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by: Brian_McGuane November 1, 2010 6:40 PM PDT

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Best Program for a Newbie to Create Flyers and brochures?

by Brian_McGuane - 11/1/10 6:40 PM

What's the best Windows program to use for creating my own brochures?

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Why not use what you have?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 11/2/10 1:40 PM

In Reply to: Best Program for a Newbie to Create Flyers and brochures? by Brian_McGuane

I've seen folk use Paint to make amazing works. But great software is free for the asking.

Paint.net example:
http://www.techairlines.com/2010/01/15/gimp-vs-paint-net-image-editing-first-class-flyer/

Open Office Example:
http://www.marccarson.com/site/resources/26/free-openoffice-templates-flyer-brochure

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by Brian_McGuane - 11/4/10 12:37 PM

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Thanks Bob!


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Several ways to create brochures

by tornio - 11/12/10 11:15 PM

In Reply to: Best Program for a Newbie to Create Flyers and brochures? by Brian_McGuane

Hi Brian, read your post with interest cause I'm a graphic designer and use Adobe CS3 and Corel software products. However, in your case, I would use Microsoft Publisher, that one that comes bundled with Microsoft Word. That program has quite a few templates for your choosing. When you get up to speed with publisher, you might consider the Adobe suites. Adobe Illustrator is excellent for brochures,Indesign for designing books, etc. Photoshop for photograph tweaking and you can do just about everything on the Creative suite by Adobe. If you're in college you can get a damn good deal on the website journeyed.com on the software I've mentioned so far and more. Check it out. Have a good one. Tonito


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Publisher - Yes, Seriously

by JHowry2010 - 11/29/10 7:12 AM

In Reply to: Best Program for a Newbie to Create Flyers and brochures? by Brian_McGuane

For an entry level Windows program, Publisher is actually not all that shabby. It'll give you all the options you need, plus it's easy to get hold of with Microsoft Office.

If you want something more substantial, I personally find InDesign quite intuitive to use, (more so than Quark Xpress) so a free trial on that might convince you to purchase Adobe's CS. I'd highly recommend finding a student to buy it for you, though, because those price tags are horribly expensive...

But yeah, Publisher. Seriously.


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Try first Windows Publisher

by sorenatsma - 12/25/10 7:42 PM

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Publisher has ready-made built-in templates where you just choose what project you are making e.g. Calendars, Brochures, Leaflet, Newsletters etc...
You can easily edit the page elements like texts, images, illustrations, graphs etc. much like using Word application.
Overtime, as you see its limitations(many), upgrade your taste to what the Pros and The Big Boys do. Learn Adobe InDesign.


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Microsoft Publisher

by sandraseeves - 3/9/11 11:20 PM

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MS Publisher is easy to use even for newbies.


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Best programme for a newbie

by IevaRats - 7/5/12 4:34 AM

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Well I offer you choosing Corel, it takes you less time to do the same things than with Photoshop.


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