Desktop Publishing: Well And Alive On My Mac.

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 | Mac Software | Read or Post a Comment

Swift I’m an old hand. Don’t let that fool you. A manicure can do wonders. I’m an old hand at desktop publishing on the Mac. I used PageMaker. I remember ReadySetGo. I use Adobe InDesign.

I’m very impressed with BeLight’s Swift Publisher. Why? Swift is swift. Cool. Elegant. It works. A value package with style.

With all the attention the web is getting these days, it would be easy to forget about desktop publishing. You know, printing. Paper. Brochures. Documents.

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1 Reader Comments

sac digital said:

I’m like you, a little old hand. I have used Page Maker, Quark (gosh I hated that program) and am now an InDesign user through and though. I even used indeisgn when it was in the early stages and filled with bugs and project-destroying surprises.

That said, InDesign has come a very long way and I think they have lots of room to expand and keep things fresh. Now in it’s CS3 version it’s very well cleaned up and produces consistent quality time after time.

I have checked out the software a little bit and it looks nice. While you would have to pry InDesign out of my cold dead hands before I made the switch, I think this is perfect for beginners as there is less of a learning curve and less out of pocket. Every now an then a customer will have me design a newsletter template that they can edit themselves. I haven been using MS Publisher (terrible program) for that in the past but I will be making the switch to Swift Publisher now since it’s just as easy and more powerful.

Thanks for the post on this program.

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