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Subject:Re: FrameMaker vs PageMaker From:Jane Bergen <janeber -at- CYBERRAMP -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:38:03 +0600
On 11 Jun 97, E,T, Hull wrote:
> I am looking for a program which is suited for writing and layout of
> technical manuals of about 150 pages. They will include a lot of
> tables and some figures. I have heard that both PageMaker and
> FrameMaker are good for this. My questions: What are the major
> differences between them? Advantages and disadvantages? Is import of
> old manuals from Word Perfect and Word possible? Which do you
> prefer?
Just remember that FrameMaker does NOT SORT TABLES! I'm screaming
this because it's been my pet peeve for a couple of years (among
other quirks). Pagemaker, with it's stone-age table editor, does not
appear to sort them either. At least in my PageMaker 6.5 manual, the
index has no entry for sorting tables. But I think I expect it less
in PM than FM, just because FM positions itself as the all-to-end-all
for tech writers.
Venting...
Jane
Jane Bergen, Technical Writer
AnswerSoft, Inc. - Dallas, TX
janeber -at- cyberramp -dot- net
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