Creating a brochure

Hello folks,
I have been ask to design a brochure for roofing company. They want it to be done in professional matter, so I am wondering whether iWork is design to produce professionally looking brochures and flyers? The idea is, that I would do the design and deliver the file to printshop for printing.
What I am concern is a compatibility of finished PDF file with print shops, how to set preferences to achieve 300 dpi resolution for final print, etc. I am wondering - shouldn't I design that brochure with Photoshop instead.?? Or how was your experience regarding the final printed material?
Thank you so much for any input.

Hi Bohumil,
Welcome to the forum.
This has just been discussed just the previous post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2215883&tstart=0
Please do not produce a brochure in Photoshop!
It is like using a bottle to bang nails.
Unfortunately Pages is more like using a grapefruit.
There are very good reasons why people use qualified Graphic Designers who in turn use Indesign and QuarkXPress to produce commercial print.
A good way to find out exactly how much skill and knowledge is required to produce competent commercial print is to DIY.
Peter

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