On 6/5/25 09:49, Jeff Zeitlin - editor at freelancetraveller.com (via
tml list) wrote:
> On Mon, 05 May 2025 19:28:35 -0400, I wrote:
>
>> The May/June 2025 issue of Freelance Traveller has been posted for
>> download!
> As a bit of a side note, mentioned in my Page 1 blather, this issue was
> built using a new-to-me program, Affinity Publisher. After some hunting
> around, I decided that the free Scribus was closer to being a replacement
> for such high-end packages as InDesign, PageMaker, or QuarkExpress.
> Affinity is closer to that model than Microsoft Publisher was, but it's
> also closer to the Microsoft Publisher model than it is to the
> Scribus/InDesign/PageMaker/QuarkExpress model. There's enough differences
> between it and Microsoft to generate a noticeable learning curve, but it's
> solid enough that I managed to learn the program and get the magazine out
> only just over a week late.
>
>
Learning a fairly new program from a somewhat-standing start, and
resulting in the magazine _only_ being a week late?

Bravo!

Just _how_ long has Collision been doing "Confessions of a Newbie
Referee" ?  Surely it's time to upgrade to at least "Rookiee Referee"?

Was the jump to Win11 the death knell for MS Publisher?

Alex