i need some input what are the commonly used and not too expensive solfwares for the above purpose? all materials need to be printed as hard copy for distribution. i'm an engineer, work as sales guy and now have to take charge of marketing material but gaji tak naik.... headache..

at the same time i'm looking for young pretty lady to assist me as marketing assistant (able to lap-sitting would be added advantage)

thanks in advance!

i think most commonly and easy to use would be Microsoft Publisher...

u might need illustrater or so call CS2 or CS3 to prepare the artwork files to print, some people use Coral draw but common are CS.
how come engineer need to do graphic design ? just give this job to me and i 'gao dim' every thing for you. i'm runing adv, desgin, roadshow and printing company.

He purposely want to handle this job bcoz he want young pretty lady to assist him as marketing assistant + able to lap-sitting... hahahahah

Ya lor Ryans, outsource to francis la... abis cerita...

thanks guys....

francis, i'm not going GD, but putting all technical parts into it. i have a hopeless marketing suppot from HQ, hence i have to gaotim the marketing material for asia-pac region... i have the files from them but few of my printers could not open, something to do with the font and those guy from my HQ is not helpful at all.

falcon, i think he more prefer lap-dance than lap typing. haha.

Ryans,

well, this problem always happen especially when the ori files are from oversea.
if is the font problem, usually is ur printer dun have that kind of font or ur ori files didn't outline the files.
of course there are other factors also but i can't explain here if dun have ur files. i believe ur printer will explain to you the problem.
if still can not, give me a call 012-6837133.