US Serif Software PagePlus X7

After repeatedly reading reviews, complaints, pros and cons, I decided to spring for PagePlus X7. My plan for its use is for professional-looking brochures, newsletters and business cards for non-profit equine welfare organizations and rescues. This is my first try at desktop publishing, so the simple tutorials and user guides are awesome. They are easily accessed and understandable overall. Some functions (like mesh warp) are referenced peripherally only, so using this required time, trial, and error. Serif also offers a "community" forum, so you can search there to see if your problem or question has been addressed already. Without going into detail here, I had to contact Serif due to a program crash. I emailed Serif, exchanged emails, sent a copy of my project, and was asked to call to speak to a technician. Ultimately, the technician connected remotely (safely and securely) to my computer, went thru some diagnostics, and discovered the problem. This all resolved in less than a half hour. The techs were super understanding and patient and absolutely gave me the impression they were there to help me. Oh, I should mention that if you buy thru Amazon, you should keep a record of your key code sticker, as the technicians couldn't find me as easily as if I bought directly from Serif. But still it all went super smoothingly. Very very happy with this purchase!

we purchased this as a new product it was used . Very misleading package had been opened DVD was scratched.

I have Serif PagePlus 3, but decided to upgrade because of the features I thought it had. Mainly I was looking for something to create professional-looking .mobi files with photos embedded as well as being able to take PDFs and reformat it into something I could actually read on my Kindle (again, the .mobi feature). Neither worked.The programs works fine otherwise, but not a significant enough of an improvement over what I already owned.

I have been a PrintMaster user for 15 years and then I got a new computer that would not support that old software any more. I have 8.0 version. So very old. I did a lot of research and didn't see good reviews for the 2013 PrintMaster but did for Serif. It took me a few days to get used to it and there are not very many pictures or graphics which I was used to with PrintMaster. If you do a lot of brochures, I would recommend buying. I may also buy the new version of PrintMaster just to get the graphics.

Good program with lots of potential. It's a pretty steep learning curve. I'll be working on this for a long time. I was so disappointed in the newest Print Shop program but this one is not really a replacement for the great simplicity of that one. I guess it's better but it's really hard to learn.

I was hesitant to purchase this product because of some of the worries that it would have a lot of issues--I read about the #8 version and kept to the disc since the download has a limited return date. This product is incredible and I am so glad that I bought it! I have been struggling with MS Publisher and its limits and was severely frustrated with how to make training manuals but not be held hostage to an expensive program by someone like Adobe. I will highly recommend this as a disk install and for the money believe that it is more than worth it, due to the fact that the alternatives are very weak. I will say that some of the rudimentary functions have their own uniqueness, but once you spend a little time with the software program it will seem very intuitive. I only have been using it for a few days, and am almost finished with my first 20 page document and its extremely versatile with where and how to place text, graphics, forms, etc. I don't think after this I could live without it! Jump in! I did and I wholeheartedly recommend it!

no good for my use.

I have used Print Magic for years and it is very user friendly. I can not make heads or tails of this software. I am very disappointed.