MS Word 07 vs Publisher 07

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

Big difference.

Publisher is a desktop publishing program and you can do much more with it
than you can with Word as far as layout is concerned. Word..obviously is a
word processor, but you will find that you will use them both inconjunction
with each other - especially for long text files to be inserted into
Publisher.

Doing layouts in Word is a PITA if you ask me.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Rubbertruk55" wrote in message
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|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

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.

"Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message
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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.

John G wrote:
"Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message
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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.



If that's your requirement, you don't need Publisher; Adobe InDesign
would be more appropriate tool.

$600 is a bit pricey. Long documents are best done in Word. InDesign is not a
word processor.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Iain" wrote in message
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John G wrote:
"Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message
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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.

If that's your requirement, you don't need Publisher; Adobe InDesign would be
more appropriate tool.

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

$600 is a bit pricey.

BWAAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Unless you're a student, then the price is incredibly competitive! - even
for the entire suite.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Mary Sauer" wrote in message
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| $600 is a bit pricey. Long documents are best done in Word. InDesign is
not a
| word processor.
|
| --
| Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
| http://office.microsoft.com/
| http://msauer.mvps.org/
| news://msnews.microsoft.com
|
| "Iain" wrote in message
| ...
| 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.
|
| If that's your requirement, you don't need Publisher; Adobe InDesign
would be
| more appropriate tool.
|
|

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

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
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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