Word 2003: Almost a Full-Fledged Desktop Publishing Program

What program comes with the capability to create multicolumn layouts, smoothly import any kind of graphics, use slick design techniques such as drop caps, and even embed fonts for delivery to a professional printer? It's the same program that provides built-in brochure designs, custom fonts, clip art images, and drawing and font effects software. Yes, Word 2003 does all that.

Word isn't a full-fledged desktop publishing program. But if you know your way around Word, you can create a pretty fair newsletter or brochure. Chapter 13, “Getting Images into Your Documents,” and Chapter 14, “Using Word's Quick and Easy Drawing Tools,” cover many of the features you can use to build visual documents, ...

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