Re: on setting up a layout in Pagemaker 7.0

spaceyjane wrote:

> "Bob Levine" <robjlevin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:kImGh.1790$ig.1058@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>>Helpful Harry wrote:
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>>>In article <BvWdnWnQnMSwWXTYnZ2dnUVZ_r2onZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "spaceyjane"
>>><spaceyjane(nospam)@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(nospam)gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>sorry everyone... I think I have found a place where I can view 
>>>>tutorials.
>>>>Thanks for your help!
>>>
>>>
>>>There is one thing you need to be aware of: Adobe killed off PageMaker
>>>a few years back, replacing it with InDesign.
>>>
>>>It may not affect you at the moment if PageMaker does all you need it
>>>to, but there will never be another version after PageMaker 7 which
>>>means that it will have problems under newer versions of Windows or the
>>>Mac OS (it has all sorts of quirks running under Mac OS X and won't
>>>work at all on new Intel-based Macs).
>>
>>And there's every reason to believe it won't run under Vista, either. 
>>There's serious problem trying open PM file in InDesign under Vista. The

>>problem being that it's impossible.
>>
>>Apparently it's a Windows issue that Adobe will have to work around for 
>>CS3.
>>
>>Bob
> 
> 
> thanks for the heads up Helpful Harry and Bob.  Unfortunately I lack the

> pretty green stuff to update to the InDesign.... or Vista for that
matter, 
> ha!  But, it's good to know so that when if we update, I'll have to
track 
> down InDesign and start over.  Hmpf.
> 
> Do either of you have InDesign, and do you like it or prefer it? 
Besides it 
> being less problematic, is it a better application?

I dumped PM years ago. It's far better in almost every way than PM.

Bob
www.theindesignguy.com