CreaseCrusader91 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 What is the best one to use. Need to help Dad design a company newsletter, and want it to look as solid as possible. Any suggestions of software? Apple and Windows would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High and Wide Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 The only one I have experience with is Microsoft Publisher. Pretty easy to use, a bunch of templates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 How much are you looking to spend? I'd stay away from anything MS Office as the programs (while simple to use) are clunky and un-refined, and I feel the final products tend to look amateur-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseCrusader91 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 How much are you looking to spend? I'd stay away from anything MS Office as the programs (while simple to use) are clunky and un-refined, and I feel the final products tend to look amateur-ish. I don't think price will really be an issue since it is going to be used all the time going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Well you can't go wrong with InDesign, if you know to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseCrusader91 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Well you can't go wrong with InDesign, if you know to use it. That is what I figured. Just not sure if the person after me will know how to use it. Is there an intermediate between that and Publisher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Maybe this? http://page-layout-software-review.toptenreviews.com/pageplus-review.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseCrusader91 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Maybe this? http://page-layout-software-review.toptenreviews.com/pageplus-review.html Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 If you're going to pass this project on, go with Publisher. It's easy to use, most people are familiar with the Office work flow and the results you get are way more dependent on your skills as a designer and the imagery you have to work with than which piece of software you use. Publisher won't have any limits that will effect you putting the newsletter together. What will keep it from looking professional is the skill and attention to detail of the person creating/updating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 If you're going to pass this project on, go with Publisher. It's easy to use, most people are familiar with the Office work flow and the results you get are way more dependent on your skills as a designer and the imagery you have to work with than which piece of software you use. Publisher won't have any limits that will effect you putting the newsletter together. What will keep it from looking professional is the skill and attention to detail of the person creating/updating it. Yea, but as design software, anything with "Microsoft" in front of it = totally clunky and inflexible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Yea, but as design software, anything with "Microsoft" in front of it = totally clunky and inflexible. It doesn't seem like designers are going to be doing this, though. That's the key for me, here. Look, if I was doing a newsletter, it would be start to finish in Photoshop. Many pros wouldn't see that as optimal either, but after nearly two decades, that's the best way for me to create efficiently. For a novice to learn InDesign, then teach his dad how to use it, then in the future possibly have to teach someone else, it just seems like overkill. And the precision that a tool like InDesign allows will likely make it much easier for him to break the box, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It doesn't seem like designers are going to be doing this, though. That's the key for me, here. Look, if I was doing a newsletter, it would be start to finish in Photoshop. Many pros wouldn't see that as optimal either, but after nearly two decades, that's the best way for me to create efficiently. For a novice to learn InDesign, then teach his dad how to use it, then in the future possibly have to teach someone else, it just seems like overkill. And the precision that a tool like InDesign allows will likely make it much easier for him to break the box, so to speak. Yea, agree there. That's why I offered up that PagePlus option. Seems like it's the key features and tools of INDD, without the extras he'll never use. I just really hate MS products haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Yea, agree there. That's why I offered up that PagePlus option. Seems like it's the key features and tools of INDD, without the extras he'll never use. I just really hate MS products haha. Yeah, I got you. I don't often use MS Products myself, but most of my clients do, so I have to stay on top of them at times. I've never had them come up with a problem that I couldn't easily resolve using their tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Well you can't go wrong with InDesign, if you know to use it. easy to learn if you dont. did my entire portfolio in indesign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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