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Re: Will FM users go the way of the dodo? Part 2

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From: DJ Campbell
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:16
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I've been in technical publications since 1975, initially as an illustrator, then writer, then publisher, now all three. 
I used MS Word starting in 1992 on Windows. That was because it was on the computer when I started my job and the company did not want to spend money on new equipment. (BY the way, I think that's a large company mantra from my experience). Starting in 2000 I began using Frame to do 120 page catalogs and operator manuals for a commercial HCAV company. (That's because that is what I was told to use.)These publications are typically half-full of complicated tables and charts. But I would not use anything else. You think I'm gonna use PageMaker or Quark to do this stuff? Forget it! Maybe Word in a pinch because of the tables feature. Frame must stay around if nothing but for the technical publications departments out there which still create ALOT of infornmation.
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