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>>I seem to be hearing more and more references to >>PageMaker being
= used for documentation. Does >>anybody else have the same
impression?
>To which Jane Bergen responded:
>>PageMaker is still my choice for quick reference >>cards,
newsletters, = brochures, or other design->>intensive projects of
about 6 pages or = less. I don't >>enjoy (understatement) dealing
with tables, indexes,
>>styles, and table of contents in PM.
And then Vicki Preston said:
>>I agree with Jane. PageMaker and other DTP programs such as Quark
(and, = yes, even MS Publish which I use to do our quick reference
cards because = the boss says so) are great for small,
design-intensive projects. For = manuals, though, forget it. DTP
programs simply have no clout when it = comes to TOCs, indexes and
the like.
OK, so what's the fav for TOCs, indexes, and suchlike? FrameMaker?
MS Word?
Bill Sullivan
bsullivan -at- deltecpower -dot- com
San Diego, California
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