RE: PageMaker vs. Framemaker (those who've used both)

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 Kathy Underwood let slip that:

> Adobe Framemaker is for large, heavily formatted doc (think 
> big doc sets for major apps). Thus Adobe's reference to it as 
> an enterprise-level solution. Adobe PageMaker is more 
> flexible and more appropriate for those who produce smaller 
> docs which have to change format frequently.
> 
> But Adobe InDesign is now Adobe's major publishing app. It's 
> even more compatible than the other 2 with the Adobe graphics 
> suite. Plus it has much more robust editing capabilities.

I've never tried InDesign. Is the most recent version now 
competing with FrameMaker at the kinds of stuff where we've 
traditionally preferred FrameMaker?

Last time I paid attention, InDesign was touted as good 
for flashy, design-heavy stuff like marketing bumpf, but 
was still missing the guts for robust cross-referencing, 
indexing, conditional elements, etc.

Kevin (using RoboHelp as much as FM these days)

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