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#1 (permalink)   01-30-2010 MichelleJ Contributing Member   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 211 What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? I absolutely love to create things, but I have not focused on offering this type of service. I was wondering what the best programs are out there for desktop publishing. I love creating flyers, business cards, labels, and so forth. I have a pretty good color laser I'd like to put to better use, too. Would love opinions! Thank you all!

#2 (permalink)   01-30-2010 dognose Active Member Company name: Laserdog Productions   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lafayette, CO Posts: 856 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? Many, many years ago I did DTP. I used both Quark & PageMaker. I just Googled DTP software & I see that they are both still available. (My software is so old, it's on floppy disks!) I also see there are some free & very low priced packages. When I recall how much I paid for DTP all those years ago, I wonder what the difference is between the low end packages & the high end ones. Thanks for asking Michelle. I'll be checking back to see what others suggest. BTW, what kind of color laser do you have? I have a Dell & I absolutely love it!! Lezly

#3 (permalink)   02-05-2010 MichelleJ Contributing Member   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 211 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? Thank you for your response, Lezly (and my apologies for the late reply)! I have a PrintShop program I use - along with Microsoft Publisher. I just thought it would be fun for me to try to expand some creativity and try some more updated programs that are out there. I bet that Dell is fabulous! Mine is actually an older color laser - it's a HP Color LaserJet 2600n, but it has always printed VERY well. Hopefully it still will! LOL

#4 (permalink)   02-09-2010 NMVA1 New Member Company name: Nicole Murrell Virtual Assistance   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 34 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? I use a PrintShop program. I have used PrintShop for a very long time and it gets the job done well. It is easy to use and works well with other programs.

#5 (permalink)   02-09-2010 MichelleJ Contributing Member   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 211 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? I have PrintShop Deluxe. I really do enjoy working with it. It's fun. I think I could use an upgrade, though. Thank you for your response, NMVA1!

#6 (permalink)   02-09-2010 ParadiseLegal Contributing Member Company name: The Lyons Group, LLC NBWEN Blog: Top 3 Ways To Dig Deeper In Your Niche Market! My latest Twitter: RT @Spiritual_C0ACH: Great minds discuss ideas. Av...   Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 136 Blog Entries: 1 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? I use MS Publisher and Adobe Photoshop. My husband is a pro graphic designer and uses Quark Express. __________________ Shellye L. Lyons, Business/Marketing Manager ~~ The Lyons Group, LLC

#7 (permalink)   02-09-2010 MichelleJ Contributing Member   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 211 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? Wow! Your husband has a great job, Shellye! Thank you for your input!

#8 (permalink)   02-09-2010 ParadiseLegal Contributing Member Company name: The Lyons Group, LLC NBWEN Blog: Top 3 Ways To Dig Deeper In Your Niche Market! My latest Twitter: RT @Spiritual_C0ACH: Great minds discuss ideas. Av...   Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 136 Blog Entries: 1 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? You're welcome. He absolutely loves it! He's a publisher of a Sports & Entertainment newspaper he created from scratch!! So, if anyone has any major design projects that you need to refer, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll pass it on to him. He will be happy to pay a referral fee depending on the cost of the project!! __________________ Shellye L. Lyons, Business/Marketing Manager ~~ The Lyons Group, LLC

#9 (permalink)   02-09-2010 MichelleJ Contributing Member   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 211 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? That is awesome, Shellye!! How fabulous for him!

#10 (permalink)   02-11-2010 JKVirtualOffice Resident Member Company name: JK Virtual Office Resources Facebook Marketing Magic: Facebook Announces Video Chat in Partnership with ... My latest Twitter: Good news for social video apps: Facebook introduc...   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,309 Blog Entries: 5 Re: What Are The Best Programs For Desktop Publishing? I use Microsoft Publisher and Adobe Photoshop Elements. I don't do a lot of publishing work so these programs seem to do the trick for me. I know many others who also like to use Adobe Illustrator. __________________ Kimberly Facebook Marketing Magic!