Wot - Adobie Cloud - InDesign plus everything else

John222 wrote on 7/13/2015, 1:30 PM
My wife plans to publish several genealogy manuscripts in the next few years and we need desktop publishing software. My daughter will be doing the editing and publishing. She is expected to incorporate lot of graphics

1. We currently own MS Office 2003 Ultimate with Publisher, but I find it rude and crude.
2. Scribus is free and seems more capable than Publisher, but seems to have quarks and isn't intuitive.
3. Adobie Cloud, since my daughter is again a student, she can get it for $19.99/month. And it looks like InDesign is the best of the bunch.

In addition to the document my wife wants published, my daughter can use it for her masters thesis and other projects.

So, is it worth doing the one year commitment and cost for Adobie Cloud or stick to Scribus?



Comments

Tech Diver wrote on 7/13/2015, 3:25 PM
Hi John,

You mention that your wife plans to publish over the next few years. Will your daughter be able to take advantage of academic pricing throughout that period or will have to switch to an more expensive plan later on? A quick Google search for "Scribus vs. InDesign" yields quite a few articles that speak quite favorably about Scribus. Here is one:

"Scribus has much of the same capabilities that InDesign offers, such as the ability to design large and multiple page layouts. It also works well with PDF creation. The only downside to Scribus is that it cannot read or import InDesign files, so if you start out working on a project in InDesign, you wouldn’t be able to complete the project in Scribus later on. Of course, if you’re using InDesign and you’re happy with it, you probably won’t run into this type of problem. Scribus also tends to use large file sizes. Obviously, if Scribus has many of the same capabilities as InDesign, it’s a great option because it’s free. It might be just the type of program you want to start out on before eventually moving on to InDesign. However, you might discover that Scribus is just the print design layout program you want to stick with because it works so well."

Hope this helps.
Peter
John222 wrote on 7/13/2015, 4:47 PM
She would still be a student next year, but the price would go up to $30/month. I downloaded Scribus last night and I'm going thru some tutorials to check it out. I may also try the InDesign trial to see if there are any major advantages...