> Many fine improvements could be made if you would come to the real
> world and spend a few days sharing ideas on some of the things we are
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> address handling eps files that are very common in our business and
> are not going away. I would be glad to help if you would let me.
This newsgroup is for people who program against Publisher through VBA - and
you are talking with other Publisher users, not with people who have any
authority on decisions about the direction of Microsoft Publisher.
IMO Publisher 2003 has made large strides towards being a very suitable
program for prepress use, but as always there is room for improvement.
I would suggest taking a look here:
How to Contact the Microsoft Wish Program:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=114491

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Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher