Re: What would you do? Part 2.

[Janice Gelb <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>]

neilson -at- windstream -dot- net wrote:
> Sounds on target, but I think it's wrong. I think that the more work you do in MS Word the more entrenched you'll be and you'll *never* get out of it. I'd make the change to a proven technology (like Framemaker, not something that's supposed to be XML) as soon as possible and in one concerted effort.
> 

If you're committed to moving information to
a new tool, I'm not sure I see why modifying the
information in your current tool with the added
benefit of making it easier to convert entrenches
you more in the current tool.

But I guess everyone will have their own approach.
I was just stating what I'd do in a similar situation.

-- Janice

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