Is Full-Color the New Standard for Office Documents?

[mattbeals]

Is Full-Color the New Standard for Office Documents? | The DocuMentor | ZDNet.com

Better figure out how to deal with Office files ya'll...

[wawelk]

i would doubt it, microsoft normally screws this stuff up, even if their photos are now cmyk vs rgb, i would guess that they still have two major issues, black text will still be a build, and they will still make it very difficult to get a photo out of word and into a decent program without losing mass quality, and when you ask tech support for help they will just blame it on adobe, or quark or whoever.

[mattbeals]

Keep it RGB and it's not so much of an issue to get decent color. I think I finally found what CMYK Microsoft is using in Publisher. There are tools available to fix the RGB black/gray type issue. Acrobat Pro is one, Callas pdfToolbox (which has a specific setting for Office RGB) is another. Let's not forget PitStop and Quite A Box of Tricks. Lots of choices, you just have to take advantage of them. Of course it is possible just to keep ignoring such a large installation base. Not that Printingforless.com does about $20MM a year dealing with a lot of file formats printers don't want. But hey, it's not like there is a shrinking print market.

Publisher color samples

Microsoft Standard CMYK Profile

[Cory Smith]

if you haven't figured out how to successfully work with office files by now, then you probably have bigger problems.

Lots of tools to help you along the way.

[ksherrod]

Heh..

Bring it on... I like it when people try to use Publisher/Powerpoint as design software...*smacks forehead*

[Craig]

My favorite design tool is Excel!

[SlaveToTheMan]

Lies, BroderBund 's PrintMaster Platinum is the new tool of choice! See, you can tell it's Professional because it has the word "Platinum" in the title.

[Cory Smith]

the other popular title is PrintShop Deluxe, also made by the fine folks at Broderbund. Which is more powerful? Deluxe or Platinum.

[giant1958]

my favorite design tool is excel!

you have got to be kidding me!!

[mattbeals]

printingforless.com , expresscopy.com and vistaprint.com to name a few don't mind taking the money of the clients who supply files in odd or standard file formats. A client who supplies an Excel or PrintShop Pro compared to a press perfect CMYK PDF from InDesign spends the same US currency as the rest of us. Can you imagine what an extra $20MM a year would do for a business? Wait, printingforless.com knows...