On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:35:05 -0400, Benjamin Cramer <truempyi@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >As far as the second option goes, NW has billed itself (and built >itself) as a powerful application for doing both text editing and >text formatting. With the advent of electronic publication, it is >necessary for many of us to be able to do full page layout with >graphics and table integration. I don't particularly want to adopt a >new app like PageMaker to do this, but maybe I should. If I do, >though, then I don't see why I need anything more than BBedit and >Excalibur to write the text for my documents. I think you should adopt a new app but Adobe have officially stated that PM development will not continue. I use InDesign. Although I slavishly continue to update Quark, I have not used QX in more than 6 months. InDesign has the most advanced control over text layout imaginable and produces truly beautiful pages. I would love NW 6 to offer better typographic control and have said so in an earlier post. Sadly I don't think I'll get it and am therfore looking forward to Adobe releasing InCopy. You may wish to check this: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/199910/19991011InCopy.html In another post you had this to say: > Journals are beginning to go to an electronic format, in many cases > to save costs. I don't know that it will ever happen, but I > wouldn't be surprised if the custom in the future will be to submit > a fully formatted PDF version of text to some quick-turnaround > journal which will, after peer review of the science, "publish" your > PDF as is, reducing publication time from nearly a year for some > journals now to under a month. Obviously, there will still be a > need for high-quality journals with staff to do the layout and > longer publication times, but in the effort to get new ideas out as > quickly as possible a 1 month publication time would be attractive > for alot of people. PDF based workflow is very much happening right now! Rather than bore you and other members with the details, I suggest you hop over to Adobes website and see for yourself. It is worthwhile mentioning that the latest version of Illustrator is now PDF based *not* PostScript format. -- N. Nic Hamnett | nic@therss.com.hk
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