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In article <32341@apple.Apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
> Definitely. Once you settle on a general format, it's plug and play through
> the rest of the document. I can lay out 28 pages of OtherRealms, including
> art and all the graphic aspects, in about three days [...]

Yup.  Print production is something that should be pretty easy for someone
with an engineering background to pick up, as long as they're willing to
listen to the printer before they object to something :-).

> [...]  And having
> hacked on this stuff for about four years, I can point to my recent business
> card fiasco. It's amazing how much garbage you can create in 2x3 inches...

Kind of like programming :-).

One thing that I wanted to add to this discussion before it goes back into
hibernation is that I don't think any of us are claiming that someone with
no professional experience in publication design *can't* do competent work.
I mean, I fall into that category myself, more or less.  What tends to annoy
me are the people who think that a computer-based document preparation
system is *all* they need...

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