Publisher or Word for Desktop Publishing?

1. Publisher or Word forDesktop Publishing? Dawn Squires

2. Which application software is best, Publisher or Word? • It depends . . . • If your document will contain predominantly text, Word is the better choice. • If your document will contain many graphics, photos, text, illustrations, etc., Publisher is the better choice. • Publisher gives you more control over graphics, photographs, illustrations, and text than Word.

3. Which application software is best, Publisher or Word? • Publisher allows the user to exercise more control over images, etc., than Word. • Publisher has many templates to begin the design process. • Templates are limited in Word. • In Word, the user has some control over graphics, text, etc., but more control in Publisher.

4. Are they stable? • Word nor Publisher are considered industry professional applications for printing. • The final product (printed, etc.) in Word often does not look like the original. • Publisher is more stable than Word – Printed product more often resembles original. • Examples of industry professional publishing applications are: • Quark Xpress • Adobe InDesign

5. In a nutshell . . . • A blank Word document has some basic formatting before you ever touch the keyboard. • A Publisher document is a blank slate. There is not formatting until you enter it. • Consider the appearance of your finished product? • Will it have many graphics, illustrations, photographs, and a lot of text? If so, Publisher is the better choice. • Will it have few graphics, illustrations, or photographs? Consist mainly of text? If so, Word is the better choice.

6. In a nutshell continued . . . • For professional printing with Word or Publisher, convert the file to a PDF. • Converting to a PDF for submission to a professional printer makes the file more stable. • We will use Word and Publisher to create documents for publishing