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Re: Revisiting Frame vs. Word in light of new capabilities
Subject:Re: Revisiting Frame vs. Word in light of new capabilities From:"T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:03:45 -0500
I believe an expert user of Word can make it work, if you get away
from built-in numbering, add macros to stabilize the use of styles,
divorce the document as much as possible from Normal.dot, etc.
But, a intermediate or entry-level user can do those same things with
FrameMaker out of the box.
Word's main problem is lack of stability for long documents. It's
missng other things, like numbering that works reliably, being able to
insert graphics and lay them out, more than one or two to a page,
hypertext index, cross-references to styles other than the ones that
come as headings in Normal.dot, etc.
Translation has nothing to do with this.
I'd say, if the argument is that Word can do what FrameMaker can, and
FrameMaker can do what Word can, then all your left with is the cost
of migrating content and legacy documents ... for no gain.
But, I would argue that FrameMaker's stability, which makes it more
efficient, and its accessibility to a less experienced operator make
it less costly over the long haul.
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:46:46 -0500, Goldstein, Dan
<DGoldstein -at- deustech -dot- com> wrote:
<snip>
> Whenever I see a FrameMaker-or-die rant, my first thought is: Is the ranter
> also an expert user of Word?
>
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T.
Remember, this is online. Take everything with a mine of salt and a grin.
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