Comments on: Coming Soon…

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Speaking for Harcourt Publishing only, and only for the school division mind you….. We use Quark to make the eps files for the pages, then we use Acrobat to PDF them for the final proof. Acrobat locks the final PDF file.

Indesign is something we are just now tinkering with. We have been using it, but not as a standard practice yet.

PageMaker, Photoshop, and Illustrator are used for master graphic pages, and intense graphic layouts. (Usually in the first printing, or manuscript stage)

Quark, Acrobat, and Photoshop are used in the Reprint process. (For fixing graphic and text errors.) Acrobat is always used to make the final digital proof though.

By: Ren

Ren — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Quark seems to be the industry “standard” like Photoshop is supposed to be…

By: Kate S.

Kate S. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

(Sorry—off topic warning!)
Awww….that’s a very pretty baby girl. And I just fell in love with Tigger. Do you all live close to each other?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Quark had all the bells and whistles when most newspapers went to full pagination — therefore, they have 90% marketshare. While some of us would like to use InDesign and InCopy, its cost prohibitive to make the switch.

By: -=e=- the destroyer�

-=e=- the destroyer� — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Kate: There’s no such thing as “off-topic” here. :0) She’s about an hour and a half away FROM me. She and her friend Bobthecorgi were two of many people who’ve seen me and my family through some rough times. And vice versa. It’s good to see happy news on that end too.

You guys all have a point. I just got a tip that we all may be using Macs again too. I was advised not to buy any Macs until September (whatever that means).