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Article #22319Re: OSX version of Framemaker 8 ???
From: Victor Caston
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:13
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:13
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At this point, Frame owns the DTP market.
Much as I wish this were true, I don't think it is; and I don't think Adobe thinks it is either.
Take a look at InDesign, which already is cheaper, and much more powerful typographically (as well as having better control of color and better output to PDF). Also works with OS X.
It's for page layout rather than "authoring." And it still lacks anything like Frame's autonumbering and cross-referencing. And it completely lacks footnotes (but then that's not Frame's strong suit either). The claim is that it works well with long documents too.
But I'm willing to bet that some of those features start to appear soon in InD. Or at any rate sooner than Frame gets proper footnoting (for me, an essential part of DTP).
I don't intend to start a flame war. I'm a loyal Frame user myself. It's just a question for me of where the features I need are most likely to appear; and it sure *looks* like Adobe is putting its money on InD.
Victor
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