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Subject:Re: what should I say? From:quills -at- airmail -dot- net To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Sep 2002 23:08:38 -0500
Hi Susan,
How big is the document? Will it need all the bells and whistles that
Frame provides? Graphics referenced, x-references, variables, TOC,
Index, lists, markers, etc.?
If you don't have to maintain it you shouldn't really care. If you
have to do it in Quark, it will take a little longer, and if they
don't have the extensions for Quark that allow you to do things like
TOC, tables, and index, you are going to do it manually.
Mention that to them. Quark is good if you are going to obsess over
things that 99% of the population won't notice with the naked eye.
You can make pretty text with FrameMaker, you just cant do tracking
at 1/144 increments (which, by the way, cannot be noticed without a
magnification aid).
Scott
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