my book will contain about 100 graphs or photos here and there. it will be a color book. if it was only text i would use MS Word, that is obvious. But what do I do, when I have about 150 photos in various places? I insert those pictures into the word file, or, for the parts that have photos, i use MS Publisher and then combine the pdfs? What are advantages and disadvantages? as far as picture quality, layout, file size, ease...

I suggest you start here: https://support.office.com/en-us/art...ad=US&fromAR=1

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]