Re: Frame -> Word (LONG!!)

[Cindy Metzger <cmetzger -at- DUKANE -dot- COM>]

Emma,

Aagh! Run the other way! My division briefly toyed with the idea of
switching our documentation from Ventura to Word. As a result, I spent
hours trying to take one of our existing documents and recreate it in Word.
It was a big pain and the results were not satisfactory. We use a
multi-column format, and it was nearly impossible to get the text to flow
properly, much less to place the graphics where we wanted them. I never
even got to the point of trying cross-referencing or grouping the files
into a book. Fortunately, based on my experiences, we were able to convince
our management to abandon the idea.

You might want to look at http://www.manuallabour.com/tools.htm, which
compares word processing vs desktop publishing. It specifically discusses
Word vs
Ventura, but I'm sure a lot of it will be applicable to you.

Let us know what happens!

Cindy
----------
> Dear all
> My company's decided that all internal documentation should be in Word
format, despite
> the fact that most of our manuals were written in FrameMaker....
<snippety snip>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'd also appreciate good reasons
for persuading them why
> conversion is not worth it, and why Frame maybe a superior product (IMHO)
for larger jobs.

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