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Word vs. Publisher
I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is
great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult
question to answer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" Office wrote in message ... I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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Is there some reason why you can't jusxt insert graphics in between the text
in Word? That's a pretty basic Word skill. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is graphic-intensive (including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the 100-page mark. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult question to answer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" Office wrote in message ... I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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I may be able to "sanitize" a version of the report. Can such a dialogue be
discussion be held off-line (off of bulletin board)? "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult question to answer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" Office wrote in message ... I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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I guess I can, but because we're talking a 100 pages give-or-take, I was
hoping to set up a template of sorts so that the report can easily be produced in my absence by someone that might not be as familiar with formatting issues as I am (with the report). "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Is there some reason why you can't jusxt insert graphics in between the text in Word? That's a pretty basic Word skill. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is graphic-intensive (including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the 100-page mark. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult question to answer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" Office wrote in message ... I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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Also trying to find a way to avoid the "ice-cube-tray effect," wherein a
change on page 5 does not affect spacing all the way to page 100. I'm guessing section breaks are the way around this, so can you add pages to the end of a section without affecting "downstream" pages? "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Is there some reason why you can't jusxt insert graphics in between the text in Word? That's a pretty basic Word skill. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is graphic-intensive (including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the 100-page mark. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult question to answer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" Office wrote in message ... I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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There is help for Word and Graphics. Word isn't as easy as Publisher to
manipulate but it is a more universal application; far superior for long documents. Most users are Word literate. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrawingGraphics.htm and here http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...649261033.aspx -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "Office User" wrote in message ... I may be able to "sanitize" a version of the report. Can such a dialogue be discussion be held off-line (off of bulletin board)? "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult question to answer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" Office wrote in message ... I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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Unfortunately to get a Word report to look like a Publisher report is going
to take someone with a higher skill level in Word. IMHO, it's easier to teach a beginner how to use Publisher. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" wrote in message ... I guess I can, but because we're talking a 100 pages give-or-take, I was hoping to set up a template of sorts so that the report can easily be produced in my absence by someone that might not be as familiar with formatting issues as I am (with the report). "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Is there some reason why you can't jusxt insert graphics in between the text in Word? That's a pretty basic Word skill. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I can't show it as it is sensitive, but it is graphic-intensive (including on the Mastre Page), has many photos, and we just hit the 100-page mark. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult question to answer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" Office wrote in message ... I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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Thank you!
"Mary Sauer" wrote: There is help for Word and Graphics. Word isn't as easy as Publisher to manipulate but it is a more universal application; far superior for long documents. Most users are Word literate. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrawingGraphics.htm and here http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...649261033.aspx -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "Office User" wrote in message ... I may be able to "sanitize" a version of the report. Can such a dialogue be discussion be held off-line (off of bulletin board)? "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Without knowing what your report looks like, that's going to be a difficult question to answer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Office User" Office wrote in message ... I routinely work in Publisher to produce a monthly report. The end product is great, but I was considering a more user-friendly program to produce the report in, such as Word, to make it easier on my colleagues in my absence. Training someone new on Publisher or obtaining Word 2007 is not possible at this time; limited resurces preclude these options. Any ideas how I can make optimal use of Word 2003 to produe a report as rich as I can with Publisher, with a minimum of "moving parts" (making it easy for anyone on staff to use with a minimum training curve)? Thanks |
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