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  • 08-01-2014 2:23pm
    #1
    The Bogman
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭


    Hi, I need to make a few posters for a college assignment and from asking around Microsoft Publisher seems to be the best way to go about it. Couple of questions, where to get it? And, is it easy to use? I have a version of it on my laptop but I think I got it when I downloaded a free Microsoft Office trial and it's now expired. The Microsoft Office package I'm currently using is 2010 and has Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
    Thanks.


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    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    Its comes with Office Professional Plus. You could try a college pc and do it from there or alternatively by it online from Software4Students at a discounted rate.


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    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    If you're stuck, you could download Libreoffice which is free. It may do what you want.


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    justjustin
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭justjustin


    You should be able to "rearm" office 2010 and get a total of 180 days free trial. A quick Google and you should find instructions. There is a file that comes with office which does this, it's completely legal and can also be done with most windows and server trial versions. When that 180 days expires you could then try office 2013 trial version for the same period of time. That's a whole year of free office, which should be plenty of time to get your projects done ;-)


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    If it's not overly complicated, it's nearly as easy to do up a poster in PowerPoint. I've done it loads of times. You can export the finshed 'slide' as a high quality pdf.


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    The Bogman
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭The Bogman


    Thanks for all the replies. Luckily enough, it doesn't need to be done for a few weeks so I can try out the few different ideas suggested. I'll report back


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    the evil lime
    Registered Users Posts: 356 ✭✭the evil lime


    Publisher is in the Office 365 University offering, which you can get here.

    You should also be able to get a trial of Office 365 Home Premium which contains it too.


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    You can also currently get the entire Adobe CS2 package for free. Or you can choose individual programs to install. I have Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro and Premiere. It's all from the Adobe website, you just need to setup an Adobe ID. These programs are a few years old and need to installed in compatability mode if running Windows, but they are more than adequate for any semi-serious needs in DTP.


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    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Microsoft apps make ****e PDFs and can have problems when it comes to printing. Try Scribus or Inkscape.

    http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus

    http://www.inkscape.org/en/


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