They definitely steepened the learning curve
Professionals doing creative marketing or magazine layout use everything it's got to offer. Most people, include me when I was laying out newspapers, need the same 8 tools for 99% of what they do. I think trying to make the PageMaker interface look as much like PhotoShop as possible was a mistake. They're different tools for different purposes.
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