Publication
The power of desktop publishing was introduced by the Macintosh in the 80s, but nowadays you can put together impressive publications no matter what type of computer you're using. I have a particular enjoyment in publication work.

Design.  For design, I primarily use Microsoft Publisher for ease and speed of use, but I'm skilled with Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign,  Quark XPress, and Scribus. Why would I choose to use Microsoft Publisher? Frankly, it's about the best product Microsoft has ever put out, and contrary to the proclamations of the PageMaker/InDesign/Quark folks, it does virtually everything those high-cost programs do. Really. Plus, Publisher is easy to use and its low cost enables me to set up clients with Publisher for very little money--and a very little learning curve. All that being said, Scribus is the next best thing! It's open-source software--meaning it's FREE!--and appears to be on its way to becoming the desktop publishing software of the future.

Adventure Quest!  Don't let that "intensive work" statement fool you. I did one project that was 344 solid pages and it was done completely using Microsoft Publisher. The project was started long before I had PageMaker or Quark, but MS Publisher has been a wonderful piece of software for the job. 344 pages is no slouch assembly! That's on 8.5"x11" paper with predominately 8-point font size and three-column text, with countless tables, charts, and graphics.

Adobe Acrobat PDF format.  I use Adobe Acrobat 5.0 to create universal PDF (Portable Document Format) readable using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader which works on every major computing platform -- Windows, Macintosh, Linux, etc.

Scanning
Scanning is done on a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 4c large-format flatbed. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is done using several top-quality OCR software packages.

Printing
Printing is done on Hewlett-Packard LaserJet and color DeskJet printers for industry-tops superiority.

Binding
As an additive, I'll even spiral-bind your reports or publications (the plastic combs) with GBC binding machines -- Image Maker Models 1000 and 2000. Cost is dependent on the size and number of copies of the publication.

Examples of Publication Projects
Following are some popular page layouts I can do for you.