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RE: Do you think I am asking for trouble? Was RE: Real World Advantages of Office / Word 2007 and Windows 7
Subject:RE: Do you think I am asking for trouble? Was RE: Real World Advantages of Office / Word 2007 and Windows 7 From:Ben Davies <bdavies -at- imris -dot- com> To:"salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 8 May 2012 21:35:56 +0000
Kat said:
Since you all know so much about Word 2010, I would like some
feedback...I will be writing a large user guide and I don't know if I
will have an alternative to Word for DTP. My OS is XP Professional
2002 and I have only 2 GB RAM...about how many pages are we talking
before I go postal while trying to process a large multi-chapter document?
Chris replied:
When you're actually ready to go, why not download the free 30-day trial version of Adobe InDesign and use that?
I think:
Isn't Adobe InDesign one of the worst tools available for producing long documents? From experience, it is great for a 2-page spread, or short marketing brochure, but can be a real pain when trying to write large documents with multiple chapters ... unless I'm missing something here?? I know that local newspapers are using InDesign for print, but I personally would never choose InDesign as my first choice when deciding what to use to write a long document... unless the suggestion is purely based on Kat's system specs?
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