Printing Software

[catfish]

I work for a cattle rancher, he wants to do his own brochures.  What is a good program to use?
Need all the help I can get.
Thanks

[hubcapsc]

I do a monthly newsletter for my SCV camp... the newsletter has to be delivered in postal
mail and some folks get it on the web... I create one document, with free web authoring
software (the thing that came with netscape 4.0) that both looks right printed, and looks
right on the web... I don't know how complex your brochure has to be, but with tables
it is easy to format simple text and pictures so that it looks right on the page...

-Mike

[DFragn]

I do a monthly newsletter for my SCV camp... the newsletter has to be delivered in postal
mail and some folks get it on the web... I create one document, with free web authoring
software (the thing that came with netscape 4.0) that both looks right printed, and looks
right on the web... I don't know how complex your brochure has to be, but with tables
it is easy to format simple text and pictures so that it looks right on the page...

-Mike

html <table>your brochure</table> are deprecated. They have been superseded by other more functional and flexible alternatives.

Although they're still supported by most browsers, they will soon become functionally obsolete.
Might want to get accustomed to declaring DIV classes in lieu of tables.

html:
<div class="example">your brochure</div>

CSS:
<style type="text/css">  
.example
{    
display:block;    
position:fixed;
bottom:0px;  
left:5px;  
width:81px;
height:105px;
z-index:1;
}
</style>

WC3 Consortium sets web browser standards, of which the MIT Computer Science Dept. is a huge contributor.

On a positive note, Internet Explorer [being the majority end-user browser selection] drags their feet when it comes to standardizing.

My brochure recommendation is to get...

Adobe Suite = Expensive!
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/production.html

Or Free Opensource "Gimp"
http://www.gimp.org/

Both of these have huge learning curves.
Adobe includes Web development/design.

Actually, save the headaches, time & money and have the Rancher move this project out-of-house.
You'll both be happier!

[biguglyman]

I've used and had good results with Corel PrintHouse.  I have an older version (6).  Not sure what the newest version is or how well it works, but 6 is easy to use and walks you right through the project.

[jer0177]

I've had decent luck with Microsoft Publisher in the past.  Had to put a tri-fold brochure together for a public speaking class last year and it turned out really nice.

I know there are those that don't like Microsoft products, but I get the OS and Office suites through school for a very reasonable price (free) and you can't beat that.

[hubcapsc]

 tables are in html5

 if tables went away, they might as well turn off the Internet, most web
 pages (including this one) wouldn't work anymore.

 they got a couple of attributes (align, for example) that are "officially" deprecated
 for tables in html5, but if you're just making something to print out, the middle of the
 page is the middle of the page...

Cheap free html authoriing tools like the one that came with netscape 4 (basically
the same thing you get with seamonkey from the firefox people) work fast and well
for simple projects... I've used them for non-web related stuff, just because it is so
easy to make a simple printable document...

-Mike

[DFragn]

 tables are in html5

 if tables went away, they might as well turn off the Internet, most web
 pages (including this one) wouldn't work anymore.

 they got a couple of attributes (align, for example) that are "officially" deprecated
 for tables in html5, but if you're just making something to print out, the middle of the
 page is the middle of the page...

Cheap free html authoriing tools like the one that came with netscape 4 (basically
the same thing you get with seamonkey from the firefox people) work fast and well
for simple projects... I've used them for non-web related stuff, just because it is so
easy to make a simple printable document...

-Mike

Tables will go away. They have been depreciated & are considered actively Deprecated.

I agree, And yes, this site too will have to be restructured. When I don't know...
I certainly wouldn't have referred to the WC3 with a fabrication.

I looked at this sites source code including it's stylesheets and as with any site can be easily converted in several hours.

My point was meant as; someone such as the OP or his employer would likely end up scratching their heads when their site would fail to load properly. It's sound advice to stop using tables and start coding with declared nested classes. It's by far much easier to code.
Maybe it wouldn't be for 5 years or more, I don't know, but if the OP's site remains up and relatively untouched it will fail. Failure will occur in stages between browsers as they do not all Standardize simultaneously. And, they're not likely to test their site in all top 5 browsers. IE can be tricky to cross code for.

Better to prepare the site initially.
Non-current authoring tools won't make the cut sans manual coding eventually.

Then again I don't use authoring tools.
Coding can be done in NotePad++ or even just NotePad & those files uploaded to your server.
I hard code everything myself and stay current with upcoming WC3 re-standardizations. Less upkeep maintenance down the road for me and generally means better, faster design code function.

I also write software programs - hence the DFragn handle and my Valks license plate DFragr. Now it's all Valk related.  

[catfish]

Thanks guy for all you input.  Helps