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Subject:Re: Opinions re MS Publisher From:Lynda Straus <Lynda_Straus -at- THEMONEYSTORE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Mar 1999 16:22:21 -0800
Emmy,
I don't know anything about Publisher, but Word may work out for you for
this project.
If you just link the bitmaps to the Word doc rather than embedding, then
hopefully the file size won't be too onerous. Or, if you reduce the
bitmaps to 16-color, they may be small enough to embed. I use Word for
manuals of 50-150 pages, and have no trouble, but I'm careful to keep
everything as "clean" as I can (use as few styles as possible, 16-color
small-size bitmaps, no extraordinary formatting in tables or other
troublesome-type spots, etc.).
Lynda Straus
Sr. Technical Writer
The Money Store
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> From: Emmy Aricioglu [SMTP:EMMY_ARICIOGLU -at- HP-ROSEVILLE-OM3 -dot- OM -dot- HP -dot- COM]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 4:03 PM
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> Subject: Opinions re MS Publisher
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> I have a "friend" who wants to create his book (@ 120 pages
> 8 1/2 x 11, 75% text, 25% clip art illustrations) using
> Microsoft Publisher. The purpose of the book is to explain
> accounting procedures to a non-technical audience, hence
> the use of clip-art to "liven" things up.
> Trouble is, I'd like to use Frame and he doesn't have Frame
> (too expensive), plus he'd have to learn to use it to keep
> updating the book. He has Publisher. I've never used Publisher.
> The alternative is to use Word, but I'm not sure it can
> handle all those illustrations.
> Any opinions you could give me on Publisher would be appreciated.
> TIA,
> Emmy
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