> Word is concerned with a single document, whereas a newspaper 
> deals with multiple documents (aka articles).
> 
> Newspaper/magazine editing is a whole new game where you get 
> to learn about frames.  (Word does frames, btw).  For that 
> you'd use Publisher, Quark or FrameMaker.
> 
> A frame is like a text box, it just sits there, and you fill 
> it up.  A typical magazine page with 3 columns is in fact 3 
> separate frames.  The frames are linked.  When one fills up, 
> the text flows to the next.  If you have too much text, the 
> excess is lost (well, not visible).  If you do that in Word 
> (using columns), you end up with a new page.
> 
> The frames can be anywhere so long as they are linked, and 
> can include that sad last page in some publications that 
> contains the last few paragrahs of a dozen articles 
> (continued on page...).
> 
> Now you know why journos are obessed with word count.  They 
> write to fill a pre-determined amount of space.  If they miss 
> it, either the editer gets annoyed, or their article gets hacked.
> 
> Tony

Word have linked frames, too. You can easily configure linked frames and
'pour' in them the articles. Work wonderfully. Then, try to make a decent
newspaper with it. I'm sure it can be done. But, is worth the extra time?


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