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> > You know, I spend almost an entire week farting around with graphics
in
> > Frame (a hefty $3000 for my client) to make them look better and not a
> > damn thing worked.
> >
> I like your work ethic, Andrew, but you have to get over this tool war
> thing. As far as PDF goes, you really can get the same output from
> FrameMaker that you can get from Word, and with the same amount of fuss.
I
> would say, in this specific case, your client got screwed . . . though I
> understand you did not benefit significantly because you did do the work
and
> suffer the frustration. Maybe it would make sense for you to take some
> FrameMaker training or employ somebody who is handy with FrameMaker, if
you
> have to use that tool and if you continue to have such frustrations.
Oh I know. Frame does drive me nuts. Actually, we got to a point where
Frame and Word were giving us pretty much identical outputs. To its
credit, Frame seems to integrate better with Acrobat - but that's not
suprising because they're both Adobe products. Graphically, I find Word
has a better rendering engine and seems to be less fussy. As always its 6
of one half-a-dozen of another.
Also, although I was involved, actually the person doing the work was a
Frame veteran with 6+ years working with the tool. So it wasn't
necessarily a "we don't know Frame problem" it was merely finding the
format and layout that didn't produce crappy results.
BTW we were using the Adobe PostScript printer driver.
My client wasn't unhappy with the time we spent. They were pleased we
solved a problem that, to-date, no other tech writers had solved.
>LOL! Yeah, same here with Quake II. Although, over the past year, most
the
> people who played have quit . . .. And, mostly, it was developers,
client
> support staff, and not IT. I've played some Half-Life. These games are
an
> enjoyable lunch-time distraction.
I used to be big into Quake II and the III. But since I found half-life -
its been all down hill. Those games are terrible and I don't blame
companies for wanting to block their use on the internal network. However,
the flip side is that it is a great way to bond with the nerds.
Andrew Plato
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