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kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com wrote:
> Bonnie wrote:
>
>> If a person knows FrameMaker, he or she should know how to use
>> conditional text.
>
> Why? When I last used Frame, I had no need for conditional text.
It's
> a neato feature, and certainly useful, but may or may not fall
within
> a
> pro's experience, depending on how they've used Frame in other jobs.
> I'd
> be scrod if you made me do that in a test.
>
I think you have an excellent point, Keith. Scratch that suggestion!
Someone could know Frame but not that particular feature.
