analyse the similarities between the interfaces of MS Publisher ana MS Word
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The main difference between Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher is how they both handle text and graphics in relation to text. Microsoft Word is designed to create documents in a more traditional way where text is in straight lines left-to-right (English, French, German etc.) or right-to-left (Urdu, Arabic, Persian etc.) and then top to bottom. In such a document, the emphasis is on arranging huge amount of text (stories, essays, books etc.) in spatially most efficient yet readable manner. In such documents, graphics are not as abundant as text and are used only to supplement and complement the textual content, therefore, Word has limited capability to handle graphics and while doing so it always tries to place them in relation to the text. Word has come a long way in terms of how accurately it can help you arrange graphics in or around text, however, the emphasis is still on latter and it always gets in the way if you are trying to create a document where graphics have to get more prominence; for example pamphlet, brochure, posters, advertisements etc.
If your document has very limited text and has a lot of graphics where text is only supplemental to the design elements, Microsoft Publisher is the best program for it. The workspace of Publisher is designed for graphics and every textual element has to go inside the graphics. In Publisher, you cannot type anything outside a graphic element (box, circle, text box etc.) Publisher is, therefore, best for things like posters, brochures with very little text, pamphlets etc.
I have a simple rule for choosing between the two programs for my documents. If my project has too many graphic elements, cliparts and pictures for Word to handle, I use Publisher, otherwise I stick with Word.
There are some projects, which, you will find, are easier to do in Publisher than Word, however, with enough skill one can use Word too for such projects but they might be more time consuming. If you are designing a 1 page poster with 20 words and 10 pictures and designs, use Publisher. If you are designing a 5 page brochure with 700 words and 5 photographs, use Word.
I will use lots of text boxes in Microsoft Publisher for a poster like below. It will be extremely difficult even impossible for me to tilt text boxes like this poster in Word
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