[sibwizard]

Hi,

I work in a small B2B company, and we publish each year a small catalog (80 pages) filled with technical references.
The catalog is not intended to have beautiful pictures ... etc. but to just be a listing of products.

We start with a big Excel file, what is the best way to transform our basic excel into something usable by a printing company (PDF HD or PS)?

Are there simple ways to import data from Excel into indesign or Quark? Specialized software to do this?
Are there any other software more adapted to our case than InDesign / Quark?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[andi*pandi]

I believe you can export your excel data as tab delineated text, and import it to Indesign as a table.

For 80 pages you'd want to use Indesign or Quark not Photoshop. Either of these could produce a high quality PDF, but you should check with your print company and see what they can handle.

This page should help you:
Adobe InDesign CS4 * Place (import) text