Hmmm this is very interesting ... I tend to use OOo Draw for most of my desktop publishing needs - flyers, brochures, catalogs etc.
I prefer the control over placement of text boxes, images and other objects on the page compared to OOo Writer. Writer is useful for DTP requiring a lot of text and maybe a few images. DTP documents made in Draw look far nicer than in Writer in my opinion. Plus - once you save in PDF it will work on virtually any computer. Best wishes Hamish On 12/13/09, Alex Fisher <alexf....@internode.on.net> wrote: > > On Saturday 12 December 2009 06:20:44 Andy Brown wrote: > > > John McCreesh wrote: > > > > I agree with Alexandro - I prefer the more graphical look of the > > > > "Education Flyer". I think this particular flyer is good, although I > > > > think it could be improved by targeting the message better, and making > > > > more use of the available space. I also believe we should avoid > > > > proprietary software to create marketing materials, especially when the > > > > pdfs they create do not print correctly on the most common Linux pdf > > > > viewer :( > > > > > > The pamphlet/flyers/whatever you want to call them, should be done in > > > Writer. That way anyone that needs them can make the appropriate > > > changes for they locale and print them out. > > > > I agree with Alexandro, avoid Writer, use Draw it's much more suited to > > DTP work and much easier to edit later on. > > And I emphatically disagree with that. Draw is a PITA to work in. For DTP, > Writer is so much better. You have many of the features of Pagemaker available > in Writer, but as far as I can see not in Draw (for example, linked frames > which can be several pages apart, just like in "proper" DTP software. There is > more...). > > > > Chjeers > > GL > > > > > > As an early warning, for our 2010 marketing work I'll be looking to > > > > source some new brochures for conferences etc. There was some off-line > > > > discussion about this at OOoCon - one suggestion that went down well > > > > was to go 'mix and match'. So, we'd have a high quality, global, > > > > 'language neutral' folder - think > > > > http://www.folderprinting.co.uk/a4-folders.html - which we would use > > > > with inserts as appropriate: > > > > > > > > - for a small event - e.g. at a university - a local team could print > > > > out / photocopy black and white A4 inserts in the local language > > > > - for a large consumer event we could have one insert per 'application' > > > > (Writer, Calc, etc) printed full colour > > > > > > This may work for a large venue but what I am looking at is maybe 100 or > > > 200 to send to university for an event they are having. > > > > > > > The folder could also contain a product DVD if appropriate. > > > > > > > > Feedback welcomed - would this work? > > > > > > > > Thanks - John > > > > > > I have posters and disk ready to ship, it is the flyers that are holding > > > me up. > > > > > > -- > > > Andy > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > > -- > Alex Fisher > > Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project > > OpenOffice.org Marketing > Community Contact > Australia/New Zealand > > > http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
