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I can't claim credit for the term. I heard in in a Frame class.
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At 4:12 PM 1/16/95 -0700, Romay Jean Sitze wrote:
>Marc Santacroce wrote:
>PageMaker is a DTP/Page layout program, FrameMaker is a document processor
>(read word processor for complex and lengthy documents).
>I think this is the first time I've heard the term document processor as
>used here, but I like it. It is just the right description for the
>difference. I might add that I like this as a distinction between
>FrameMaker and word processing programs as well.
> RoMay Sitze A musician must make music, an artist must
> rositze -at- nmsu -dot- edu paint, a poet must write, if he is to be
> ultimately at peace with himself.
> -Abraham Maslow-
Regards,
Marc
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