Hi all, no degree in anything but worked as a mechanic and sales person on everything from bicycles and scuba equipment to open wheel race cars and rally cars. Fell into a job working sales and service training maintenance teams to work on large (football field size) machines my company makes. The service manual has been adapted and updated over the years for the different types of system but a total overhaul is needed as well. This will be a very graphic heavy manual instructing on the disassembly and repair of components and sensors as well as a comprehensive maintenance procedure guide. I am currently at around 200 pages of old manual and assume it will expand. I am making a video series too but that’s another project. Currently it’s in Word but messy, with formatting all over and lots left in from previous generations. The company won’t pay for Flare at $250 a month, we don’t write anywhere near enough to justify that. What do people think is the best program option for this? I am computer literate but minimal experiance with graphic design. I am trying InDesign which feels clunky and seems dated for image heavy long documents (that I want to look polished. I can rebuild it in word since I know it sort of (and dislike it) and deal with word image handling (drives me a little crazy). I will have to learn whatever other program, which is fine but know I am coming from the ground level.