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Subject:RE: The Old Argument: Framemaker vs. MS Word From:"David Knopf" <david -at- knopf -dot- com> To:"Darren Barefoot" <dbarefoot -at- mpsbc -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 21 Jan 2000 13:28:09 -0800
Darren Barefoot wrote:
| The reality is, if you want to generate a number of digital output formats
| (HTML, HTMLHelp, WinHelp, PDF, etc.), FrameMaker is not a viable
| alternative. DB.
Sorry, but this is nonsense. We create WinHelp, HTML Help, JavaHelp, and
standard HTML direct from FrameMaker on a regular basis. We do it with
WebWorks Publisher from Quadralay, and with very good results, I might add.