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Subject:What software are you using? From:KnoxML1 <KnoxML1 -at- TEOMAIL -dot- JHUAPL -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:49:30 EST
I am buying a new computer soon (a Mac Performa 630cd, probably, with 8 MB of
ram & a 250 MB hard drive). The goal, aside from playing, is to keep my skills
current with the changing job market and to set myself up so freelancing is an
option. I do scientific & technical editing, substantive editing and some
writing on technical subjects, and also nontechnical stuff like resumes and
newsletters. I have done some computer documentation, but not much.
With those goals in mind, would I be smarter to get Pagemaker, Framemaker, or
something else? Is any one package used significantly more in the field than
the others?
