Alternative program

spud17

Does anyone know of a free program, that is a decent replacement for Print Shop Premier 5.0?

23n1th

Not used it but Scribus is free.

http://www.scribus.net/

spud17

23n1th wrote: »

Not used it but Scribus is free.

http://www.scribus.net/

Thanks, no other suggestions, so will have a look at the weekend.

Need something to create flyers, menus etc.

enigma52

try google

sharkie

That IS a name from the past. Thought wordart and powerpoint was the modern 'equivalent' in a minor way?

spud17

sharkie wrote: »

That IS a name from the past. Thought wordart and powerpoint was the modern 'equivalent' in a minor way?

Well spotted, Win95 if my research is correct.

I've not seen it, but the latest version don't seem to have good reviews, I'm just trying to help out.

It's been used by by someone along with Win2K pro, to print stuff for coffee morning type things at the village hall, they just want something similar.

They now have a laptop with XP, but cannot find the original disks.

sharkie

the versions I used were all dos based and on 5.25 floppies.

There was a much better, but virtually unknown xerox tool similar, that even did dtp with 9 pin matrix printers.

Tried this http://www.ronyasoft.com/products/poster-forge/buy.html

Also there is a poster tut free somewhere on the net using gimp.

spud17

I've just had a look at Scribus, it's certainly desktop publishing, but I don't think it's what is required.
Apparently Print Shop has lots of clipart to put e.g. ivy leaves around the borders, scrolls in corners etc.

Thanks anyway, will continue to search.

Owain_Moneysaver

spud17 wrote: »

It's been used by by someone along with Win2K pro, to print stuff for coffee morning type things at the village hall, they just want something similar.

Try an old version of Serif Pageplus DTP - the older versions are often available free on magazine cover disks. [STRIKE]freeserifsoftware.com is down at the moment -not sure if it will come back up.[/STRIKE]

Free Serif Pageplus download is available again, and there is a design gallery of templates here

spud17

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Try an old version of Serif Pageplus DTP - the older versions are often available free on magazine cover disks. freeserifsoftware.com is down at the moment -not sure if it will come back up.

Thanks, that looks more like what I think I'm looking for.
Always difficult trying to help third party.