• Dudewitbow@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    People often get a suite with stuff (sometimes with publisher included), or 365. Schools will often have it too. Regardless its two seperate programs for two seperate purposes. Conplaining about why one doesnt do something it wasnt primarily designed to do is using the wrong tool for the job.

    Dont want to pay for it? Use OpenOffices draw.

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      1 year ago

      Are you really suggesting that everyone should write books and papers in publisher? Word should not be used for that?

      And I do use OpenOffice at home. I have to use MS at work. And I don’t have publisher as part of my office suite at work.

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        1 year ago

        Of course they dont need to, but its kinda dumb to complain about a feature in word in a usecase its not intended for. Word has pretty strict guidelines on how its formatted. Complaining on why it doesnt work the way I want it to is like complaining if a flathead screwdriver isnt turning a phillips screw very well. It can, but its limited on what it can and cant do.

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      1 year ago

      It has the option to position pictures, so we can expect that to work. Regardless if there are better suited tools.

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      1 year ago

      scribus is an excellent DTP option for my use case and may be perfect for others as well.