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In article <1991Apr16.202935.14796@Arco.COM> diana@diana.ARCO.COM (Diana Sparks) writes:
>In article <1991Apr15.202404.834@convex.com>, graham@convex.com (Marv Graham)
>writes:
>> I am about to buy a page layout program....reviews omit Design Studio,
>> yet - .................. - it should be good alternative to Quark
>> and/or PageMaker.  Opinions?
>
>LetraSet's DesignStudio is probably the *easiest* PC/Mac DTP 
>program on the market to learn.  

Agreed.

>I don't believe it would be 
>well-suited for really long documents, tho.  I sat down and 
>was using it in just a few minutes.  You create 'boxes' on 
>the page for both text and graphics.  It's easy to set how 
>you want the text wrap to go, also (snaking; or magazine style 
>where the article starts on one page and finishes on another 
>page further back).  If you want to produce short docs with 
>graphics, it's a good bet.

Disagreed. Our publishing department has been using Ready-Set-Go (and 
soon to upgrade to Design Studio) Since 1987 when we bought our Macs. It 
was chosen for its ability to handle long documents, as well as its ease 
of use.

Once you have drawn the text blocks for a single page (and connected them 
with the "linker" tool), you can duplicate that page n times. All 
subsequent pages are linked as they should be. Once that's done, you can 
add or modify any page to suit, then pour in the text or type it in as 
you go (no need for PM's story editor; you see the text flow as you go).

>If you want info on PageMaker e-mail me. That's what I am using,
>among others, because I do really long docs.

Likewise, I use RSG/DS for really long docs.

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