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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 3526055" data-attributes="member: 6957">I have been using Page Plus by Serif for my own purposes, unconnected to publishing gaming material. Not bad at all. It now has the ability to edit PDFs as well as create them. Not an expensive package - $130 list, but sometimes available at a discount from that. (I paid $60 for mine.)TheFool1972 here at ENWorld introduced me to the program in a review a few years ago. (And many thanks for that!) It may not be as powerful as InDesign (though I am not certain of that), but it is more powerful that the version of QuarkXpress I used many years ago. Gods I hated that program, any time I saw 'See Page XX' errors in a gaming product I knew they had used Quark. It also had the World's Worst (tm) global search and replace. My experience with InDesign is nearly as ancient, but I really liked it - the little I got to use the program. (Best of all - it wasn't Quark!)The Auld Grump*EDIT* PagePlus 10 - the one I started with is available for $30 <a href="http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/store/default.asp" target="_blank">here.</a> There is also a non-PDF capable version available for free at the front page of the site. I am not familiar with the free version, but it is free, so might be worth a try to see if you like the interface.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 3526055, member: 6957"] I have been using Page Plus by Serif for my own purposes, unconnected to publishing gaming material. Not bad at all. It now has the ability to edit PDFs as well as create them. Not an expensive package - $130 list, but sometimes available at a discount from that. (I paid $60 for mine.) TheFool1972 here at ENWorld introduced me to the program in a review a few years ago. (And many thanks for that!) It may not be as powerful as InDesign (though I am not certain of that), but it is more powerful that the version of QuarkXpress I used many years ago. Gods I hated that program, any time I saw 'See Page XX' errors in a gaming product I knew they had used Quark. It also had the World's Worst (tm) global search and replace. My experience with InDesign is nearly as ancient, but I really liked it - the little I got to use the program. (Best of all - it wasn't Quark!) The Auld Grump *EDIT* PagePlus 10 - the one I started with is available for $30 [url=http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/store/default.asp]here.[/url] There is also a non-PDF capable version available for free at the front page of the site. I am not familiar with the free version, but it [i]is[/i] free, so might be worth a try to see if you like the interface. [/QUOTE]

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