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Re: Does FM7 have Multiple Undo?

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From: Rick Quatro
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 16:19
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> Given the usefulness of one engine in a car, or one brain in a head, or
one dog in a household, or one roof on a house, does it follow that
multiples of these things are necessarily useful?
>
> Sean

Sorry Sean, but you're on the losing end of this argument. Not everyone may
see multiple undo as essential as Philip as does, but it's hard to deny that
it is a very useful feature in a page layout program. I have been using
InDesign for the last few months, and I have found myself hitting Control+Z
in succession to go back a few steps on many occassions. This is not an
important feature for you, but I suspect it is in the *I didn't know what I
was missing* category. Once you grow accustomed to it, you wonder how you
lived without it.

Multiple undo has been a standard feature in many mainstream applications
for quite some time, so there is a certain expectation that an expensive,
powerful program like FrameMaker will have it, especially among new or
prospective users. Not everyone is impressed with tired arguments about the
*outdated core code* or the fear of *feature bloat*, etc.
--
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585 659-8267
rick@frameexpert.com
http://www.frameexpert.com
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