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I know the rumors have been flying about Adobe dropping FrameMaker.
-Anyone know if they are going to drop PageMaker?
-Should we teach InDesign instead? Anyone even use it? Will our students
benefit by learning one package over the other if our goal is to teach
tools/principles?
I use InDesign but only for data sheets and other short, design heavy docs.
I was sceptical at first (die-hard Quark user) but it is pretty good for
what it is meant for. I do believe PageMaker is being phased out -- Adobe is
offering InDesign to PageMaker users at a discounted price and encouraging
them to switch. However, I don't think it is a good tool for technical
docs -- frankly, I wouldn't even think to use it for that. Frame seems to be
the standard tool for tech writers so your students would probably be best
served by learning that -- but if your school is just interested in
switching to Indesign, be assured that is a decent tool. Recently, Adobe's
web site put an article on it clearly stating it was NOT dropping Framemaker
so don't let that rumour affect your school's decision.
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