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Topic: Microsoft Pro Publisher?
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| anonymousdesigner | Posted – 3/13/2008 11:09:14 PM | show profile | email poster Is ANYONE out there in graphic design land using Microsoft Pro Publisher? My employer has decided that sell sheets should now be done in this program and is insisting I learn and use it. I have been using Illustrator because my supervisor is not familiar enough with InDesign to use it and has neither the time nor the desire to learn. Our product catalogs have been done in Pro Publisher (by this same supervisor) but I feel it would be a giant step backwards for me to use it. I am almost insulted that they would suggest I must learn to use it instead of using the Adobe package. I have tried to explain that Adobe InDesign is the choice for page layout and multi page documents but they seem to feel I'm being a "Diva" and a "Primadonna" because I'm resistant to this change. I should note I havebeen looking for another job for several months but, in LA, with the economy what it is, well, I've had no luck. Any advice you all can offer would be greatly appreciated. |
| Letterbox | Posted – 3/14/2008 4:56:50 AM | show profile It's tough when you have a nondesigner manager stuck on a piece of software that no real pro uses. I had that happen once (for a very brief time), and I just muddled through it. Unfortunately, there are print vendors and service bureaus that can take any file you give them. There are even Word drivers for imagesetters. Damn their adaptability! I'd say don't push the matter unless you want to leave. Your supervisor is probably proud that he's self-taught and obviously set in his ways. In the end, you don't have to mention you used it when applying for other jobs. It's the work you produce that matters. Keep you Adobe skills honed. |
| ConfidentDesigner | Posted – 3/14/2008 11:46:36 AM | show profile Yeah, that reminds me of this goofy non profit that I worked for as art director that insisted I do things for them in WORD! The wanted me to do that so they could "change" the content at will. but yet they wanted it to look as good as an InDesign document. I tried and tried to convince these eggheads. Some of them got it, the stupid ones never did. Needless to say, I'm not there anymore to contend with that crap. I am now in a professional publishing house that ONLY uses InDesign (and Quark but they've shifted over to InDesign on most pieces). We don't even have Word on our Macs here, thank God. They would never even think of that! What's it gonna take to educate these morons in the non publishing/non advertising/PR world? Sigh... |
