On Tuesday 21 December 2004 02:00, David Herman wrote:
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I agree Scribus is a great program and growing by leaps and bounds.
Although I can't bear to use Punishers wizard based system it can be quite effective for those that aren't driven nuts by it (my wife and daughter for example). This is what I meant when I suggested that there is no replacement for this (horrid) program in linux.
Exactly how critical is it that they must use Publisher? What are they doing with it? Are they exchanging files with someone for work? Publisher is really an awful program. Also, as with all Microsoft products there's no guarantee that any future version of the program will be able to load files from older versions. As with any of Microsoft's products they could drop support for the program on a whim. I got my wife to incrementally start doing things in Linux by refusing to show her how to do things with her Win98 PC. I also refuse to frustrate myself by servicing her computer when it crashes. You want to copy the digital camera pics to to a flash card? Better boot Linux, dear. I know -- I'm mean. Sometimes people think they are happier and more comfortable (for the short term) being inconvenienced by the devil they know than trying something new and unknown. Sometimes people are just resistant to learning something new. That said, I see Scribus was recommended and it is OK and improving. I've used PageStream for DTP for a number of years. http://www.grasshopperllc.com There are versions for Windows and Linux. Yes, it's not free, but it works very well and problems are few and far between, because it has been under development for a very long time. Thanks, Ken Jennings