RE: InDesign woes

Subject: RE: InDesign woes
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:31:23 -0400

I myself don't use drag and drop editing, but good software caters to a
variety of user needs (as I've said to a thousand SMEs!). Other tech
writing tools allow you to drag and drop text and graphics. Maybe it
would be too expensive or difficult for FM's developers to add that
feature, but why dismiss it out of hand?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Combs, Richard
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 4:04 PM
> To: ; Collin Turner;
> techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: InDesign woes
>
> I can't imagine drag 'n' drop editing being even
> moderately important to someone creating the
> kind of documents for which FrameMaker is best
> suited. If that feature really matters to you,
> maybe you're not using the right tool for your
> type of work.
>

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References:
InDesign woes: From: Collin Turner
Re: InDesign woes: From: Chris Morton
RE: InDesign woes: From: Combs, Richard

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