Publisher Stretch to Frame fx

[MaddestMax]

My boss has me doing some desktop publishing, and until now its been in MS Publisher. Now we have just gotten PageMaker and Quark. In Publisher, there's a function called 'Word Art' where you can put text in a box, then 'stretch' it so that it fills the entire frame vertically. I don't see this function or anything like it in either Pagemaker or Quark.

Can anybody tell me what the steps are?

Mark
Vancouver Canada

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, MaddestMax,

If your previous practice has been with MSPub, then I'm afraid it's big leap and lots of unlearning.

Conventional PM wisdom is do not use WordArt or any other OLE/Paste Special application.

Graphics are created in other applications - typically PhotoShop, Illustrator, Corel Draw and then imported into PM.

Graphics are imported into PM using File -> Place. The reason for this is that the import filters are tailored to ensure faithful reproduction of the original and overcome the shortcomings of the Windows clipboard.

I suggest you spend time reading this:

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@@.ef8501c

(You may need to register first.)

and this:

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/2f05a.htm

Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.

 

[Eggles]

And why on earth has your boss purchased BOTH Quark and Pagemaker when they are essentially the same sort of software - for page layout???

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, Lyn,

They should have bought InDesign anyway…

Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.