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Subject:Re: PageMaker vs. Word From:tarage -at- bellsouth -dot- net (imac) To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:31:05 -0400
Lisa Dugger wrote:
>
>I downloaded the trial version of PageMaker last week. One of the
>things that my boss is very concerned with is having to renumber a
>bulleted list or outline if changes are made to a document. Let me
>also say that currently I am working on small documents for each
>function, but eventually I will be combining those 30 page docs into a
>big manual for the entire department.
>
>So far I have not been able to find a way to make PageMaker
>automatically update the list or outline. I'm so used to Word
>auto-formatting everything, that I feel a little lost. Can anyone
>offer me some advice?
I thought there was a plugin for that. I'm not sure if it was available
from Adobe or from a third-party, though. I just started a new project
using PageMaker as well. My .02 is -- if the tool fits your needs, use
it!
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