It organizes documents according to sequential page and image numbers, unlike Web-based applications, which organize pages and images by name. Publisher 97 can create dazzling overlapping graphics and complex tables, but it doesn't include some HTML features, such as frames and forms. The pages it generates make heavy use of image maps and other graphics. Publisher 97 outputs even ordinary tables as graphics, not as HTML tables with modifiable text. Everything in the program is designed for beginners.
All functions are accessible from clear toolbars and menus.
The site-building wizard lets you choose among designs for business, community, or personal use, each with up to eight sample pages linked to the home page. You can choose whether links will use text, graphics, or both. The wizard can add an e-mail link to your pages as well, but you cannot add FTP or other Internet links. When the wizard is done, you replace dummy text with your own. The wizard also automatically inserts a graphic promoting Microsoft Internet Explorer, an annoying feature we couldn't disable.