Re: Two Professional Questions

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

As for Frame, it may be overkill, depending on both the project requirements
and the entity that is contracting you. For many smaller projects, I believe
InDesign is the tool of choice.

I would never consider Word for any application documentation, period. It
simply does not measure up as a layout application that also offers things
like TOC generation and the like. (Yes, Word can do be made to do many of
these things in a pinch, but you'll be faced with a battle every step of the
way.)

> Chris

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:

> Hi moderator,
>
> I have two questions I'd like to post to the list. If you have any
> questions, you may contact me.
>
> 1. A friend has asked me to edit and rewrite a 200-page biography of a
> family member. From the posts I have read so far, the recommendations are
> to
> charge by the hour. I wonder what other members would feel is a fair rate.
> This is a good friend and I want to charge a fair but modest rate. Does
> anyone have any recommendations?
>
> 2. I am on a contract job and using Word to document an application. My
> manager has asked to outline the benefits of going with FrameMaker instead
> of Word. I have a draft in Word and my idea is to show a mock up of a
> FrameMaker document to visually display the quality difference.
>
> My question is, does anyone know of a website or blog that specifically
> shows Frame's superiority? I have found a few but nothing with a strong
> compare/contrast. I just thought someone might have found an informative
> blog.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Bobbi Hennessey
>
>
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