Microsoft Publisher

Business cards

Internal memos that use a logo or a little bit of design.

Quick and simple flyers for internal events.

Formatting in general. It's a pain to refine a layout in Publisher in my opinion.

Microsoft is so invested in their approach to software and making it look and feel like an Office 365 application that they inadvertantly cripple applications like Publisher.

Earlier versions of Publisher gave you a lot more latitude and creative freedom. They were also much easier to work with. Not everything has to look like it's part of Office 365. They did the same ... thing to Access.

Importing photos to insert into flyers or documents.

Creating quick signs for either directions or safety at jobsites so the superintendents can have them right away.

There is a wealth of pre-loaded shapes, fonts, and clip arts that allows for a professional looking document without having to have a graphic design degree to figure it out.

Overall I don't have any issues using this program.

Design of my quarterly full color magazine: (usually 28-56 pages in length)

Design of the quarterly planning system used by me and others in the annual conference.

Design and layout of any document that requires graphics/photos.

Simple to use with ample flexibility and strength of features

The greatest shortcoming is large (300+ page documents) that require lots of internal hyperlinks. While it can do it, I can tell, due to the way it bogs down, that I am pushing the program to its limits.

I would like to be able to work better with pdf's. I would like the ability to import a pdf of a graph, picture, or some other object directly into a Publisher document. Currently, I have to first convert the pdf to a jpeg and then import the jpeg. I have not found a way around this issue.

At one point, I thought I had the option to automatically turn off hyphenation. Somewhere along the way, it seems as if the default for everything is hyphenation is turned on. I detest hyphenation and turning it off on every box I create becomes cumbersome.

More options for graphics. Particularly the defaults that allow you to place "frames" and effects around photos. More options.

The templates are great

It’s very user friendly for anyone familiar with Microsoft suite

It’s easier to manipulate images on your workspace than using Microsoft word

More options or more blank templates

System Design Architecture diagramming

Information Flow Diagrams

Brochures & Pamphlets

Incorporate item templates similar to Visio

Ability to save document to a vectorized format

Affordable.

Variety of templates are useful.

Easy to use.

Spellcheck does not always catch errors in medical terms.

Does not seem to work on Apple products, which is fine for use at work, but does [not] let me work on it from my MacBook at home.

Extremely user-friendly.

Easily converts to image files and PDF.

Simple maneuverability.

Less expensive alternative to high-end graphics programs.

Would like more built-in graphics.

Would like smaller file size.

Would like the ability to curve text.

Easy create newsletters and flyers

Many templates to choose from

It doesn't have similar layout as other Microsoft applications such as Word and PowerPoint.

A little expensive compared to publishing software.

Developing eNewsletters

Mass email sending

Some of its interface felt a little dated

Limited integration from other Microsoft programs