Publisher vs Word

[KathrynBassett]

Since it's said that Publisher will no longer be part of Office in the next
version, how do we do all the equivalent things in Word? Mainly I'll want to
know about the menu templates and what the "publish to web" choice is? I
can't find anything that will turn a document into a/an html page(s). I help
a lady who is very dependent on Publisher to make her website and does not
take well to change, so I hope that it's going to be as easy in Word as in
Publisher, or that MS reconsiders and keeps Publisher.

 

[DavidF]

Not sure where you got your information, but it was incorrect:

http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_off.../07/15/giving-feedback-on-publisher-2010.aspx

DavidF

 

[KathrynBassett]

Not sure where you got your information, but it was incorrect:

I should have been more clear. What I had heard was that 2010 is the last
time it was being included and that the next release would not include it. I
had the wrong use of "next" when I asked my question. I know that I've got
plenty of time before that happens, but over the next couple years I will
need to learn how do to it in Word and teach her how to do it so that she's
prepared when the time comes.

Thanks

 

[DavidF]

I am sorry, but that just seems a silly, unnecessary concern. Besides the
fact that there has been no facts provided that suggest Pub 2013 won't
happen, even if it is true why worry. I still use Pub 2000 as my production
version and have Pub 97 installed on a test machine, so I seriously doubt
that you need to worry about not being able to use Pub 2007 or 2010 for a
looooong time. Who knows what form Office will take by then, or even how the
internet will have evolved...or what other ways there will be to have a web
presence besides producing web files from a local computer. No...it is silly
to worry about at this point.

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

Sorry to be so judgmental...silly in my opinion. You can choose to worry
about anything you want.

DavidF

 

[John Ferrell]

Word 2007 has save options for both htm & mht. If you use mht many
browsers are unable to display it. I don't know of any usenet support
groups.

 

[Christiena]

What worries me about the change is in placement of the graphics. Placement
of graphics and text within boxes is so easy in Publisher. Word simply does
not have the same capacity as it is a word processing program which is not
that user-friendly when it comes to graphics placement.

 

[John Ferrell]

What worries me about the change is in placement of the graphics. Placement
of graphics and text within boxes is so easy in Publisher. Word simply does
not have the same capacity as it is a word processing program which is not
that user-friendly when it comes to graphics placement.

I agree. I am inclined to mix pages of Word and Publisher on the same
site. I regard both as "High Level Web Compilers" and expect
limitations and bloated code. A price must be paid for the ease of
operation.

 

[DavidF]

I don't think you are going to find Word a good alternative to
Publisher...you just don't have the flexibility in arranging and laying out
the page in the same way as Publisher. Nor can you easily import a Publisher
file into Word...at least not the graphics.

If you, the original poster or anyone else is worried about the future or
Publisher then I would suggest you look at the Serif line of software. They
have a similar desk top publishing program and a good alternative to
Publisher for webs called WebPlus. It works much as Publisher does and the
learning curve from switching to a different program would be less than if
you moved your web to Web Expression, Dreamweaver or some other full web
editor. However if you want a full standards compliant editor, then Web
Expression is the MSFT alternative.

DavidF