Despite Brian's pox, we use MS Publisher. It's quite versatile and can look 
as professional as you want it to -- you don't have to use the templates. 
(We also have a very nice printer -- we print 600 a quarter -- who is 
willing to work through the program's idiosyncrasies. All of those come from 
transferring it from one computer to another.) We tried In Design for about 
a year and just about pulled out our hair. We did not find it the least bit 
user friendly. If you are printing in house rather than sending it to a 
printer, Publisher is a snap.

Heather McClenahan, museum assistant/web master
Los Alamos Historical Society
http://www.losalamoshistory.org
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P.O. Box 43
1921 Juniper St.
Los Alamos, NM 87544
505-662-6272 (office)
505-470-2912 (cell)

 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janet Anderson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 11:29 AM
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] In House Produced Newsletters


I volunteer at a small, start up museum and we want to do a newsletter to 
our
members (about 350).   Going to an outside printer will be expensive, so I 
am
trying to convince our President to do it in house.

What is a good, easy software desktop publishing system to use?

How long does it typically take to put together a 2 page newsletter?

Any hints/helpful information about producing newsletters would be greatly
appreciated.

Janet Anderson
American Museum of Veterinary Medicine
Birdsboro, PA

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