Information Mapping

[Jim Taylor <j -dot- taylor5 -at- GENIE -dot- GEIS -dot- COM>]

 I'm trying again on this post. The last time I tried sending
 it from GEnie, the end of two paragraphs were cut off. Hope
 it works better this time.

 >> We (the Univ. of Wash. Development Division) purchased
 >> the software for Information Mapping, and felt it was well
 >> worth the price.  I mean, I'm sure it would take some time
 >> to develop the macros on your own, and time is money! I'd
 >> rather spend the time writing, not macro programming. (Just
 >> my preference.)

Sarah,

 I did not do the research into the software for the mapping page
 layouts, because I was using DECwrite (From Digital Equipment
 Company) and there were no templates.  Someone else, back then,
 purchased a copy of the WinWord template and found it did not do
 everything the way we wanted. If we had to rewrite part of it, why
 not write all of it. I also seem to remember we had to purchase a
 copy for each PC we ran it on. There are a *lot* of PCs at all the
 company sites around the world.

 By the time I finished figuring out how to do the block labels
 and indented text blocks in DECwrite, I was agreeing with you about
 wanting to spend time writing, not macro programming. DECwrite
 version 1.0 was lacking in that area and did not have a table builder.
 At least a table builder was added in version 2.

Do you teach or use the Information Mapping method at the University?

Jim Taylor
 j -dot- taylor5 -at- genie -dot- geis -dot- com