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If you are going to be doing more than that, try something else.

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I use Microsoft publisher but cant find a worthy mac friendly program.

Thanks.

I havent tried them but Swift Publisher on the App Store looks quite interesting - as does iStudio.

If you have Pages perceiver in Page Layout mode its surprisingly powerful and simple to use.

I would go for Pages but if you have to have your old Publisher files, you could always resort to using Parrarels or VMwares Fusion, and then run Publisher inside of a virtual environment.

Just a suggestion.

If you are planning on having something printed commercially, then you should step up to a more robust and commercial printer friendly application such as InDesign or Quark Xpress.

I have received Publisher files at a commercial printer and believe me, they are a nightmare.

I have spent vast amounts of time trying to reconstruct pages in InDesignXpress because Publisher just isnt a professional layout application (it cant print separations).

I hear what your saying re publisher, but better the devil you know.

Between Quark and inDesign, which would you choose if you eliminate the cost aspect of the argument.

Sure there are some minor differences but in the end, they both are designed to do the same thing.

They both allow you to produce nice, printer friendly layouts (that can actually be printed or exported as a PDF).

Which one is better Only you can decide which tool is the best for you.

For some people, they like the fact that InDesign comes with Adobes CS collection and they are used to Adobes interface (and InDesign plays well with other Adobe products).

Other people avoid InDesign for those same reasons (some people actually dislike and dont trust Adobe, much like lots of people dislike and dont trust Microsoft).

No Microsoft Publisher Download Them Both

I would recommend that if you are seriously considering InDesign or Quark Xpress, download them both and give them a try.

As RickyB mentioned, you can use Microsoft Word but I would avoid it if you are making catalogs or brochures.

As I mentioned in my previous post, if you are printing things at home or the office, Word will work fine, just like Microsoft Publisher.

Sure you can use Word to make catalogs or brochures but if you are going to have them professionally printed (and the key here is professionally printed ) stay away from Word.

What they dont tell you is that they actually charge you more because they have to take your Word file and then rebuild it in Xpress, InDesign, or Illustrator so that they can actually print it.

Word works well for what it was designed to do, to be a word processor.

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