I went through the whole thread and found no reply on how to create a table
of contents other that manually.
Where do I find the "Edit Story in Word" feature in Publisher?

Anyone any ideas??

" wrote:

I am concerned, however, about the Table of Contents. I
gather this must be done manually as Publisher does not
have this capability built into the program like Word does.
That will be a huge task for 300 pages!



-----Original Message-----
Hi Georgia,

Based on the details you have supplied:

1. 300 Pages
2. 100 Photos
3. Tables
4. Excel Worksheets
5. Columnar
6. Output for Commercial Printer use

Microsoft Publisher is ideal for your job. Microsoft Word
is capable of such
a project as well, but the layout would be much more
difficult. Microsoft
Office Publisher 2003 includes some of the writing tools
you need, such as a
spell checker, auto correct, thesaurus and a full set of
formatting tools
for text, paragraphs baseline shifts, kerning, etc.. If
you require
extended tools, Publisher can be used along side Word for
creating table of
contents, index, word counter, etc. There is an "Edit
Story in Word" feature
in Publisher.

As far as layout goes, Publisher is object based. This
means you can place
your text and objects in any location you desire, set
wrapping objects, and
have objects locked or move inline with text.

I recommend using Publisher 2002/2003 as these versions
will store your
photos compressed, keeping the file size original, where
as previous
versions stored the images uncompressed and blew their
sizes way out of
control.

Another nice feature is that you can use Publisher 2003's
catalog merge
feature, which allows you to use a database of file
locations for photos and
merge them into Publications, allowing you to easily
update/change and
remove photos in your database and having them reflect in
your Publication.

You will have no issues adding Excel Worksheets or Word
Tables if need be.

I would recommend finding out how your printer prefers you
to layout and
prepare your publication. While Microsoft Publisher is one
of the most
widely known DTP programs out there, you will find that
not all printers
carry Publisher. All printers qualify for a free copy of
Microsoft Publisher
(if they don't have one already) so they can just take
your Publisher file
in its native format. Publisher has some excellent built
in printing tools.
If your printer requires a *.pdf output, Publisher is
capable of doing so by
using one of many free pdf printer drivers available for
download (unless
you are already using Adobe Acrobat, which in that case
you can use that for
exporting your Publisher file as a *.pdf). Publisher can
easily handle the
size of Publication you are producing as well as easily
export it to *.pdf.
Fantastic results are to be had!

Post back if you have any further questions.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

"Georgia" wrote in message
...
Hello, I hope someone can provide me with some advice,
which Program
is best to use for a large publication of approximately
300 pages. It is for
a Departmental review which includes 18 divisions and I
originally thought
it should be done in Publisher and not Word. There will be
quite a number of
photographs, tables and importing of Excel worksheets. The
format will be
columnar.

Does anyone have any suggestions on which is the better
program to use for
this project?

Thanks,
Georgia


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