RE: Software Info

["Steve Arrants" <steve_arrants -at- sonic -dot- com>]

Word is capable of using different page formats; you don't need to change to
Framemaker just for that.  There are a lot of reasons that moving to Frame
makes sense--this isn't one of them.  You might have a better chance of
convincing your employer to purchase Framemaker if you come up with a list
of things the documentation needs that can be more easily (or only)
accomplished with Framemaker as opposed to Word.  That takes some knowledge
of both programs, however.

> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-63935 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of
> Tara Bowman
> Most of our documentation is in Help file format, and so far the
> hardcopy has been a printout of the Word version from RoboHelp.
> My supervisor wants the new manuals in a handbook> format (about 6 by 81/2
> inches) and I am pretty sure that there is not an easy way to do that in
Word.
> We have PageMaker but all I keep hearing about from other sources (this
list
> for example) is FrameMaker. I haven't worked with the program but am
trying
> to convince my department to buy a copy. What are the advantages of
FrameMaker
> over PageMaker?


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