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From: Michael.Burton@p3.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Burton)
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Subject: Academic version of PageMaker 4.0
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Date: 14 Oct 90 20:00:46 GMT
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   Frank Malczewski wrote:

>Given how emasculated the academic version of PageMaker 4.0 is...

and Mark Irwin asked:

> What have done to PageMaker 4.0 in the academic version.  I thought it
> was going to be like the academic version of Word 4.0 where they leave
> out the extra programs (SuperPaint 1.1, AutoMac III, maybe Word Finder)
> but give a complete version of the main program.

   So far as I can tell, the academic version isn't "emasculated" at all,
except that there is no upgrade path.  I received four disks, including
the templates and the table editor.  I received printed documentation
including "Introduction to PageMaker," "Getting Started," "Reference
Manual," "Table Editor Guide" and "Templates Guide."  Since I paid only
$155 for the package, and the upgrade cost was $150, I don't think I'm
losing much by forgoing the upgrade path.
   I recently saw (but didn't purchase) a "Student Edition" of PageMaker
which is somewhat "emasculated."  According the the package, it has all
the capabilities of PM 4.0, except that publications are limited to
twelve pages, and the user must always use "Save As..." rather than "Save."
The package was too small to hold all the manuals, and I suspect that
extras like the Table Editor and Templates were missing, as well.  The
"Student Edition" I saw was priced at about $45--not a bad price for a
very capable layout package for small documents.
 
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