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Subject:RE: Word or Frame Bi-Fold Templates? From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:37:40 -0400
If you are under the gun, why switch tools? Stay with Word if it will do the
job in the timeframe you want and play with new tools later, when you have
more time.
And, one way to learn FrameMaker is to buy Adobe Classroom in a Book for
FrameMaker 6 and perform, twice, all of the lessons.
Cheers,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jenny Gilmer [SMTP:jenny_gilmer -at- hotmail -dot- com]
> I am pretty experienced with Word and have been attempting to make the
> transition to FrameMaker -- only without any training, or anyone around me
>
> who knows the tool. Just me and a book. I haven't worked on a project yet
> in
> FrameMaker as I have just been getting my toes wet, but I have completed a
>
> number of projects in Word.
>
> My current project is my first freelance gig (which is ok, it's a very
> informal arrangement). I'm writing a user guide for a very simple-to-use
> piece of software. The person I am consulting with has given me free reign
>
> on every aspect of this guide except for the layout: he wants it to be a
> bi-fold manual (with portrait page-orientation). I think I can whip up
> something in Word, but would rather tackle this project in FrameMaker as
> it's my first opportunity to complete something in Frame. Problem is, the
> project is a rush job. I have less than two weeks to complete it (I just
> got
> the finished software Friday).
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