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<blockquote data-quote="MusedFable" data-source="post: 2534723" data-attributes="member: 16168">I have a few questions about PDF software, and I thought you nice people at en-world's e-publishing forum would be able to help.The only thing Adobe Acrobat does is &quot;print&quot; other programs files into PDFs?&nbsp; For hundreds of dollars that seems very limited.&nbsp; It does not do layout right?&nbsp; Sure, it probable has some other features I'll never use, but in general it just adds a &quot;save as PDF&quot; feature to MS Word?If that's all Acrobat does, then why not get Acrobat Elements?&nbsp; It's only $40 (cheaper if you search online).&nbsp; Can you sell the PDFs you make with Elements?&nbsp; I already have Photoshop Elements (it came with my computer), and it has most of the Photoshop features and has a CD key to register.I'm assuming I'm correct in thinking Acrobat only saves the PDFs.&nbsp; So, PageMaker would do the layout right?&nbsp; The library had a guide for PageMaker and it seems to do all my layout needs.&nbsp; It has style sheets, so I can have a unified look without to much hassle.&nbsp; I think you can make sidebars by either using textblocks or frames.&nbsp; Does PageMaker allow me to set points around textblocks/frames so the main body of text gets &quot;pushed around&quot; the sidebar?I'm currently a college student, so I can get a huge discount right?&nbsp; If I buy them with my student discount can I use them as a business?&nbsp; Anything you think I missed?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MusedFable, post: 2534723, member: 16168"] I have a few questions about PDF software, and I thought you nice people at en-world's e-publishing forum would be able to help. The only thing Adobe Acrobat does is "print" other programs files into PDFs? For hundreds of dollars that seems very limited. It does not do layout right? Sure, it probable has some other features I'll never use, but in general it just adds a "save as PDF" feature to MS Word? If that's all Acrobat does, then why not get Acrobat Elements? It's only $40 (cheaper if you search online). Can you sell the PDFs you make with Elements? I already have Photoshop Elements (it came with my computer), and it has most of the Photoshop features and has a CD key to register. I'm assuming I'm correct in thinking Acrobat only saves the PDFs. So, PageMaker would do the layout right? The library had a guide for PageMaker and it seems to do all my layout needs. It has style sheets, so I can have a unified look without to much hassle. I think you can make sidebars by either using textblocks or frames. Does PageMaker allow me to set points around textblocks/frames so the main body of text gets "pushed around" the sidebar? I'm currently a college student, so I can get a huge discount right? If I buy them with my student discount can I use them as a business? Anything you think I missed? [/QUOTE]

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