What software allows me to use placeholders?

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#21

Word doesn’t suck. It’s the most capable word processing application ever to exist. It’s practically a masterpiece of usability and an indispensable tool on millions of desktops. What sucks about it?

#22

I use Word and Excel every day to write proposals. It’s perfectly fine for that.
But I don’t do graphic design on them.
The groan is audible when I get a ‘poster’ designed in Word in all its RGB-aliciousness.
Hold nose. Push button. :slight_smile:

#23

I designed the car log for BMW in Microsoft Publisher - because that’s what they wanted so they could get it back and make edits themselves.

Handled CMYK quite well actually - I was presently surprised. Even though I had to go the Estimators office to use the Windows PC there to do it.

Ah - life gives you lemons you make lemonade, you might get a bit in the eye and be termporaily blinded, but then you have a disgusting drink so it’s all good.

#24

Publisher was the first page layout app I ever used, and it also never sucked. I learned a lot with it before “graduating” to QuarkXPress (which in some ways, did suck).

#25

Lemons

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#27

Many software applications support placeholders, depending on your use case. Here are some options:

  1. Word Processing & Documents – Microsoft Word, Google Docs (for template fields and dynamic text).
  2. Design & Graphics – Adobe Photoshop, Canva (for text and image placeholders).
  3. Web Development – HTML, JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue) for dynamic placeholders.
  4. Programming & Scripting – Python (f-strings or .format()), JavaScript (${variable} in templates).
  5. Email & Marketing – Mailchimp, HubSpot (merge tags for personalized content).