Best software for newsletters?

[SourChipmunk]

My job has recently requested I begin publishing their bi-monthly newsletter for them. Standard old magazine format type thing. Because of this, I have access to any application I would like to make it. Anything I get I will have to learn from scratch, so I'm trying to find out what will be the best investment for this purpose?

Anyone with experience have ideas?

TIA!

 

[M0KUJ1N]

Adobe Indesign?

Not free but it is pretty much the industry standard now for DTP on PCs. The only other good alternative I can think of is MS Publisher or Quark, which you dont hear much about these days.

 

[SourChipmunk]

Wow... Indesign might be a bit OTT for what I need. You did mention Publisher. Is that worth learning? I think it comes bundled with Office 2003 Professional, which I already have access to. Another choice is Pagemaker. I'm not sure which would be easier to learn for a simple newsletter.

 

[bitslice]

as you mentioned, I'd go for Microsoft Publisher 2003 for a simple newsletter,
I've just been using it to play with ideas for a web page redesign.

I found I still needed other tools to tweak pictures though
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[Belly]

Serif Page Plus? Cheap and Cheerful