In a message, SHERRI MILLER wrote to ALL:
 SM> Does anyone out there do desktop publishing?  I am looking for an 
 SM> inexpensive desktop publishing program.  I have Windows 3.1 and an 
 SM> Epson printer, but I hope to get a better printer in the future.
 SM> 
 SM> I would like to create newsletters as a ministry (for example, for 
 SM> our church and home school group), and don't have much $$$ to spend. 
  
  Hi Sherri, 
  We operate a word processing and desktop publishing business from our home. 
 We create newsletters using Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows.  It even comes 
with some basic templates for newsletters.  It'll do the 2 column, 3 column 
formats with no problem at all.  
  You can probably find WPG graphic files on BBSes in your area.  There is a 
file called Highland.zip that contains lots of bibilical related graphics in 
WPG format.
  Over in the INK echo on Fidonet, there have been good reviews on MS 
Publish, which is reported to cost about $70 if you shop around for it.  One 
person there reports she is using it for client work and getting paid for it.
  If you use Word for your newsletters, you can print your drafts on the 
Epson and take them to someplace like Kinko's to print on their high quality 
systems at 600 dpi, which will be adequate for photocopy duplication.
  We have an Epson Action Laser II here that still does great output, even if 
it's only 300 dpi.  Just be sure you use Epson toner cartridges, the refills 
have never worked well for us.
  Be seeing ya!
  -Franco Rios
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