| From: | David Hayes rook@***.net |
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| Subject: | SR Books Online |
| Date: | Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:59:28 -0800 |
Subject: RE: SR Books Online
> Au contraire. I have such experience. I do the layout for
>DEMONGROUND: The Electronic Magazine of Dark Conspiracy. I'm in the
>process of laying out issue 3 now. This is the first I have used Adobe
>Pagemaker for doing the layout (I used Word97 for DG 1 & 2) and I am
>much happier with how DG3 is turning out.
> When we set out to create the fanzine, I wanted to create
>something that is professional quality. I've since had a few people
tell
>me that I should be doing this for a living. So saying that no one on
>this list knows how to lay out a page is a bit rich. I may not do it
for
>a living, but I can do a pretty good job of it IMHO.
> If you want to have a look at DEMONGROUND 1 & 2, then check out
>the DG website http://www.42north.org/~demonground/. The fanzines are
>PDF files that you can download for free. It's worth having a look at
>anyway - Dark Conspiracy is not that far removed from Shadowrun,
>especially if you are still using the Horrors in your campaign (I've
>brought ideas across before).
> DG may not be perfect, I'll admit that. But it is MUCH better
>than your average net book. It's even better than TSS (sorry Adam - TSS
>is great, but I used TSS as a yardstick so that I had something to do
>better than).
> I'd think about doing layout IF and ONLY IF the text had been
>edited by someone who has decent spelling and grammar skills and it was
>ready just to be dropped into Pagemaker. I have enough headaches having
>to edit the DC stuff before I lay it out, and I wouldn't have time to
do
>both. I may not have time to do it anyway. But, if this project gets
off
>the ground, then I'll think about it.
>cheers
>G
>Geoff Skellams R&D - Tower Software
>Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
well, as good as pagemaker is i use quark and i know how to use it
reasonably well. quark is best on a macintosh which is what i use at
work, but i prefer, and use, a pc at home. my experience comes from
laying out our college paper, which is usually anywhere from 24-32
pages, some colour, some black and white, with about 30 articles/stories
to deal with.
i would be glad to lend a hand to anything like this.
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