Publisher vs Word

I don't think you are going to find Word a good alternative to
Publisher...you just don't have the flexibility in arranging and laying out
the page in the same way as Publisher. Nor can you easily import a Publisher
file into Word...at least not the graphics.

If you, the original poster or anyone else is worried about the future or
Publisher then I would suggest you look at the Serif line of software. They
have a similar desk top publishing program and a good alternative to
Publisher for webs called WebPlus. It works much as Publisher does and the
learning curve from switching to a different program would be less than if
you moved your web to Web Expression, Dreamweaver or some other full web
editor. However if you want a full standards compliant editor, then Web
Expression is the MSFT alternative.

DavidF

"John Ferrell" <jferrell13.DeleteThis@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:46:09 -0700, Christiena
> <Christiena.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>What worries me about the change is in placement of the graphics.
>>Placement
>>of graphics and text within boxes is so easy in Publisher. Word simply
>>does
>>not have the same capacity as it is a word processing program which is not
>>that user-friendly when it comes to graphics placement.
>
> I agree. I am inclined to mix pages of Word and Publisher on the same
> site. I regard both as "High Level Web Compilers" and expect
> limitations and bloated code. A price must be paid for the ease of
> operation.