WordPerfect vs, MS Word (was: Re: [Ti] Re: OpenOffice on Mac)

[William Scammell]

On Dec 3, 2005, at 7:40 PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
>
>> But *don't* try doing multi-column layout in Word. Ack!
>
> Darn right! That's why I did not use it for
>
>      <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/Ch.1-SingleSided-Draft.pdf>.

Yup, PM does exactly what you need. No reason to shell out good money  
for another tool.

(Heh heh... I'm gonna read that later and the other PDF link you  
provided when I have some free time. I'm actually a Persian history  
and linguistics buff. I've run across a bunch of that terminology  
over the last 15 or so years.)


>
>> And if you think InDesign is expensive, don't even look at Quark.  
>> <shudder>
>
> Yes, indeed. I could not afford either of them. <Sigh>.
>
> But PageMaker (on my Ti- Book running in "Classic" mode) satisfies  
> my requirements, so I am not *too* depressed about my not being  
> able to afford them!
>

I find PM is better for large books, while I prefer Quirk for short  
docs or adverts. (I haven't had enough time to really start digging  
into InDesign. Bad designer, No biscuit!!!)

I'm working on a pair of books right now (2,200 pp total) in PM that  
you simply couldn't autoflow, index, etc. as quickly as you could in  
Quark.

Use the tool that works!

b



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