Re: YATQ - Yet Another Tool Question... InDesign?

[al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com]

James Serrat wrote:

>I need to choose ONE general purpose document tool. Most documents are
>small <25 pages but are graphics intensive.
>
>Any suggestions on these three candidates:
>
>- InDesign (leading contender, so far)
>
>- Quark Express
>
>- Framemaker (XML capabilities are intriguing but have no use for that
>now, probably never)
>
I'd go with InDesign.  It would be hard to justify the cost and learning
curve for both Quark and FrameMaker for small, graphic intensive
documents.  Also, according to Adobe, InDesign incorporates XML layout and
scripting.

Al

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