Pages is good for Newsletters, especially when combined with 'Create Booklet' - a free add-on available from at
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/createbooklet.html This allows you to create a booklet in page order but then print it out so that the pages automatically print the way you want them (e.g. page 1 and 4 on the back of 2 and 3) - brilliant for A5 booklets. Colin On 7 Jun 2011, at 23:07, Richard S. Russell wrote: > On 2011 Jun 7, at 16:50, Lee wrote: > >> Why is everything I find related to Newsletter software only for email >> newsletters. >> I don't want an email newsletter but one I can print and send off to members >> in the normal mail. >> I'm sorry if there has been confusion. I've spent hours looking on the web >> but everything is email based/html stuff, not straightforward desktop >> publishing newsletter software. >> I can design it in Filemaker of course but it becomes not so user friendly >> when reports and content vary in size from month to month. > > > What you need is a page-layout program. Microsoft Word claims to have > page-layout capabilities built into it, probably about 2 doors down from the > kitchen sink. For Q&D stuff, I use the Mac-specific Nisus Writer Pro, but > Apple's own Pages (part of the iWork suite) is better for medium-quality work. > > Years ago, the professional-grade standards in the field were Quark Xpress, > Adobe PageMaker, and ReadySetGo. I expect that all of them have evolved or > died since I last had any need of them. > > I plead total ignorance of what's available for Windows users. Revd Colin Randall Rector of Barrow and Chester Diocesan Worship Adviser Church Web Site: www.stbartholomewbarrow.co.uk
