Re: Creating an Autobiography

Thanks, Mary. Your replies are always so helpful. I see your input often when reading your answers to other people!

There was one question I asked in the middle of my "rambling" that perhaps you didn't see - and that was (reworded) - Will Publisher wrap text around pictures the way Word does? When I copied my "story" from Word into Publisher, it put the pictures (that were in Word, NEXT to text), underneath the text. Is there any way to solve that? I just looked at Publisher and I see if one is creating something in Publ. that clicking on a picture give the same options (i.e. Word Wrap-tight) as MS Word does, but it didn't carry over when I open the Word document on Publ. I clicked on a photo and Square was selected, and it didn't let me change it.

"Mary Sauer" <gsauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ONH$5yDUGHA.5468@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Download the Reader, rather than install, save... Put the installation files on the CD, let your friends install it on their hard drives.

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"Joy" <joymp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OYxixgDUGHA.736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I just took a look and it was already enabled. So then I took another look at the PDF "version", and discovered the pages were backward! And it was the ending pages where I didn't have any pictures. The pictures did copy fine into PDF. . . . Just checked that out, and for some strange reason, Print in Reverse Order was checked. So that is solved!

As for putting it into Publisher, I had tried that earlier, and whereas in Word using the Word "tight text wrap" they are where I want them (i.e. left or right or above the text) all of which took quite a lot of time; in Publisher I'd have to do all that over again, and it wouldn't wrap the text for me, would it? so I'd have to make a lot of individual text boxes of all sizes and shapes, etc. Besides, if the people I sent it to didn't have Publisher, it wouldn't help; that's why PDF sounds like a better choice. How would I also include Acrobat Reader on the CD?

"Mary Sauer" <gsauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eJrS26%23TGHA.5500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In Word's options, print tab, do you have drawing objects enabled? Pictures will print in the PDF conversion. If you are planning to do a CD for an universal audience, a PDF would be the way to go. You could include the Acrobat Reader on the CD as well.
Publisher is a much simpler layout tool. Do your text in Word, copy/paste into Publisher, layout your images. If the pictures are already in Word, copy/paste them individually.
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"Joy" <joymp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ekO9Kg7TGHA.4452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mary, I'm working on something like this too. My childhood memories for my grandkids. I've written almost all (that I'm going to write probably) in Word. Then I've been going back and inserting pictures in with the text, at various places on the page (depending on a variety of factors). Might be above, or to the right or the left of the text. I think I've found that I cannot copy that document into Publisher, which I would like to do, though. I just now tried putting the document into PDF and I see that the text got there, but not the pictures! Basically I'm just trying to find a way to save this in a form that would be easy for all kids and grandkids to read. They might not all have Word. I'd like to eventually save it on a CD for them and as I said, in a form they can open and view easily. I would welcome any and all suggestions!

"Mary Sauer" <gsauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23AwR%23HaTGHA.4492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Create the text in Word, once you are finished, open Publisher, create a text box, paste the text, Publisher will automatically create text boxes and pages. Do your layout, adding more text boxes and pages as needed.

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"Dr. PHILL" <Dr. PHILL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1124095B-09DA-47BD-A0D3-8CDD148D5EA8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'd like to write my autobiography and think I want to do it in Publisher,
since I want to include a large number of photographs. I've found trying
this in WORD is extremely difficult.

Is PUBLISHER a good option, or does anyone have a better solution? I want
to easily resize photos and insert them within my text, as I type my text.









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