TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:FrameMaker+SGML vs. Word From:Kathleen Melly <kmelly -at- HI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:41:53 -0500
Hello;
Our group is once again looking into Rational SoDA. They offer it for Word
or FrameMaker+SGML. Our doc group uses FrameMaker 5.5 for our regular docs.
The learning curve for the Word product seems to be less than the learning
curve for the FrameMaker+SGML product. I'm wondering if the benefits of
using FrameMaker+SGML versus using Word are worth the learning curve.
Especially when FrameMaker 5.5 converts Word documents rather well.
Also, does anyone know if you can open FrameMaker docs within
FrameMaker+SGML? When I try I get the message, "Although this appears to be
a FrameMaker+SGML document it can't be opened with this version of the
product". I've added all of the filters from the FrameMaker+SGML
installation CD. I've also tried the File/Utilities options but they appear
to convert FrameMaker+SGML to SGML (or vice versa) only.
