Adobe PageMaker 6.5.2 (License Only) for PC (17501018E)

Pros: good for laying out books and large amounts of text
Cons: unreliable and difficult to use.

Graphic Design is my hobby, my profession, and my life. To base my opinion on this product, I'm going to outline what it was intended for and how people misuse it.
Pagemaker was intended for what its name states. Making pages....in other words,...

Pros: Rich feature set; cross-platform support; easy-to-use interface
Cons: Learning Curve

Adobe's new version of PageMaker, version 6.5 Plus, is the perfect desktop publishing tool for business people. It's more powerful than Microsoft Publisher and easier to use than long-time rival QuarkXPress. Underneath it all, this is the same old...

Pros: Quick fast and efficient
Cons: None

I love Pagemaker ever since I first purchased it in 1986, it is so efficient and has been my pal for the past 14 years. (Ok enough with the mushy stuff.) Before the personal computer revolution took hold I was trained on a dedicated word processor...

Pros: Incredible program
Cons: ?

Ah, pagemaker, my favorite program. Actually, scratch that. Second favorite ... I'd have to say that Adobe Photoshop is better. Actually, scratch that one too ... sorry ... Fractal Painter, even better. So I guess this is my third favorite program...

Pros: Widely used, good printing options, good management
Cons: Difficult to use, difficult to format, large file sizes.

I usually like Adobe Products. PageMaker is no different. I like it. But it's backwards. I'm one of those people who has to make professional-looking publications, but doesn't have all the time in the world to do it. I'm not a graphics designer nor...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Careful with the pictures

I first started using PageMaker in 1992, when, as a corporate writer in Manila, Philippines I followed our corporate artists around in the Public Relations Department because this was such a new stuff. We were coming out with a monthly corporate...

Pros: Easy-to-use
Cons: Can cause headaches in more complex design projects

I've used both Quark and PageMaker, in both a PC and Mac environment. This means I can actually save a Mac file so it will open on a PC (no small feat!) In my current all-PC networked environment, we settled on PageMaker as the tool of choice for our...

Pros: Interfaces well with other Adobe programs, doesn't pose a challenge to those familiar with Adobe interfaces
Cons: Drastically inferior for professional layout, not even particularly noteworthy for recreational use

Adobe is a smart corporation. They market to the executives and the large corporations that will buy the full versions of expensive products and will not want to have to learn anything too complicated. This is why PageMaker is design for dummies. It...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Lacks some crucial tools, too cumbersome

Sure Adobe's PageMaker is easy to use, but once you get to know it, it's a let down. If you're familiar with Adobe products you will soon learn that this is their worst. As my high school newspaper's design editor, I spent countless hours working with...

Pros: Versatile, easy to quickly have a nicely designed flyer out in no time at all. Pictures can be 'placed' and look great.
Cons: Not a good web design software. It can be done, but difficult.

I once put together a cookbook with Pagemaker (my software of choice). I was able to format the pages to just print in a specified area in the middle of an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper with marks for cutting at the corners. The index was a wonderful feature...

Pros: Easy interface, relatively powerful layout program
Cons: Dated. No multiple undos. Can be frustrating if you haven't figured out all its ins and outs

I remember staring bleary-eyed at a computer screen at ten in the evening, surrounded by the scent of hot wax and Photo Mechanical Transfer chemicals wafting from the print room as we rushed to finish the latest issue of our high school newspaper.
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Pros: Old fashioned paradigm for us old timers
Cons: Old fashioned paradigm

I learned page layout watching my father work. Back in those days, cut and paste was a whole lot different than CTRL-X, CTRL-V (or command key to us MAC users). We literally used to cut pieces of type and paste them to the board over blue lines that...

Pros: excellent for projects with lots of text and minimal graphics
Cons: does not do well with anything else

Pagemaker does one thing well - it makes pages. As long as that's what you want, you'll be very happy with it. If you're looking for something that will serve many different needs, look elsewhere. (And, if you find the program that does it all, please...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Not able to handle in depth tasks

My experience has been that Pagemaker is good for limited use. It's range is not as broad as other software, such as Quark. However, Pagemaker can do more than most 'print-from-home' programs.

My primary use for Pagemaker was for newsletters,...

Pros: better price than other solutions, effective design
Cons: slight loss of control compared to quark

I've been a Quark user for years now but recently, I have had to use Pagemaker for another project I am working on. I've used Pagemaker off and on in the past and know the software's similarities and differences from Quark.

As a Quark user, I...