Favorite DTP

Subject: Favorite DTP
From: David Blyth <dblyth -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:54:48 -0700

>0K, so what's the fav for TOCs, indexes, and suchlike? FrameMaker?
>MS Word?

Interleaf is the hands-down winner here, no questions asked. Frame's
problem is that index and cross reference markers:

o Are indistinquishable from eachother

o Show up as 1 marker even if you have 10 in a row.

(Yes, I know you can put more than one index reference
in a marker. But if you do, you can't determine how many
index references you've made at that location. This loses
useful information.)

However, Frame's TOC and indexing mechanisms are _much_ better
than MS Word. For one thing, you can actually index a large doc.





David (The Man) Blyth
Sr. Technical Writer
QUALCOMM - Standard disclaimers apply. They don't represent me, I don't
represent them.

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