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| Thread ID: 79473 | 2007-05-21 08:44:00 | PUBLISHER 2000 | smithie 38 (6684) | Press F1 |
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| 551715 | 2007-05-21 11:14:00 | Hi Smithie. Word can produce a magnificent sports club type newsletter, whether loose leaf and stapled or in booklet form. It will take all the graphics and fancy layout you can throw at it. From memory, Publisher ends up with a file considerably bigger than a Word doc. Also, anyone who has not got Word can download a free Word Reader. Making the newsletter a graphic and even a .pdf file seems to be an unnecessary complication at this level.:2cents: | Scouse (83) | ||
| 551716 | 2007-05-21 11:28:00 | Hi Smithie. Word can produce a magnificent sports club type newsletter, whether loose leaf and stapled or in booklet form. It will take all the graphics and fancy layout you can throw at it. From memory, Publisher ends up with a file considerably bigger than a Word doc. Also, anyone who has not got Word can download a free Word Reader. Making the newsletter a graphic and even a .pdf file seems to be an unnecessary complication at this level.:2cents: Printers generally require a higher quality images for printing in publications hence the larger file sizes. Although I am not a fan of MS Publisher myself, I would have to say that it would be far better suited to producing and editing layout and newsletter style publications than Word which in my view should stick to it's knitting with plain old admin Word docs or "Dear John" letters. You can be a "Jack of all trades and a master of none" (word doing publisher) or you can be a "master of a few" Publisher doing publishing -no offence to InDesign or Quark. If you want to keep on the path of most convenience stick with Publisher. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 551717 | 2007-05-21 13:18:00 | Is it possible that somehow the file is being "packed for publication"? I recall that was one of the options in Publisher 2000. One other tip (might be too late) is to use one file per page, rather than several pages per file. Again, I recall that was something I learned from experience. |
Perry (4966) | ||
| 551718 | 2007-05-21 19:47:00 | Is it possible that somehow the file is being "packed for publication"? I recall that was one of the options in Publisher 2000. One other tip (might be too late) is to use one file per page, rather than several pages per file. Again, I recall that was something I learned from experience. Package for publication is generally only used when sending the file to the printer as it also gives you a much bigger file since it includes all image links and fonts that are used in the file. You could try that option although it would be more fiddly for the person at the other end who would have to go and re link all the images and fonts just so that they could check the newsletter. How many pages are in the whole newsletter? I would normally PDF just the pages that are required for proofing and send them for "sign off" and then package the whole file although nowdays "export to PDF" at print settings is more the normal and more efficient option as it gives you a smaller optimised file to send to the printer, plus they can't alter or re use the fonts for anything other than the intended publication. The most efficient way to send a proofing copy to another person is to send it as a PDF. If the final file is too big to email (bigger than 4MB), it can be easier to burn to CD and send it to the printer via 1 hour courier. Sounds like you might need to upgrade a few hundred $$ to Publisher 2007 which is more up to date than Publisher 2000. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 551719 | 2007-05-21 22:03:00 | If your system is still set for the default of "hiding known file extensions" then you will not see the ".pub" file extension. I must admit I am at a loss to know what you actually expect the document to arrive as in the email, every document has to be opened in a program or viewer that accepts the format of the document. Hence your opens in Publisher (there is no free viewer for Publisher, you have to have the program installed to read anything created as a publisher file). I suspect that you assumed it would magically open on its own, as a stand-alone file. That does not happen with anything, even a .jpg image needs something to open it with. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 551720 | 2007-05-21 22:14:00 | Good Morning Folks Mrs Smithie here. Many thanks to all who have replied to our query. I volunteered to do this newsletter which is usually 2 pages. Initially I did it in word and emailed it to a small group of people. It is now to be a combined newsletter for two sporting groups. The suggestion was to produce it using Publisher. However the comments made by Scouse makes me think that the best option will be to continue using Word which I am familiar and which has worked well for our small club. Should I be required in the future to use Publisher I can see that it will be necessary to convert it to PDF. All the comments have been very enlightening and I have learnt heaps. The help from you all is very much appreciated. |
smithie 38 (6684) | ||
| 551721 | 2007-05-21 23:11:00 | Hi G F Your assumption is correct - I thought it would (magically) open on its own. Thats how my confusion or lack of knowledge arose, but as Mrs S stated we appreciate your replies and help. If the newletter at some stage in the future necessitates using Publisher we will now know what is required. :thumbs: |
smithie 38 (6684) | ||
| 551722 | 2007-05-22 00:27:00 | Should I be required in the future to use Publisher I can see that it will be necessary to convert it to PDF. If pdf suits you and the recipients, you could use Open Office, which has an export to pdf option. |
Perry (4966) | ||
| 551723 | 2007-05-22 00:47:00 | Thanks Perry. Tell me more. If I download Open Office do I type the newsletter using that and then use the export to PDF option, or how does it work?? |
smithie 38 (6684) | ||
| 551724 | 2007-05-22 01:12:00 | Tell me more. If I download Open Office do I type the newsletter using that and then use the export to PDF option, or how does it work??Either. OO Writer is a word processor that has the export to pdf option. If (for reasons of familiarity) you key all the data in MSWord and Save As in rtf format, that format can be opened by OO Writer. (So can doc formats, but if the doc file is complex, you may get a warning message). If it's of no consequence, use OO Writer to key in the data and insert graphics, etc., saving in the OO format, as you go along. Print a draft for hard copy proofing and when you're happy, choose the export to pdf option from the file menu. You can't edit the exported pdf format file unless you have Adobe Writer. Caveat - I'm no expert but I have done those things. |
Perry (4966) | ||
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