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I need to put a document, big document, all together into a Digital format to share via email or www , so i don't wich could be the best option to make a good design of the document, i know about Adobe acrobat, but is there any other good software to do that?

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Robert, why do you want to use another software? :unsure:
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I would use photoshop. But if photoshop is pretty complex so if you dont know the porgram it might take you too long to learn enough of the basics to get it done in time. If you are interested in learning the porgram, I have a tutorial sectoin set up on bootlegcoverart that goes over the basics of the program and/or you can PM me. Otherwise if you know Adobe Acrobate well enough to the job done, I'd go with it.
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Thanks for the replies.

For the final distribution i'll use Adobe acrobat, but i was thinking in something else for the desing, i was checking Publisher and it's easy to make the pages to put them later on PDF format.

I know something about Photoshop, anyway i'll check the tutorial.

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The absolute best program to put together stuff like this in, is Adobe InDesign. Many newspapers uses it.

What you should know about the Adobe program's is:

You should use Photoshop for photo editing. Photoshop is able to create images with pixel graphics.

Indesign for typing texts and articles, for newspapers and such.

Illustrator for creating Vector graphics ( object graphics ). Vector graphics are made of mathematic calculations and curves.
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If you cannot get your hands on InDesign, the very best next thing is Quark Express, it is a little bit complicated, but very useful.
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Thank you guys!

I have got a copy of Indesign software today. I have never used before but i'll figure out how to do it.

Thanks for your help! :thumbs-up:

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you could always just use microsoft word, then save it as a pdf to share via email and the web.
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