Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!seagulls.rutgers.edu!lachac From: lachac@seagulls.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Desktop Publishing on Mac - HELP Keywords: word processing draw packages desktop publishing Message-ID: Date: 11 Jan 89 03:44:48 GMT Reply-To: lachac@remus.RUTGERS.EDU () Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 34 HELP NEEDED: I am researching the Macintosh to use as a desktop publishing tool for the company I was recently hired at. We write technical manuals, eg firmware instruction/protocol, board instalations, programming manuals... Currently work is being done solely using PC MSWORD (sometimes a little help from Ventura) Yes, it's a horrible thing to work with. Pictures and drawings are artist produced and physically (scissors and tape) patched into the document. We are looking at Suns and Mac II's. We have been dissappointed in the Sun software/hardware performance for the price. I have earned the opportunity to lease a Mac II for a couple of weeks w/rented software to enable me to review it. I am soliciting for suggestions on the BEST (oh-boy, here it comes) packages in word processing, pagelayout, draw program and monitor(paperwhite or color). An integrated and powerful combination wp/layout (like Frame on SUN, but more wp power)is the ideal, if one exists, but a MSWord/Pagemaker solution is still OK. (Not great, but OK) Important wordprocessing features to us are Revision Marks, style sheets and real WYSIWYG. Much thanks in advance... -- ------------------------ Gerard Lachac |-------------\ lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu|-------------/ "Mommy, where's Fluffy?" ------------------------