Yes, you could use a word processor, but that would be like
using a hammer to put a screw into a piece of wood......
it works, but it is not pretty to see. The hammer is not the
best tool to use nor is it the easiest tool to use.
Word processors keep adding new features with each
new version, but they are STILL just word processors.
There is very little comparison to a true DTP application.
Here is a quick little test to prove my point.
1. Use any version of Word.
2. Create a 4 page document.
3. On the first page, make a vertically centered title page.
4. On the second and third pages, create normal paragraphs
of text.
5. Change the top (or right, or left) margin of the third page ONLY.
6. Click INSERT -- PAGE NUMBERS and try to make it
number the pages in consecutive order beginning with the
second page.
That is just a simple 4 page document, imagine how much
trouble it would be to try numbering a 200 page book?
Your own statements about graphics and slow response
and crashes also prove that a WP is a poor substitute
for a DTP application. .
Jim Meagher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toomas Piibe" <[log in to unmask]>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Meagher" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> > Demetri,
> >
> > Adobe Pagemaker and Quark Express are the two leading
> > desktop publishing applications. They both will do
> > what you want plus more.
> >
> > If you already have an agreement with a publishing company,
> > find out what software they recommend. If you don't have
> > an agreement, try calling 3 or 4 different publishers and ask
> > what software they prefer.
> >
>
> Adobe Pagemaker and Quark Express are program for proffesionals.
>
> Most of work can be done on modern word processor programs.
> Few weeks ago i see in TV even Math textbook made compleatly in
> Word 2000.
>
> But some recommendations -
> for photos PhotoPlus 5 free .
> http://www.serif.com/photoplus5/
>
>
> When you write book, add photos and drawings last. If you add them
> when you write , it makes computer slow and can crash. If you not made
copy
> from your work, restoring your work is real pain. Students here somtimes
> forget that
> and i must help them out as mutch as possible. Usually only text without
any
> formating is restorable.
>
> Toomas Piibe
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