Publsiher for Mac?

[cowman007]

What is the Alternative for Publisher on the Mac? I can't use iWork because im looking for software which will allow me to make brochures. I noticed that Publisher was not included in Office 2004.

 

[PkennethV]

By alternative do you want something to use "instead" of Publisher or something on the Mac that will be able to read publisher files? I don't think it's possible to do that (without BootCamp, Parallels etc.). But Word does have some brochure templates. In Pages there are a couple of brochure templates under Marketing.

 

[dmw007]

As PkennethV has stated, either use Publisher via bootcamp/parallels or try to use Pages.

 

[solvs]

Pages makes brochures. Pretty much what it's for. Higher up, you can get InDesign. I'm sure there's a bunch of other stuff out there though. Do a search, here and/or Google.

 

[CanadaRAM]

Just to be clear, there is no Microsoft Publisher for Macintosh, only for Windows. Also, the Publisher data files are a closed format and there is nothing that will open them and use them as editable files (there are a couple of utilities for converting them into PDF files, which can theoretically (but painfully) edited in Illustrator)

 

[Grampa Joe]

Pages makes brochures. Pretty much what it's for. Higher up, you can get InDesign. I'm sure there's a bunch of other stuff out there though. Do a search, here and/or Google.

I'll second inDesign. For the price you can't find a better publisher. I bought inDesign to layout my novels. There are many neat features beyond book layout. You can get a free trial at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=indesign. Search around and you'll find it less expensive elsewhere. As an acdemic, I was able to get mine for $189.95 from www.AcademicSuperstore.com.

 

[speakerwizard]

there is also swift publisher which looks somewhere between pages and indesign (though ive never used it) http://www.belightsoft.com/products/swiftpublisher/features.php