Publisher vs. InDesign

Really depends on what you do with your marketing materials. If it's off to
your usual printer they go then it depends on your printer. If you want a
tool that gives you a lot of latitude (i.e. Working with a lot of commercial
printers) go with InDesign. It is a very flexible tool and has a lot of
prepress capabilities built in. Don't worry about the complexity because
many of the default settings are what your printer wants... And you can
always package the file and send it to them.

The challenge with Publisher is that it is built on a RGB color space and it
can take a lot of work to get it to cough up a file that is "commercial
printer ready." You can use it without too much grief if you don't use spot
colors. Keep in mind that the RGB color space is much broader than the CMYK
color space... Why do you care? Translation results in color shifts more
often than not. In other words, if you're content with printed colors that
are somewhat like what you see on your monitor's screen then you're good to
go with Publisher. If on the other hand, you'd like the printed colors to
look like what you designed... Then avoid Publisher like the plague...

I can't dislike Publisher because it give me a lot of work...

J.P.


On 5/9/07 8:12 AM, in article
B9D5AF29-6D81-4F98-B058-93AEE18616A9.TakeThisOut@microsoft.com, "Buffy"
<Buffy.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I work for a small commercial real estate company and we do all of our
> marketing materials inhouse - preparing, printing, etc. - in Microsoft
> Office. Someone has suggested we go to Quark or InLine Design to make them
> more professional looking. Both of these packages appeared to be quite
> complicated unless you have some sort of graphics design background. After
> all of your responses, what did you decide to do about software packages?
>
>
>
> "Debra" wrote:
>
>> I'm evaluating software packages. I know Publisher and NOT InDesign but hear
>> that InDesign is better for commercial work. It seems much more complex
>> though. Any suggestions? Does Publisher work well for you for professional
>> brochures, etc.? Also - any suggestions on a photo editing software?

Convert Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign

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PUB2ID translates the intricate details of the content within the Microsoft Publisher document and instantly re-creates it within InDesign. Items converted from Publisher include: page size, positioning, colour models, fonts and styles, text attributes and tables, layers, word wrap, linked text boxes as well as automatic extraction of images embedded in the Publisher file.

The PUB2ID (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) document conversion technology will save you countless hours of scanning, re-keying and formatting. This product converts and transforms files created with Microsoft Publisher into an Adobe InDesign file on either Macintosh or Windows platforms.

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• Supports InDesign CS2 & CS3
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There is a program called - Pub2Indesign, that can open publisher files in
the program indesign - gives you a head start when just learning Indesign.
http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/convert-publisher.html

It doesnt handle tables very well - but you can bring them in as photo files.

"Debra" wrote:

> I'm evaluating software packages. I know Publisher and NOT InDesign but hear
> that InDesign is better for commercial work. It seems much more complex
> though. Any suggestions? Does Publisher work well for you for professional
> brochures, etc.? Also - any suggestions on a photo editing software?