[mso] Re: Publisher/Word - table of contents
- From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:13:26 -0500
No...some of what you say is true. Grouping, etc...depending on what you're
doing...would be easier. I would like to see a sample, however, if you have
anything you can email me directly.
>whereas Word forces me to a max of 144!
I just entered a 1000 pt font! ;-)
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From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Anne Robson
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:27 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Publisher/Word - table of contents
I frequently produce advertising material on different sizes of paper - here
it's A4 and A5, in US it would be letter and whatever half that size is! In
Publisher it's relatively easy to rescale everything either up or down by
selecting all, grouping/locking items together, using autofit, etc etc. In
Word that would be quite a nightmare. At least I *think* but no doubt Dian
will tell me otherwise!
I've tended to use Publisher for booklets, because it sorts out the printing
of 4-page sets with no bother at all. I also tend to use it where there is
a *house style* which requires particular types of text boxes, or where
certain info has to appear on the same page as other stuff. In other words,
projects like a multi page product brochure where it matters how quickly and
easily things can be resized to keep them together on the same page without
spilling over. In Word that would be a lot more finicky (in my view).
Publisher is also more flexible when it comes to font sizes - if I *must
have* font size 240 I can get it, whereas Word forces me to a max of 144!
Ditto about drop caps also.
Business cards are theoretically just like labels - I use labels all the
time in Word (though I wish I didn't have to fool it into thinking I'm going
to create a new mailing list every time I want to make a new label
template!) But for some reason, I still prefer Publisher for business
cards.
There must be a mindset thing at work here that we (or is it just me?) see
some apps as being more relevant for certain tasks than other apps, even tho
the processes might be very similar. How many people create Word tables
because the info is contained in a letter, when it might be better to embed
an Excel table in the Word doc?
Seriously tho, Dian, I am getting hold of some samples of material I (and
colleagues) have produced and will email them to you privately so that you
can see what I mean.
Anne
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From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Dian Chapman
Sent: 22 September 2003 22:33
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Publisher/Word - table of contents
>If it were integrated more with Word so it could take advantage of
>features
like TOC, it would be a dynamite product.
Just out of curiosity, I'd be really interested in hearing about (or
better...seeing, feel free to email me samples) what it is you folks create
in Publisher that makes you want to use Publisher over Word?
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