I read an interesting article on MarketWatch.com some time back (Digital business cards move networking off paper) proposing that traditional business cards may be under threat from some new kids on the block – digital business cards and their associated networking services. Check out mine from BusinessCard2.com:

Yes, my BusinessCard2 card would look nice on my email attachment and handy for social networking, Tweets and the likes. But… yes, the but word; how about at a trade show? What about in the elevator? Or at my boys football (yes, soccer) matches?

There is work being done where these can be zapped from one cell phone to the next. But till all cell phones can communicate equally, the printer need not worry about printed business cards with fancy color graphics, maybe even made with Publisher software (!), going anywhere, anytime, soon.

This said, Stephen Beals gave us some stark warnings in this recent post, titled, “Don’t be too Certain About Print’s Future“…  Read more... (256 words, 1 image, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)

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Markzware Announces A New Updater v2.10 For PUB2ID
Easily Convert Microsoft Publisher Documents To Adobe InDesign Conversion Software, *FREE Download Now Available

SANTA ANA, California – July 16, 2009 –  Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading software developer and inventor of preflight has released an upgrade to its popular conversion solution PUB2ID v2.10, today. PUB2ID (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) is an Adobe plug-in for InDesign. It provides a quick, easy and affordable method for users to convert Microsoft Publisher content into new Adobe InDesign documents that preserve content, as well as the styles and formatting.

The Adobe InDesign user simply clicks on “File” in the toolbar, then “Open,” and selects the appropriate Microsoft Publisher file for conversion.  This simple two-step process initiates the conversion and opens the document in Adobe InDesign, saving graphic artists, printing and publishing professionals countless hours that would otherwise be spent recreating the document from the ground up.

This PUB2ID update provides the following enhancements:
• Grouped items in Publisher remain grouped in InDesign
• Text wrap around an image works more consistently
• Image scaling issues are resolved preserving the original scaling in InDesign
•.Pantone names are preserved as are custom RGB and CMYK values and tint values  Read more... (381 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)