#mspublisher — Public Fediverse posts

I'm looking for a replacement for MS Publisher. It has been my go-to application for anything that needs a detailed layout for printed materials (e.g., #academicPosters, #flyers, table tents, #businessCards). Now that #Microsoft will stop supporting it in October, I need a new idea.

What is everyone else using for desktop publishing?

#Canva is great for some projects, but the translation to printed materials has issues (like not being able to set margins). I've also tried #InDesign, but that has a steep learning curve and is overkill for what I need.

And no Word or PowerPoint. I've tried those too. This is not what they are designed for.

🖨️ #mspublisher #publisher #desktoppublishing #print #poster #academia #academicmastodon #printlayout #STEM #education #research #foss #newsletter

I've been writing a manual that instructs our #QlikView users how to switch their credentials from local server accounts to network accounts.

I was hoping to use #MSSway. But it refuses to start. So I'm using #MSPublisher. On #MSWindows it's the best knock-off of #AldusPagemaker. And included in #Microsoft's Enterprise plan for #MSOffice.

But for some reason all it's font themes are titled in Arabic. Which I don't read...