Microsoft Publisher 2002 [OLD VERSION]

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AFI4
• Item model number: 164-01630
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 19, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,009 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review
If you want to design catalogs, newsletters, or professional-looking greeting cards but don't know where to start, Microsoft Publisher is an ideal program for you. Continuing its user-friendly tradition, this latest version is perfect for novices and experienced users alike.

As you'd expect, Publisher 2002 fits in seamlessly with Office XP, so you'll find features such as XP style menus and the new Task Pane and AutoCorrect to name but a few. Word users will approve of the Import wizard, as you can load documents directly into Publisher and apply new fonts, styles, and color schemes at the click of a mouse button. A huge range of predefined templates are provided, and you now get an additional 15 design sets focusing on business stationary themes--just pick one from the Task Pane and it's loaded, ready for your master touch. Fill effects and background choices abound, and you decide how you want text to wrap around each object.

The Web page design tools are a mixed bag, as Publisher allows you to produce excellent results and export them directly into HTML format. However, a lack of control over the Web page naming convention used for multipage projects, and the fact that Netscape Navigator doesn't cope well with Publisher's proprietary XML-based code, won't impress professional designers. It's a pity that Adobe's PDF format isn't supported either. However, while these shortcomings may make Publisher 2002 less appealing to professionals, it offers the rest of us a flying start into the world of desktop publishing. --Dave Mitchell

Amazon.com Product Description
Microsoft Publisher 2002 provides tools to create professional and compelling marketing materials that will help you take your business further. With professional page layout and text tools, you can build a strong visual identity for your product or company. Use one of 15 new, refined master sets designed by leading design firms. Using font schemes, choose fonts that work well together. Customize with expert precision and control. With the measurement toolbar, achieve precise object positioning and advanced text treatment such as tracking, kerning, and scaling.

With Publisher 2002, you can easily update your Publisher-created Web pages. Simply open them in Publisher and make changes. Start from scratch with the Web site wizard, or auto convert an existing brochure or newsletter into a Web site. Send your Publisher file as a rich e-mail message so anyone can view it, or send a file as an attachment. You also have the ability to open basic Word files within Publisher while retaining their original formatting, then use the Task Pane options to further enhance your document. Apply color schemes, font schemes, layouts, and more. With Smart Tags, you can accomplish tasks on the fly. Create custom toolbars containing spell checking, thesaurus, print preview, headers and footers, and the picture toolbar.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good not excellent purchase>, March 7, 2002

By	Andre Da Costa "A.Da Costa" (Jamaica W.I.) - See all my reviews

Microsoft Publisher 2002 contains new features for users such as the Microsoft Office Word-Art, which I think is a plus. It was so difficult in previous versions of Publisher to insert Text Art so that's one major benefit from the program. It has the familiar Task Pane which makes integration across all the Office (XP) applications work seamlessly. You get ton's Clip Art that are very unique so that Publications can look different and fancy. You also get more design templates for better variety and individuality in your publications, so that's another added bonus. It's cheaper than most high-end desk top publishers such as PageMaker or Quark Xpress. So if you are a person who does simple projects such as creating Post Cards, News Letters Publisher I think will come in very handy for those types of Projects. ... I think Microsoft Publisher is worth the buy. And it's better for first users of desktop publishing. Some experienced users might experience some problems with publications created in previous versions of Publisher but, it's not a major problem. Older files do convert thou, you just have remember if you are going to save a file as a previous version, you have to select file type. One of the main things is that it get's the job done and thats what we all want to do, right!

49 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars From Best to Worst, Seriously not Vengefully., August 18, 2001

By	spamoni (Florida) - See all my reviews

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY: ... Microsoft sent a CD in the mail (2 day delivery) which let me sample Publisher's new wares for 30 days, or "28 days more than I needed to realize I did not want it".

START UP: Wowsa. Probably the best thing about Publisher 2002 is the amazing speed with which it opens. Unless opening a document through file association, I can just barely take my hand off the mouse and snap my fingers before having Publisher 2002 open and ready to go.

WORD ART: Has Hell frozen over?! Word Art has finally changed! In publisher 2000 you could actually do more with a standard text box than with the geriatric WordArt component. The new word art is nice for canned effects, but nothing to rave about.

CUSTOMIZABLE TOOLBARS: What a novel idea. That the user should have control over what buttons belong on the toolbar. Word had it back in the days of Windows 3.11. How many years did it take Publisher to catch up? Unfortunately, when customizing the toolbar button hints are disabled. So if you do not know what the images mean you will be at a loss for what buttons are already on the toolbar.

Publisher also has this new green sheen to it. Buttons shadow green when the cursor rolls over them (why? just why?). Push buttons now have a green depression which doesn't make them look selected so much as sick. The main menu also comes with a wierd milky white sheen which makes one wonder if too much time spent under flourescent office lights hasn't given this version of Publisher a case of the rickets.

MEASUREMENTS: .... But now it is in a column instead of a row which doesn't really want to fit anywhere on the screen. As if moving the office assistant wasn't a big enough nuisance.

TEXT STYLES: MS Word has had them since version 6.0. All other page layout programs seem to have them. But Publisher? Its Styles format paragraphs only. This may seem like a small detail, but to someone doing serious bookwork it makes a world of difference.

INSTALL ON DEMAND: Whoever dreamed up this idiocy? Even when I have the CD-ROM in front of me it still manages to add a good three minutes off to my work day.

WEB STUFF: Hardy Har, Har, Har. I'm not even touching this mess.

SYNOPSIS: I may be ostracised from the desktop publishing community for writing this but..., it would not take much to turn Publisher 2002 or better = Publisher 2000 into a serious desktop publishing outfit. ....

So what you will be buying is largely glitz. P>-JD McDonnell of greaterthanzen

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelieveably bad upgrade to the 2000 version, November 27, 2001

By A Customer

I work with Publisher about 45 hours per month. This upgrade
isnt. I give it ONE star because there is no option for ZERO
stars. Why? The document is less controllable than 2000. You
can do complex work at 32 pages with photos and graphics but
the pre-press is more a nightmare than the hassles found in
usinf the 2000 version. If you were expecting Publisher to do
small publications of high quality forget it and look at Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign. You really do get what you pay for

here. the "registration" system on all 2002 MS software is a
joke. 2 installs? OK your desktop, then your laptop, and then
what if your hard drive croaks? You are out of installs!