Adobe Community: Why should I stop using Pagemaker

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1. Jay Chevako,

Sep 6, 2012 10:17 AM in reply to Form Designer Shawn

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The capabilities of Indesign make pagemaker seem like a toy.

I'm not sure how fancy your forms are, so the graphics handling may not be important.

Graphics handling is much better with support for transparencies, built in gradients, drop shadows, bevels etc. Much improved support for placed pdfs. Real color mangement, Separation panels, great for spot colors, etc.

For text I would think you could use things like character styles, better paragraph rules, page based baseline grids, nested styles and most importantly Native support of tables.

Although I haven't used it there is in CS6 added support for interactive forms.

I'm sure there are many other things that would help in forms that I have missed.

There will be a bit of adjustment, some people have a harder time than others. After a short time you wouldn't even think of going back to pagemaker.

Jay

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2. Form Designer Shawn,

Sep 6, 2012 11:03 AM in reply to Jay Chevako

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Thank you Jay, I appreciate it.

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3. Jay Chevako,

Sep 6, 2012 11:56 AM in reply to Form Designer Shawn

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http://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-for-design/c reating-pdf-forms-with-indesign-cs6/

Advanced pdf forms video

What type of forms do you work with?
Jay

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4. Form Designer Shawn,

Sep 6, 2012 12:15 PM in reply to Jay Chevako

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We print forms for small businesses, like invoices, work orders, repair forms & such. How about you? What do you do?

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5. Jay Chevako,

Sep 6, 2012 1:31 PM in reply to Form Designer Shawn

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My first job was hand coallating invoices in this very old style print shop. I now work mainly with magazines, programs and newsletters, stuck mostly in the print world.

Download a trial of Indesign and give it a try. Once you get used to all of the new styles and tables you will find that you can whip out forms in minutes. I used to do the financial sections of annual reports in Pagemaker (table heavy) what used to take me weeks I can now do in days
Jay

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6. Claudio González,

Sep 6, 2012 7:22 PM in reply to Form Designer Shawn

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Form Designer Shawn wrote:

I have been using Pagemaket 7 for many years, what benefits would justify an upgrade to Indesign considering costs & learning process!

First, PM has been a dead product for many years, and very soon youl'll find it doesn't work on your new setup. Second, I think you have waited for too long and the special upgrade price from PM to ID is no longer available. Third if you find ID too expensive or too full of features for your needs, there are a few non-Adobe cheaper alternatives.

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7. Form Designer Shawn,

Sep 7, 2012 11:46 AM in reply to Jay Chevako

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A question for you Jay, I am new in this forum! Is it allowed to place an outbound link to other blogs or videos in the forum? or would it be considered spamming?

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8. Bob Levine,

Sep 7, 2012 11:56 AM in reply to Form Designer Shawn

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If it's relevant feel free to post it.

Bob

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9. NwTech Writer,

Oct 11, 2012 11:30 AM in reply to Form Designer Shawn

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I've used both PM and ID. PageMaker was great. I've found InDesign diffucult to say the least.

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10. Claudio González,

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Sep 6, 2012 8:33 AM

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