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You have found my biggest complaint about Frame. While the user guide states
you can export to Word by using the Save As feature (this starts a Word export
filter), the results are pathetic.
I've provided developers with soft copy for review for years and it's been a
very good process for review. If your worry is that your engineers will send
out their own doc just because they have a soft copy - you have an
organization/management problem, not a software problem. That's quickly solved
by defining what is and what isn't a deliverable and who provides the
deliverables.
If anyone knows of a good export filter that moves Frame files into Word, I'd
love to hear about it.
