A high quality PDF is absolutely suitable for printing and we will accept it.  My point is we would like to use the brochure as a template for other documents, and also have the option of making changes when required.

I am not a graphic designer and do not have any graphic design applications.  We posed this problem during our logo design project and the designer produced the design in EPS format so we could open it in the OpenSource application InkScape, which worked perfectly.

I presume you've faced similar problems so I am looking for a recommendation.  I am not asking you do it in Microsoft Paint - if possible we would like to have a way of editing it without investing in a $1000 piece of software.

Thanks,
Richard

did you want this as a trifold?

Trifold - no each page should be on A4

Hi Richard

Hi Pat,

The end quality is more important than the document format.  Ideally we'd like to be able to edit it, maybe you can do the graphic design in your preferred application then port to PP?  What format do you normally present in for these competitions?

Please don't spend ages on the text formatting in the document, initially we'd like to see concepts.

Thanks,
Richard

For this I would use Adobe InDesign. Just please confirm That I will be taking info from

Hi Pat,

Yes you should be taking the content from our brochure - don't get to caught up on the style of the PPT, the most important thing is the text is there, i.e. present it how you want...

Thanks,
Richard

can i still submit my designs? or u have finalised 

Hi, yes you can still submit designs, you''ve got until Sunday.