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Subject:Re: Page Layout Program From:Scott Turner <sturner -at- mail -dot- airmail -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:43:25 -0600
Anna,
If you are looking at producing long, complicated documents, heavy in
formatting, tables, imported graphics, mulitple files, cross-references, table
of contents, indices, glossary, etc., then indeed you want to consider
FrameMaker.
PageMaker, InDesign, Quark, are all designed for shorter documents where layout
is variable, and exact placement is important. They can be used for long
documents, but are a real pain, since they do not allow the templates and
automation of format that FrameMaker does.
While FrameMaker has a high learning curve, it is primarily in the creation of
the templates, which, once done, can serve you for many years. You will really
want to look into upgrading to Windows 2000, I would personally recommend
Macintosh, but you IT department would probably have kittens at the thought.
Scott
anna fowler wrote:
> My company has given me the permission to purchase a new page layout
> program. Does anyone have any prefrences to the program they use? And if so
> why?
> We currenlty use Word for all of our documentation. We use WindowsNT work
> stations. We are considering FramMaker.
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