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* Antwort auf eine Nachricht von nolanmj -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM an All am 23.09.97
nn> I am interested in knowing which software tools are most in
nn> demand for technical writers.
as always it depends :-)
Up to this day I do most of my writing with Word for DOS. I even do this if I
am to do DTP work afterwards. This is no performance issue as my Pagemaker 4.0
runs quite smoothly on a Pentium. But it is a question of work methods: I
prefer to do contents and form on separate passes.
Quite often I not even do the layout work, e.g., at my articles for magazines.
For a service provider the problem might not be a problem in your sense: If
your customer expects Framemaker files you will use Framemaker or you will not
work for that customer.
nn> Are certain tools better for particular
nn> types of documents?
Definitely. If you are to write a 4-page flyer Pagemaker could be the right
tool. But a 500-page technical manual with Pagemaker would be a nightmare.
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