Hello,

Are you referring to Freehand, as in Aldus Freehand, the vector graphics program similar to Illustrator? I am wondering if Freehand had the type control characteristics that Quark, InDesign, RagTime offer.

Thanks,

Christian

I've not used Publisher, but it sounds like your needs would be nicely met by a package called The Print Shop (http://www.mackiev.com/print_shop.html). My wife and I use it for the very things you mentioned, and for the most part it's excellent software and fun to use. It also interfaces with iPhoto so if you've got digital pics in iPhoto it's easy to incorporate them into your projects.

Plus, it's only $50.

Have fun.

drb

Thanks, just looked it up on line & it looks as though it is exactly what I'm after.
I knew someone would be able to point me in the right direction.
Thanks again. Donna :cheesy:

Hello,

Gosh I remember Print Shop on my Apple IIe and using an Imagewriter printer to make large banners. I take it they have advanced the page layout software part of it. Thank you for the note to go and take a look.

Christian

I am a returning mac user. I too used Publisher and liked it well enough for my various purposes. I appreciate the reminder about Photo Shop. I ordered it and look forward to getting it in the mail.

Is there a program that will help open the files that were created with the Windows Publisher Software? I often get files with the extension of .pub that I can't open in word. Any advise would be helpful. Thanks.

Nope, I don't know of any. As far as I know, you'll have to ask the people sending you these .pub files to export them to PostScript or PDF (which can be done inside Publisher). And Mac can read .PS or .PDF files.

Thanks, that is what I have been doing. Was hopeful that there was something out there that would open them.

Pages is a good simple text and card making program. Pages can do all sorts of stuff. I am not sure that it will run on generation 3 macs. What operating system do you have?

If you can run iwork - pages and keynoe on your computer It produces pretty decent results. Maybe you could get and older version through amazon or ebay or check apple 05 or 06 will work on your g3.

I pretty much use pages for my word processing and destop publish needs ...it comes with alot of temples and I get a lot of good feedback when I use keynote .. I guess the templates give some variety and attitude instead of the powerpoint look.

Good LucK!