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Easiest software to make a school newspaper?

 
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xCustomx



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:04 pm    Post subject: Easiest software to make a school newspaper? Reply with quote

I've organized a newspaper club at my public school and have enough photos and stories to print. All we need to do is design a layout and get it printed. What is the easiest program to do this in?
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Easiest software to make a school newspaper? Reply with quote

xCustomx wrote:
I've organized a newspaper club at my public school and have enough photos and stories to print. All we need to do is design a layout and get it printed. What is the easiest program to do this in?


MS-word - multi column format, powerpoint can do the same and the learning curve is about 0 (wysiwyg).

Heck, for a school newspaper, paper, paste and the copy machine works fine too and gives a real professional looking result.
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the_beaver



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MS Publisher.

Might seem a little strange at first, but it's a pretty easy program and comes with newsletter templates. Most importantly, where you put something on a page is where it stays, unlike Word, which induces hours of swearing as graphics and text boxes do what they want.


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SuperHero



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I second the_beavers suggestion for Publisher.

Word is a word processor not a layout program. Publisher is a the poor mans Indesign and does a damn fine job of it with almost zero learning curve.
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superdave



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

go with adobe products ... i can use ms publisher, but i find adobe more flexible ... and before office 2007, ms publisher was not a part of office and had to be purchased separately.

my university newspaper was put together using adobe pagemaker.

here's a list of good DTP programs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_desktop_publishing_software

adobe pagemaker and indesign can both be downloaded *cough cough* via bittorrent.
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the_beaver



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

superdave wrote:
go with adobe products ... i can use ms publisher, but i find adobe more flexible ... and before office 2007, ms publisher was not a part of office and had to be purchased separately.

my university newspaper was put together using adobe pagemaker.

here's a list of good DTP programs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_desktop_publishing_software

adobe pagemaker and indesign can both be downloaded *cough cough* via bittorrent.


Far more powerful and far more flexible than Publisher, but anything Adobe takes a whole lot of time to learn. If the OP wants to get into publishing, Adobe products are by far the superior choice, but just for a couple-off newsletters or handouts, Publisher is the way.
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xCustomx



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks a lot guys. To keep things simple I'll try MS Publisher, especially since I have to teach the students to use it. If I were doing all the editing and page layouts it would take way too much time
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the_beaver



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

xCustomx wrote:
Thanks a lot guys. To keep things simple I'll try MS Publisher, especially since I have to teach the students to use it. If I were doing all the editing and page layouts it would take way too much time


I used to teach a CBI class and I taught all of the students to use Publisher in a very short time. It's the right choice for this sort of thing.
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