Creating website

[Coldicote]

Does anyone out there use MS Publisher to create websites? I would like to include on a website a form which can be printed without having to print the whole web page. Perhaps it's not possible with Publisher, but does anyone know how to do this please?

[fo3nix]

A website with publisher? ARGH!!

You may be best creating the form in Word or something, then saving it as a pdf file which you can link to on your site for people to download then print off.

[Coldicote]

Thank you fo3nix - I hadn't thought of that and will give it a try. I suspect the ARGH!! might mean that you don't approve of Publisher for websites? I learnt to use it at evening classes and don't know any other, but one can always live and learn!

[fo3nix]

Not sure if all versions of Word can create a pdf for you (I think only later versions with some addition can do), so if you've created the form as a Word document you can use a program such as cutePDF to convert to pdf (free):
http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/Writer .asp

As for the website designing: no, I'm not a huge fan of publisher, especially for websites. It's just not made for it. There are lots of better programs out there that create websites (Microsoft's own Frontpage for one, though I don't like that either...), Dreamweaver (far more professional), or, my preference, just typing the code out manually (perhaps not best unless you particularly want to get into it though).

[Coldicote]

Many thanks again fo3nix. Dreamweaver sounds interesting - I've heard of it recommended before so will find time to have a look. I'll probably end up solving the immediate problem with a separate single web page, that can be linked to and from, and printed as a web page on its own.

[rojash]

You might also want to take a look at MS Expression Web, which is receiving good reviews and is similar to but cheaper than DreamWeaver.

You can get a free trial here:

http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/e n/web_designer/default.mspx

(I can't believe I've just recommended an MS product! Aaaaggghh!)

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