Microsoft Publisher Replacement

jmoody76 · Jan 30, 2013, 08:31 AM

Since there is no Publisher for Mac I am looking for something similar. I'm basically looking for some way to access a wider range of Clipart materials and default Layout templates that I'm able to change. For the most part, I'm just going to be using it to make flyers. Some people have mentioned Pages but it looks like it is more focused on Text and presentational formatting as its specialty, and I'm not seeing any big hints that it's got what I'm looking for. Any thoughts on other apps that might work?

firedept · Jan 30, 2013, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jmoody76

Since there is no Publisher for Mac I am looking for something similar. I'm basically looking for some way to access a wider range of Clipart materials and default Layout templates that I'm able to change. For the most part, I'm just going to be using it to make flyers. Some people have mentioned Pages but it looks like it is more focused on Text and presentational formatting as its specialty, and I'm not seeing any big hints that it's got what I'm looking for. Any thoughts on other apps that might work?

Adobe Indesgn will do a real good job for you.

jmoody76 · Jan 30, 2013, 09:42 AM

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Adobe Indesgn will do a real good job for you.

That would probably do a great job but it's a bit pircey.

firedept · Jan 30, 2013, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jmoody76

That would probably do a great job but it's a bit pircey.

There is also Photoshop Elements 11, which is much cheaper. Will work just fine and allow you to work with layers so you can use saved files as templates. I was not sure how much you were going to use it. This will also give you a photo editor.

Razzerman II · Jan 30, 2013, 10:08 AM

There is something called iStudio published on the Mac App store - might be more up your street.

Cheers,

Ray

tdhurst · Jan 30, 2013, 10:24 AM

What's wrong with Pages?

It all you're doing is flyers, it's drag and drop.

chrfr · Jan 30, 2013, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by firedept

There is also Photoshop Elements 11, which is much cheaper. Will work just fine and allow you to work with layers so you can use saved files as templates. I was not sure how much you were going to use it. This will also give you a photo editor.

Photoshop Elements isn't at all like MS Publisher. Apple and oranges comparison, really.

Razzerman II · Jan 30, 2013, 02:19 PM

Oh and Swift Publisher 3, on the mac app store - just to keep an even keel.

Ray

ozaz · Jan 30, 2013, 02:25 PM

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What's wrong with Pages?

I'm also interested to know whats wrong with Pages. I have not used either Publisher or Pages, but am thinking of getting Pages for some future (basic) desktop publishing needs.

The most popular open source alternative to publisher seems to be Scribus

rsnapeuk · Jan 30, 2013, 02:26 PM

@jmoody76

Mac Word does have a Publishing mode which pretty much is Publisher built in.

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jmoody76 · Jan 30, 2013, 08:13 PM

[QUOTE=tdhurst;16753968]What's wrong with Pages?
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I didn't try Pages so I'm not sure there is anything wrong with it. The Pages web page didn't give me the idea that it was worth trying.

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Oh and Swift Publisher 3, on the mac app store - just to keep an even keel.

Ray

I installed the trail version so hopefully this will work.

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jmoody76 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	Microsoft Publisher Replacement Since there is no Publisher for Mac I am looking for something similar. I'm basically looking for some way to access a wider range of Clipart materials and default Layout templates that I'm able to change. For the most part, I'm just going to be using it to make flyers. Some people have mentioned Pages but it looks like it is more focused on Text and presentational formatting as its specialty, and I'm not seeing any big hints that it's got what I'm looking for. Any thoughts on other apps that might work?
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Razzerman II macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Scunthorpe - yes, that place	There is something called iStudio published on the Mac App store - might be more up your street. Cheers, Ray
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