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Subject:Re: Framemaker sample manuals needed. From:barryk -at- MDHOST -dot- CSE -dot- TEK -dot- COM Date:Thu, 2 Oct 1997 10:15:37 -0700
On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, George Williams wrote:
> Does anyone have any manuals created with Framemaker
> they are proud of, regarding software documentation,
> procedures, help files etc. that they can legally send
> me in a zip file.
>
> Actually, any manual that illustrates all of Framemakers
> features would be best. I am just starting to learn
> Framemaker using the Adobe Sampler disk, and am
> interested in both the format of certain documents, and
> the creation of the documents. I thought I'd try and
> reduce the learning curve by recreating something
> already well done. I am presently going through the
> tutorial and should be done shortly.
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
Greetings George,
What you are asking here is silly.
There is absolutely no barking way that you can look at a document, any
document, and have any fiddly idea what product was used to create it, or
what platform the product was running on.
Was the document created in Interleaf 5 or 6 running on a Mac or UNIX?
Was it created using FrameMaker on Windows NT or Mac?
Was it created using WILBER running on a AS400?
If you are really looking for style sheets and different layout
techniques, say so.
This is not a flame, just a light smack to the side of the head.
Regards,
Barry Kieffer
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