[plug] Software replacement list: MS-Publisher

[Chris Caston]

On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 11:16, Craig Ringer wrote:
> 
> > Publisher documents edited 
> > on one machine may not display or print correctly on another. A major culprit 
> > is printers with slightly different paper margins, but nevertheless it 
> > sometimes drops the ball between identical machines with identical printers.
> 
> Ugg, you're kidding right? *shudders*. You see, I've never used 
> publisher and don't plan to but that horrifies me. Its worth noting 
> however that we provide the user with specs on the space they'll have 
> and they /must/ edit to that spec. Of course, we also provide them with 
> specs on accepted formats.... *sigh*.
> 
> Quark can be like that too, of course, but Quark users know how to set 
> page sizes and attach fonts (usually) so we have relatively little 
> trouble with them (only apalling, not unworkable).
> 
> > I have some print shops as customers. What the employees have to say when a 
> > job arrives in Publisher format isn't printable.
> 
> Hmm. My comments usually aren't either because it means 1/2 hour or more 
> on the phone explaining that "Acrobat Reader != Acrobat" and trying to 
> get them to install the Adobe PS Print drivers on their windoze box, 
> create a postscript file, and send that + all fonts to us. The customers 
> just won't pay the small (relative to the cost of their ad) production 
> fee if they can waste my time and theirs trying other things.
> 
> -- 
> Craig Ringer
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> 


Can't you just ask them to save it as postscript or pdf from publisher?

Chris