InDesign or Quark

[Fern]

I just missed out on a writing job 10 minutes from my house because I'm not familar with using InDesign or Quark! Writing jobs are few and far between in my area. Whine. . . Whine. . .Whine!

I just looked up InDesign and from what I see its about $700, which is out of the question for me. Also called our local VoTech thinking a class might be offered working with either or both of these programs. The lady had never heard of either. Any ideas where one might find it for sale cheaper?

[Medievalist]

Skip it Fern. These are typesetting and layout programs; they have steep learning curves and assume you already know a lot of document design. You need studly hardware for either, and Quark requires a hardward dongle, a thing you attach to a USB port, to authenticate you as a legit user. Both applications are updated every couple of years as well.

Look for other jobs, really.

[Fern]

Thanks for the advice, Medievalist. Think that's a bit over my head. I was thinking it was something along the line of PrintShop or some such.