Section 7.27. Microsoft Publisher

7.27. Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Publisher is a comprehensive page-layout program, complete with canned designs, clip art, and so on.

There's no Mac version of it, but you can perform most of the same tasks using Pages. (Pages is part of Apple's $100 iWork software suite, and it comes preinstalled on new iBook, eMac, and iMac models.) The older AppleWorks 6 is a good choice, too; it comes preinstalled on those same Macs, and costs $80 otherwise .

When it comes to page layout, AppleWorks isn't as comprehensive as Microsoft Publisher. It doesn't offer nearly as many templates, wizards, layouts, and clip-art pieces. It does, however, offer several dozen ready-to-go designs and thousands of pieces of artnot to mention a full-fledged database, spreadsheet, word processor, and slideshow program.

Pages offers a lot more templatesand a lot more good-looking ones at thatbut the 2005 version doesn't have a spreadsheet. Also, you have to use Keynote (a separate program included with iWork) to create presentations.

There are also plenty of standalone page-design programsthis is the Mac, after allfrom Ready, Set, Go! (www.diwan.com) to professional powerhouses like Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress.



Switching to the Mac[c] The Missing Manual
Switching to the Mac[c] The Missing Manual
ISBN: 1449398537
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