Alternatives to Punisher I mean Publisher

[4stateprint]

Does ANYONE know of an alternative to Publisher? I have a couple of people that think they are doing me an immense favor by doing their own work and bringing in the Publisher files which we go round and round about to get them to convert to PDFs that still might not work or tend to loose text and what not. Anyway I am looking for at the very least a work around or to find the person that created the program so I can beat them over the head.
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.

[printer]

Publisher 2007 seems to work the best of all versions. I've a PSPP since
2000 and this is the closet to working they have come yet.

Dennis W. Ewing Sr
Ewing and Sons Printing
12000 Crownpoint, #130
San Antonio, TX 78233
dennisewing@satx.rr.com
ewingandsons@satx.rr.com
210/650-5311
210/650-9916 Fax

[GaragePunk]

Sorry but no alternative here, we use Punisher 2003 with Windows XP Professional. We print to a PDF using the Scitex Dolev PS L2 ppd. Usually the PDFs still needs to be tweaked in Acrobat/PitStop. If you ever do find the creator of this dismal software, you can sell tickets good for one head bash each. You should be quite wealthy when all is said and done. Maybe its the same guy who created PowerPoint!

[SlaveToTheMan]

Back in The Day, I made good use of the "promotional sticker" that came with the PSPP version, thusly:

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[Caled]

Try Serif PagePlus X2 which has lots more features than creaky old Publisher and can import and export PDF's.
www.serif.com or try a free download (not a trial, but fully functional) copy of an earlier version from www.freeserifsoftware.com
Not quite Indesign but much better than Publisher. Try out the filter effects!

[doubting_thomas]

Does it support transparency, or PDF 1.4 yet?

[DoctorVesuvius]

I've been using Scribus for some professional printing. It's a work-in-progress but preflights and builds PDF's natively.

http://www.scribus.net

Don't let the fact that it is free to download scare you.

I recommend it to customers (non-profits, etc) who cannot afford the non-free ones.

Edited by: DoctorVesuvius on Oct 11, 2007 4:33 PM (added "non-profits, etc.")

[Caled]

Yes the latest version of Pageplus which is called X2 can make and import all your PDFX1A files and has a whole host of features that even some high end packages don't have. The PDF import feature even allows you to edit imported PDF's It has full transparency support, and output to press with CMYK and spot colour pantone palettes. Amazing wee bit of kit for only about 60 quid. They even have their own forums for it over at Serif.

I used to think Coreldraw was good but the current version is terrible and unstable. Stick Publisher back in the office drawer where it belongs.

[judyj]

I heard a rumor that Adobe might be planning to market PageMaker to the Publisher market -- or something similar. Has anyone else heard this?

Also, on the Scribus -- I would be interested to hear if others have had any success with it.

Judy

[sailorpc]

Here is another method of making PDF files from Publisher. I heard about it from a printer in Oklahoma who gets a lot of Publisher files and he said it works great. It is a windows printer installer called Primo PDF.

http://www.primopdf.com/