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I am currently a big fan of Quark.
I use it exclusively for publishing applications
(instruction manuals with graphics and product bulletins),
so bias is obvious.
But tell me, Jim:
I have never been successful in "... bringing
in Word documents, including formatted tabular material,".
HOW DO YOU DO THAT???
Thanks.
Sheila
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From: Pinkham, Jim [mailto:Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 11:25 AM
To: Raj Machhan; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: QuarkXPress 7 vs Adobe InDesign CS
With the usual caveats of "depends upon your situation" and "your
mileage may vary," I think it's safe to say that both are strong
applications, and either one could likely handle such a task well,
depending on what you mean by "user guide." Depending on how long and
complex the documentation, Frame could be an obvious choice, too.
Quark is the older and more established desktop publishing program and
is widely used in newspaper and magazine publishing. Personally, it
would be my choice of the two, but that's tinged by the fact that I've
used Quark and not InDesign. Either can integrate well with Acrobat and
Illustrator within a workflow. Quark also does a decent job of bringing
in Word documents, including formatted tabular material, without a lot
of bumps. If you are already using other Adobe products, such as
Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc., you may find the learning curve
less steep with InDesign because of similarities within the product
family.
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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Raj Machhan
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 9:09 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: QuarkXPress 7 vs Adobe InDesign CS
Hi,
Has anybody used QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign to create User Guides? I
gather these are primarily page layout applications with advanced design
and typesetting features. I need to make a choice between the two to
create a design-intensive User Guide. Can anybody tell me which one of
these is ideal for such a job?
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