100-page
mark.

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult
question to answer.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product
is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible
at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can
make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with
Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to
use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Is there some reason why you can't jusxt insert graphics in between the text
in Word? That's a pretty basic Word skill.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is graphic-intensive
(including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the
100-page
mark.

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a
difficult
question to answer.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end
product
is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce
the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my
absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not
possible
at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can
make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with
Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to
use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks

 

[Office User]

I may be able to "sanitize" a version of the report. Can such a dialogue be
discussion be held off-line (off of bulletin board)?

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult
question to answer.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product
is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible
at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can
make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with
Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to
use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks

 

[Office User]

I guess I can, but because we're talking a 100 pages give-or-take, I was
hoping to set up a template of sorts so that the report can easily be
produced in my absence by someone that might not be as familiar with
formatting issues as I am (with the report).

Is there some reason why you can't jusxt insert graphics in between the text
in Word? That's a pretty basic Word skill.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is graphic-intensive
(including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the
100-page
mark.

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a
difficult
question to answer.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end
product
is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce
the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my
absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not
possible
at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can
make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with
Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to
use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks

 

[Office User]

Also trying to find a way to avoid the "ice-cube-tray effect," wherein a
change on page 5 does not affect spacing all the way to page 100. I'm
guessing section breaks are the way around this, so can you add pages to the
end of a section without affecting "downstream" pages?

Is there some reason why you can't jusxt insert graphics in between the text
in Word? That's a pretty basic Word skill.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is graphic-intensive
(including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the
100-page
mark.

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a
difficult
question to answer.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end
product
is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce
the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my
absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not
possible
at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can
make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with
Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to
use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks

 

[Mary Sauer]

There is help for Word and Graphics. Word isn't as easy as Publisher to
manipulate but it is a more universal application; far superior for long
documents. Most users are Word literate.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrawingGraphics.htm
and here
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/FX100649261033.aspx



--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

I may be able to "sanitize" a version of the report. Can such a dialogue be
discussion be held off-line (off of bulletin board)?

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult
question to answer.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product
is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible
at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can
make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with
Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to
use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Unfortunately to get a Word report to look like a Publisher report is going
to take someone with a higher skill level in Word. IMHO, it's easier to
teach a beginner how to use Publisher.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I guess I can, but because we're talking a 100 pages give-or-take, I was
hoping to set up a template of sorts so that the report can easily be
produced in my absence by someone that might not be as familiar with
formatting issues as I am (with the report).

Is there some reason why you can't jusxt insert graphics in between the
text
in Word? That's a pretty basic Word skill.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is
graphic-intensive
(including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the
100-page
mark.

:

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a
difficult
question to answer.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end
product
is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce
the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my
absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not
possible
at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I
can
make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with
Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff
to
use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks

 

[Office User]

Thank you!

There is help for Word and Graphics. Word isn't as easy as Publisher to
manipulate but it is a more universal application; far superior for long
documents. Most users are Word literate.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrawingGraphics.htm
and here
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/FX100649261033.aspx



--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

I may be able to "sanitize" a version of the report. Can such a dialogue be
discussion be held off-line (off of bulletin board)?

Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult
question to answer.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product
is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the
report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence.
Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible
at
this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can
make
optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with
Publisher,
with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to
use
with a minimum training curve)?
Thanks