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MS Word 07 vs Publisher 07
Mary:
Thanks for the additional information. I wasn't aware of the text box issue. Tom "Mary Sauer" wrote: As long as your video driver is up to date, Publisher can handle your scenario. Your biggest drawback would be the text boxes, unlike Word, Publisher does not flow from page to page without a text box on each page. That can be solved by Insert, Page, check "Duplicate all objects on page X". Linking text boxes can help as well. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Tom K" wrote in message ... I have a question similar to Rubbertruk's. I have a fairly long (78 page) family history document I have been trying to create in Word 2007. Throughout the document I have inserted photos, maps, etc. It's hard to explain, but the graphics cause the line spacing around the graphic to change, and when editing the text, the graphics "lose" their location and will jump to the top or bottom of a page. It's very frustrating. I've been thinking that perhaps Word just isn't designed for such a complicated document. I would switch to Publisher 2007 if I thought it would solve the problems with the graphics, but it sounds from a later post that Publisher doesn't support footnotes. I can come up with a workaround for the footnotes, but do you think Publisher will solve my graphics problems? Have I explained the problem well enough for you to make a suggestion? Thanks, Tom "Rubbertruk55" wrote: I have both MS Word 2007 and Publisher 2007. Besides the file ext. is there really that much difference between the two. It seems I can do just as much in Word as I can in Publisher. Example: Pictures, News Letters, Mail merge, design, ect. Am I missing something except for the cost? -- Bobby Pickett representing http://www.monsterpowersports.com |
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MS Word 07 vs Publisher 07
You'll end up using both Word and Publisher for something like this.
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Giordano Microsoft MVP Expression "Tom K" wrote in message ... | Mary: | | Thanks for the additional information. I wasn't aware of the text box issue. | | Tom | | "Mary Sauer" wrote: | | As long as your video driver is up to date, Publisher can handle your scenario. | Your biggest drawback would be the text boxes, unlike Word, Publisher does not | flow from page to page without a text box on each page. That can be solved by | Insert, Page, check "Duplicate all objects on page X". Linking text boxes can | help as well. | | -- | Mary Sauer MSFT MVP | http://office.microsoft.com/ | http://msauer.mvps.org/ | news://msnews.microsoft.com | | "Tom K" wrote in message | ... | I have a question similar to Rubbertruk's. I have a fairly long (78 page) | family history document I have been trying to create in Word 2007. Throughout | the document I have inserted photos, maps, etc. It's hard to explain, but the | graphics cause the line spacing around the graphic to change, and when | editing the text, the graphics "lose" their location and will jump to the top | or bottom of a page. It's very frustrating. | | I've been thinking that perhaps Word just isn't designed for such a | complicated document. I would switch to Publisher 2007 if I thought it would | solve the problems with the graphics, but it sounds from a later post that | Publisher doesn't support footnotes. I can come up with a workaround for the | footnotes, but do you think Publisher will solve my graphics problems? Have I | explained the problem well enough for you to make a suggestion? | | Thanks, | Tom | | "Rubbertruk55" wrote: | | I have both MS Word 2007 and Publisher 2007. Besides the file ext. is there | really that much difference between the two. It seems I can do just as much | in Word as I can in Publisher. Example: Pictures, News Letters, Mail merge, | design, ect. Am I missing something except for the cost? | -- | Bobby Pickett representing | http://www.monsterpowersports.com | | | |
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MS Word 07 vs Publisher 07
To me, here's the difference:
Book/Thesis/Dissertation/Letters/Reports = Microsoft Word Brochures/Postcards/Marketing-quality flyers/Catalogs/Business Cards/Newsletters = Microsoft Publisher "John G" wrote: "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Rubbertruk55 wrote: I have both MS Word 2007 and Publisher 2007. Besides the file ext. is there really that much difference between the two. It seems I can do just as much in Word as I can in Publisher. Example: Pictures, News Letters, Mail merge, design, ect. Am I missing something except for the cost? You must have only taken a brief look at Publisher, or your requirements are so simple that you don't need it. While you can probably (I think) create a similar-looking final product using Word, creating that product in Publisher will take FAR less time and sweat. The more involved your product is, the more you will need Publisher. That's very true if you want to do layouts like flyers and such. But if you want to write a book or a thesis then Word has lots of facilities that Pub does not. Tables of contents, Index, Footnote to mention a few that have serious place in some work. -- John G. |
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MS Word 07 vs Publisher 07
Add resume to the Word list. ;-)
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "KristinaC" wrote in message news To me, here's the difference: Book/Thesis/Dissertation/Letters/Reports = Microsoft Word Brochures/Postcards/Marketing-quality flyers/Catalogs/Business Cards/Newsletters = Microsoft Publisher "John G" wrote: "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Rubbertruk55 wrote: I have both MS Word 2007 and Publisher 2007. Besides the file ext. is there really that much difference between the two. It seems I can do just as much in Word as I can in Publisher. Example: Pictures, News Letters, Mail merge, design, ect. Am I missing something except for the cost? You must have only taken a brief look at Publisher, or your requirements are so simple that you don't need it. While you can probably (I think) create a similar-looking final product using Word, creating that product in Publisher will take FAR less time and sweat. The more involved your product is, the more you will need Publisher. That's very true if you want to do layouts like flyers and such. But if you want to write a book or a thesis then Word has lots of facilities that Pub does not. Tables of contents, Index, Footnote to mention a few that have serious place in some work. -- John G. |
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MS Word 07 vs Publisher 07
I've a ton of résumés that were put together in Publisher. Not much difference
in Publisher and Word if you do a one page résumé. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Add resume to the Word list. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "KristinaC" wrote in message news To me, here's the difference: Book/Thesis/Dissertation/Letters/Reports = Microsoft Word Brochures/Postcards/Marketing-quality flyers/Catalogs/Business Cards/Newsletters = Microsoft Publisher "John G" wrote: "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Rubbertruk55 wrote: I have both MS Word 2007 and Publisher 2007. Besides the file ext. is there really that much difference between the two. It seems I can do just as much in Word as I can in Publisher. Example: Pictures, News Letters, Mail merge, design, ect. Am I missing something except for the cost? You must have only taken a brief look at Publisher, or your requirements are so simple that you don't need it. While you can probably (I think) create a similar-looking final product using Word, creating that product in Publisher will take FAR less time and sweat. The more involved your product is, the more you will need Publisher. That's very true if you want to do layouts like flyers and such. But if you want to write a book or a thesis then Word has lots of facilities that Pub does not. Tables of contents, Index, Footnote to mention a few that have serious place in some work. -- John G. |
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MS Word 07 vs Publisher 07
So many places want them electronically and I've yet to see a place that
says they will accept a .pub file. YMMV, of course. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... I've a ton of résumés that were put together in Publisher. Not much difference in Publisher and Word if you do a one page résumé. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Add resume to the Word list. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "KristinaC" wrote in message news To me, here's the difference: Book/Thesis/Dissertation/Letters/Reports = Microsoft Word Brochures/Postcards/Marketing-quality flyers/Catalogs/Business Cards/Newsletters = Microsoft Publisher "John G" wrote: "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Rubbertruk55 wrote: I have both MS Word 2007 and Publisher 2007. Besides the file ext. is there really that much difference between the two. It seems I can do just as much in Word as I can in Publisher. Example: Pictures, News Letters, Mail merge, design, ect. Am I missing something except for the cost? You must have only taken a brief look at Publisher, or your requirements are so simple that you don't need it. While you can probably (I think) create a similar-looking final product using Word, creating that product in Publisher will take FAR less time and sweat. The more involved your product is, the more you will need Publisher. That's very true if you want to do layouts like flyers and such. But if you want to write a book or a thesis then Word has lots of facilities that Pub does not. Tables of contents, Index, Footnote to mention a few that have serious place in some work. -- John G. |
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MS Word 07 vs Publisher 07
True, but then how hard is it to convert?
-- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... So many places want them electronically and I've yet to see a place that says they will accept a .pub file. YMMV, of course. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... I've a ton of résumés that were put together in Publisher. Not much difference in Publisher and Word if you do a one page résumé. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Add resume to the Word list. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "KristinaC" wrote in message news To me, here's the difference: Book/Thesis/Dissertation/Letters/Reports = Microsoft Word Brochures/Postcards/Marketing-quality flyers/Catalogs/Business Cards/Newsletters = Microsoft Publisher "John G" wrote: "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Rubbertruk55 wrote: I have both MS Word 2007 and Publisher 2007. Besides the file ext. is there really that much difference between the two. It seems I can do just as much in Word as I can in Publisher. Example: Pictures, News Letters, Mail merge, design, ect. Am I missing something except for the cost? You must have only taken a brief look at Publisher, or your requirements are so simple that you don't need it. While you can probably (I think) create a similar-looking final product using Word, creating that product in Publisher will take FAR less time and sweat. The more involved your product is, the more you will need Publisher. That's very true if you want to do layouts like flyers and such. But if you want to write a book or a thesis then Word has lots of facilities that Pub does not. Tables of contents, Index, Footnote to mention a few that have serious place in some work. -- John G. |
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