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Subject:Re: ClickBook or DoubleUp From:David Ibbetson <ibbetson -at- IDIRECT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Jan 1996 16:27:16 -0500
At 12:46 PM 1/18/96 EST, Alexandria Khali wrote:
> I am in search of a package that will allow me to create 2-sided
> booklets and brochures. I have come across the names of ClickBook by
> BookMaker and DoubleUp by Legend Communications. Has anyone out there
> used either or both of these products or could you name a better one?
> I do not have a PostScript printer, and unless I can be convinced
> otherwise, I don't believe that I will. I use FrameMaker, and at times
> use PageMaker and Word for my current duties.
PageMaker 5, and I assume 6, has an Aldus Addition supplied with it which
should handle the booklets. (I use it for this purpose once or twice a
month.) It's pretty basic and it can't handle brochures with multiple folds.