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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dana_Jorgensen" data-source="post: 1085252" data-attributes="member: 12962">Layouts aren't as complicated as some might have you think when using something like MS Word rather than publishing software like Quark Xpress or Adobe PageMaker or InDesign.The secret with Word is to place your background through the header or footer using an anchored, formatted image. It is the only place in the document where Word won't fight your decision to place an image that will bleed off the edge of the pages. This also allows you to set a different header/footer for left and right pages, as well.Publishing software  allows the same thing, but utilize a pair of master pages for this instead, where you place all the repeating images, margins, backgrounds, headers, and footers.Anyway, before diving into the world of publishing software, be aware that beyond the basic word processing capacities of that class of software, they can have a pretty steep learning curve, and by their very nature, they can be quite a hassle when it comes to content dynamic content management. Do your writing in a regular word processor, with your basic formatting/layout ideas integrated with that document, and when you're sure you won't be changing the content any further, then move onto the publishing software to do the extensive layout work. Publishing software is also expensive. You can get Office XP for less than half the price of Xpress, Pagemaker, or InDesign.But one more thing you have to consider is this: How does it look printed? The Malhavic PDFs look gorgeous on screen, but they turn pretty damned lame once your printer scales the pages down to force a 1/2 inch margin around the edges because the manufacturer never designed the printer to handle margin bleeds.</blockquote>

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