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Luki · 04-21-2004, 01:22 PM

I need to find a program to do my graduation invitations on. Anyone have any suggestions?

I'm thinking this will be a project done entirely at home on my personal computer with most likely black ink and maybe some color(not currently sure about the color).

I need to have all of them done in the next week or so. And I have no money to spend on a program so freeware is good.

I've not done a project like this yet and was trying to decide the best way to go about it.

Any thoughts, suggestions or comments would be helpful.

Mephisto2 · 04-21-2004, 03:45 PM

What OS are you using?

If MS, you code easily use Word (if you have it), or WordPad if not...

Mr Mephisto

Latch · 04-22-2004, 12:06 AM

Graphics Editor: The Gimp

Word Processor: OpenOffice

While I don't know of a specific program for invitiations, between those two you could make a kickass invitation.

Openoffice is like an Opensource MSOffice
The Gimp is like an Opensource Photoshop

SecretMethod70 · 04-22-2004, 03:04 AM

Open Source isn't exactly freeware, but those two open source programs do also happen to be free in the monetary sense

Like Mr Mpehisto said, if you have MS Word, you should be able to do it fairly easily in that. OpenOffice.org is a bit of a large download (and unnecessary if you have MS Word) and GIMP doesn't exactly have any templates, so you'd have to make the invitations entirely from scratch.

Besides for that though, I'm not sure about any free or open source programs made specifically for invitations and such. I'm sure they exist though - perhaps you might want to try looking on www.tucows.com

04-21-2004, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Luki Crazy Location: Central Illinois	Quick Freeware for Invitations I need to find a program to do my graduation invitations on. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking this will be a project done entirely at home on my personal computer with most likely black ink and maybe some color(not currently sure about the color). I need to have all of them done in the next week or so. And I have no money to spend on a program so freeware is good. I've not done a project like this yet and was trying to decide the best way to go about it. Any thoughts, suggestions or comments would be helpful. __________________ Your part is silent you little toad - a line from the new phantom of the opera

04-22-2004, 03:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Open Source isn't exactly freeware, but those two open source programs do also happen to be free in the monetary sense Like Mr Mpehisto said, if you have MS Word, you should be able to do it fairly easily in that. OpenOffice.org is a bit of a large download (and unnecessary if you have MS Word) and GIMP doesn't exactly have any templates, so you'd have to make the invitations entirely from scratch. Besides for that though, I'm not sure about any free or open source programs made specifically for invitations and such. I'm sure they exist though - perhaps you might want to try looking on www.tucows.com __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

04-21-2004, 03:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mephisto2 Junkie	What OS are you using? If MS, you code easily use Word (if you have it), or WordPad if not... Mr Mephisto

04-22-2004, 12:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Graphics Editor: The Gimp Word Processor: OpenOffice While I don't know of a specific program for invitiations, between those two you could make a kickass invitation. Openoffice is like an Opensource MSOffice The Gimp is like an Opensource Photoshop