Mrs. Eidson

It depends . . . If your document will contain predominantly text,

Word is the better choice. If your document will contain many graphics,

photos, text, illustrations, etc., Publisher is the better choice.

Publisher gives you more control over graphics, photographs, illustrations, and text than Word.

Publisher allows the user to exercise more control over images, etc., than Word.

Publisher has many templates to begin the design process.

Templates are limited in Word. In Word, the user has some control over

graphics, text, etc., but more control in Publisher.

Word nor Publisher are considered industry professional applications for printing.

The final product (printed, etc.) in Word often does not look like the original.

Publisher is more stable than Word – Printed product more often resembles original.

Examples of industry professional publishing applications are: Quark Xpress Adobe InDesign

A blank Word document has some basic formatting before you ever touch the keyboard.

A Publisher document is a blank slate. There is not formatting until you enter it.

Consider the appearance of your finished product? Will it have many graphics, illustrations, photographs,

and a lot of text? If so, Publisher is the better choice. Will it have few graphics, illustrations, or

photographs? Consist mainly of text? If so, Word is the better choice.

For professional printing with Word or Publisher, convert the file to a PDF.

Converting to a PDF for submission to a professional printer makes the file more stable.

We will use Word and Publisher to create documents for publishing