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Greetings!
I use Pagemaker 7.1 and have been using a real old shareware version of Paint Shop Pro program for years. It works just fine for my purposes. However, since I’m the least stupid computer graphics person around here I’m becoming the newsletter "expert" and need to get something with more capabilities.
People are sending me mostly PDF files as display ads. Most of these guys are just passing the ads on and don’t know how to change things like area codes, at a new line here or there, etc. So, as the "expert" now, I need a program that let’s me open PDF files and make changes and correct problems with fonts, etc.
I hear lots of names floating around — Illustrator, Photoshop and Quark are names that come up a lot. Unfortunately, I don’t know any of them from Shinola.
Also, I’m stuck with Windows 98SE and not a Mac (but I will NOT use a Microsoft graphics program).
Also, as I’m not interested in plopping down $500 for a product that might turn out to be a bad choice, I’d be most interested in what you think is the oldest version of a good program that is still pretty commonly in use. I plan to hit one of the ebay sites first. Then if the one I get works out OK, I’ll consider upgrading at that time.
Thanks very much. If you read this far, give yourself an extra big pat on the back!!
B:^)
Fred
I use Pagemaker 7.1 and have been using a real old shareware version of Paint Shop Pro program for years. It works just fine for my purposes. However, since I’m the least stupid computer graphics person around here I’m becoming the newsletter "expert" and need to get something with more capabilities.
People are sending me mostly PDF files as display ads. Most of these guys are just passing the ads on and don’t know how to change things like area codes, at a new line here or there, etc. So, as the "expert" now, I need a program that let’s me open PDF files and make changes and correct problems with fonts, etc.
I hear lots of names floating around — Illustrator, Photoshop and Quark are names that come up a lot. Unfortunately, I don’t know any of them from Shinola.
Also, I’m stuck with Windows 98SE and not a Mac (but I will NOT use a Microsoft graphics program).
Also, as I’m not interested in plopping down $500 for a product that might turn out to be a bad choice, I’d be most interested in what you think is the oldest version of a good program that is still pretty commonly in use. I plan to hit one of the ebay sites first. Then if the one I get works out OK, I’ll consider upgrading at that time.
Thanks very much. If you read this far, give yourself an extra big pat on the back!!
B:^)
Fred
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