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In article <BA1DTLS@xavier.swarthmore.edu>, annie@cs (Annie Fetter) writes:
>I am looking for information, good and bad, about Letraset's "DesignStudio,"
>their new DTP software.  We are presently using Ready, Set, Go! 4.5 with 
>satisfactory results, but wonder if an upgrade would be worth it.
>
>If you have any information or experience, please email.

I'm interested in hearing about DesignStudio as well, especially from
former Ready,Set,Go users.  LetraSet is allowing RSG users to upgrade
to DS for $100, and I'm not sure it's worth it, especially given their
rather low level of commitment to their RSG user population.

LetraSet's "Bug fixes? What bug fixes?" policy has been a real
problem; Microsoft products may have earned a reputation for being
troublesome, but at least Excel doesn't bomb if you use the RAM cache.

DS seems little more than an upgrade to RSG (although LetraSet plans
an RSG 5.0 release at some point), so $100 seems like a lot, at least
to someone's who's been $75 and $100'ed-to-death for the past couple of
years.  On the other hand, prices of PageMaker and Quark are sky-high,
and in many ways DS (and even RSG) seem more capable.

So if anyone has any experiences with or opinions about the product,
please post.

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