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Subject:Re: Frame vs. Word Results From:Katav <katav -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 2 Sep 1998 03:48:11 -0700
Did I miss something?
Word is a word processor with some formatting abilities.
FrameMaker is a page composition application with some text editing
and graphics abilities.
I read the Word vs. Frame battle and wonder:" "Why is no one comparing
FrameMaker with (for example) Corel Draw?" Same difference
(FrameMaker has some pretty good graphics tools).
The bottom line: use the best tool for the job. Word is (IMO) an
excellent word mangler and my (text) editor of choice.
FrameMaker is my preferred compositor for multi-chap documents with
extensive xrefs, etc. Ventura is my favorite for single-file (no
xrefs), graphic-intensive docs. (Heck, I even like Interleaf for some
things!)
Again, use the right tool for the job -- get the copy set up in the
word process and import into the page compositor.
==
Katav ( katav -at- yahoo -dot- com )
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