The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 43, October 24, 2004, Article 12

PUBLISHING TOOLS

  Mike Marotta writes: "On the question of software, editing the
  Michigan State Numismatic Society Mich-Matist, I chose
  Microsoft Publisher because that is what is on this machine.
  Having been with Word since 2.0, I should have chosen that,
  but I thought I would learn something new. Publisher is not
  half bad and having completed two issues with it, I am more
  satisfied than I expected to be.  One problem with Publisher,
  very basic for what we do, is that there is no such thing as a
  "round box."  So, pictures of coins always have square
  borders.

  I used QuarkXpress for a year at Coin World.  I learned
  PageMaker in a community college class.  Both are more
  powerful than Publisher, and QuarkXpress would be my
  preference.  However, that would be overkill for most club
  newsletters, even the 30-page MichMatist.  Now, I am
  getting ready for a project with Adobe InDesign, the new
  state-of-the-art."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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