Forms Program
I have ProPage. Despite other posts here, though, I think Pagesetter
III would more than suit the kind of work you're doing. It's a
stripped-down ProPage, but it doesn't give up that many features; it
still outputs in color, for instance. On the other hand, Pagesetter
is around $70, which is a heck of a value, while the full-blown
ProPage big brother can be had for only about $150. It just depends
on your wish list and needs. Final Copy II is excellent as a word
processor/word publisher (really nice output). For simple,
two-column newsletters and the like, it might suffice. But for
anything ambitious it would come up short. Its advantageous is strong
output with ease of use. All the desktop publishing (DTP) programs
are harder to master than Final Copy but also allow you far more
control.
The main difference between Final Copy and the other mentioned
programs is that FC is meant is a word processing program with strong
graphics features, while the others are layout programs with
functional text editors. You can use built-in text editors with the
DTP programs to input copy, but they're not as handy. It's nice to
have both a word processor and a DTP program. — Ron Legro from