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Entry level DTP?
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MacDawg
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MS Word does a pretty fair job at DTP itself
So does Pages
Of course there is InDesign CS3
What features are you looking for?
Woof, Woof - Dawg
So does Pages
Of course there is InDesign CS3
What features are you looking for?
Woof, Woof - Dawg
MS Word does a pretty fair job at DTP itself
So does Pages
Of course there is InDesign CS3
What features are you looking for?
Woof, Woof - Dawg
It's for my Mother who really isn't all that computer literate. She's been writing a book about a local artist and wants to lay it out.
I've told her that it's a different thing to know what you want and then use a program to do it, but she still wants to give it a bash.
I've sent her the link for the demo of Quark but it'll likely be too much for her.
MacDawg
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Quark is hardly entry level or even intermediate. It has a pretty steep learning curve (as does InDesign) unless you know a lot about what you are doing and have some experience. If she is not all that computer literate, then she is likely to be overwhelmed with Quark.
I would suggest she work in Word. It is highly unlikely she will need to do anything more than it is capable of doing. If cost is a factor, then check out something like AbiWord.
Woof, Woof - Dawg
Another option is Pagestream, which I've used a few times over the years. It's a lot cheaper than InDesign but fairly powerful. It's also fairly easy to pick up... I've known folks with little experience to do well using it.
http://www.grasshopperllc.com/
http://www.grasshopperllc.com/
brendalana
macrumors newbie
Greetings, harveypooka...
In your quest... please don't overlook Scrivener...
Designed for use by writers of all kinds, Scrivener is a virtual writing studio that integrates the processes of outlining, storyboarding, research and writing. It's a notebook. It's an outliner. It's a cork notice-board. It's a ring-binder. It's a place to store and cross-reference your research. It's a basic word processor. From first idea to first draft:
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/
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(Mac OS X Only)
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html
Ciao...
brendalana...