need help with this poster size!

[dot design]

Generally Indesign is thought to be the industry standard when it comes to publication print like posters, leaflets etc. Using illustrator is not as uncommon but is mainly used for creating vectors for use in Indesign and most commonly for logos.

I think it is defiantly worth you spending the time learning Indesign and even Quark Express as you will one day be required to do brochures etc or in the case of Quark you may be asked to take another designers artwork in Quark and amend it.

hmm true and not true... but it is worth you learning InDesign

[dogsbody]

I've heard some good noises about Quark 8 but haven't tried it myself yet.