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Newsletters -- what's the best tool for creating them?
Subject:Newsletters -- what's the best tool for creating them? From:Beth Brooks <beth -dot- brooks -at- patmedia -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:57:34 -0400
Hi, All!
This week I'm being asked to create a newsletter template that will be easy to use
and maintain in an environment that runs strongly to the non-technical (e.g.,
nobody knows how to use MS Word styles). I've been told I can recommend a tool for
purchase so long as it is not TOO expensive, can accept content from MS Office
products, and doesn't have a hefty learning curve. The newsletters will have 8.5 x
11 pages and may be distributed on paper or in PDF format.
I have MS Word 2000 and MS Publisher 2000 on my machine and have been working with
templates doewnloaded from the MS site as a test. My conclusion so far is that
either product make good-looking newsletters, but that they both require hand-
holding to do what I consider pretty standard newsletter chores, like have articles
that start on one page and continue on another or include tables, charts, and
graphics from many sources, as this newsletter will.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be most welcome. (An MS Word template expert
willing to work on site would be even better, but that may be asking too much....)
TIA!
Beth
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908-399-7374 beth -dot- brooks -at- paraphraseit -dot- com
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