SERIF PAGEPLUS 7 DTP vs MS PUBLISHER 2000  
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FEATURE COMPARISON
Serif PagePlus 7 vs Microsoft Publisher 2000


FeaturePagePlus 7Publisher 2000

Ease of Use

HintLineYESNO
Headers & Footers WizardYESNO
Startup WizardYESNO
Document Selection WizardYESYES
Index WizardYESNO
Table of Contents WizardYESNO
Gallery of image masksYESNO
On Screen Studio - FontsYESNO
On Screen Studio - ColorsYESNO
On Screen Studio - Color SchemesYESNO
On Screen Studio - Line AttributesYESNO
On Screen Studio - GalleryYESNO
On Screen Studio - PortfoliosYESNO
On Screen Studio - FillsYESNO
On Screen Studio - TransparenciesYESNO

Text Handling

Real time text re flowYESNO
Shaped text framesYESNO
Table of Contents WizardYESNO
Auto sizing of text to fill frameYESYES
Text frame shapes customizable (QuickShapes)YESNO
ThesaurusYESNO
Grammar CheckerYESNO
Integrated Word ProcessorYESNO
Draft or Layout view of text in Word ProcessorYESN/A
Style Bar in Word ProcessorYESN/A
Use text formatting in AutoCorrectYESNO
Inherited text stylesYESNO
Crop textYESNO
Advanced hyphenation controlsYESNO
Number of text wrap presets222

Graphics

Intelligent QuickShapesYESNO
Photo OptimizerYESNO
Picture exportYESNO
Cropping, Rotating and Flipping imagesYESYES
Support for object transparency (custom & presets)YESNO
RGB transparency for imagesYESNO
Support for 32-bit images with graduated transparencyYESNO
Editable Graduated FillsYESNO
Interactive Graduated Fill ToolYESNO
Freehand line drawingYESNO
Auto smoothing of freehand linesYESNO
PolyLines (adjoining straight lines)YESNO
Import PNG graphicsYESNO
Crop drawn objectsYESNO
Other additional import formats not in Publisher?13 OTHERSN/A
Number of colors in graduated fillsNO LIMIT2

Other technology

On screen smoothing of text and drawn objectsYESNO
Switch layout snapping on and offYESNO
Customizable snap gridYESNO
CMYK and Spot Color SeparationYESYES
Print previewYESNO
Imposition print overviewYESNO
Create mini spreadsheetsYESNO
Distribute objects with customizable, even gapsYESNO
Color MapperYESNO
Multiple Undo and RedoYESNO
Rulers snapping to objectsYESNO
Maximum zoom5000%
(more under NT4/2000)
400%
 
Preset document types9011
Multiple document supportYes
Multiple Top-Level Interface
No
Single Document Interface

Web Publishing

Scrolling TextYESNO
Java Applet SupportYESNO
Sound Support (other than background sound)YESOnly by OLE
Video SupportYESOnly by OLE


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