Publisher/Pagemaker clones?

[sleuth]

I need to make a booklet, but really don't want to buy Pagemaker ($600) or Publisher ($150) for this one-time project.

Anyone know of decent freeware or shareware out there?

I'm trying to use Microsoft Word but being that I don't know how many pages it's going to be, figuring out how to print the pages in the right order is a pain. They have a booklet template, but it's only for if you want a landscape oriented paper, while I'm trying to get something folded down the length of the paper (portrait oriented).

 

[crabcake]

Can you change the paper size/format (i.e., portrait vs. landscape) in the page options?

I can't really recommend any "clones". I have pagemaker and I love it and swear by it. I've used Quark as well, and it's similiar, but having used pagemaker for 12 years, I'm a devotee. But if you've never used it, it takes some getting used to; it's more for serious desktop publishing projects (e.g., newspapers), but it would work for your project.

 

[FastCarsSpeed]

I need to make a booklet, but really don't want to buy Pagemaker ($600) or Publisher ($150) for this one-time project.

Anyone know of decent freeware or shareware out there?

I'm trying to use Microsoft Word but being that I don't know how many pages it's going to be, figuring out how to print the pages in the right order is a pain. They have a booklet template, but it's only for if you want a landscape oriented paper, while I'm trying to get something folded down the length of the paper (portrait oriented).

What do you mean in the right order? Will you be sending this off to a printing company or will you be doing this on your own printer? The reason word is doing it in landscape is because a booklet is 5.5X8 and you would be folding the papers in half.

 

[mainman]

What do you mean in the right order? Will you be sending this off to a printing company or will you be doing this on your own printer? The reason word is doing it in landscape is because a booklet is 5.5X8 and you would be folding the papers in half.

I have been waiting a long time for the, "How to make a spice rack" booklet to come out...

 

[crabcake]

I have been waiting a long time for the, "How to make a spice rack" booklet to come out...

Sorry, C ... but that was funny.

 

[2ndAmendment]

I need to make a booklet, but really don't want to buy Pagemaker ($600) or Publisher ($150) for this one-time project.

Anyone know of decent freeware or shareware out there?

I'm trying to use Microsoft Word but being that I don't know how many pages it's going to be, figuring out how to print the pages in the right order is a pain. They have a booklet template, but it's only for if you want a landscape oriented paper, while I'm trying to get something folded down the length of the paper (portrait oriented).

Scribus is great and free but is for Linux.