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Article #392Re: Publisher vs. Framemaker?
From: Paul Kunz
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 1991 05:50
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 1991 05:50
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In article <1430@tekig7.MAP.TEK.COM> briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm) writes:
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From: briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm)
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Date: 22 Feb 91 22:31:49 GMT
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In article <1991Feb22.213956.10496@cbnewsj.att.com> jwi@cbnewsj.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) writes:
]If you are professional writers, you won't like either Framemaker or Publisher.
]They are very easy to use for a novice, you just follow the menus. If you
]do something else for a living, this is ideal. If you write for a living,
]you will find that you have to follow the menus every time -- there are
]no shortcuts. It will drive you batty.
]You will also find that the integrated art is for amateurs too. If you are
]used to doing good art on your Macs, plan on driving your artists up a wall.
]In general, Framemaker and Publisher are good for projects where documentation
]is an afterthought. They are not compatible with people who write or draw for
]a living, but they are very good for engineers and supervisiors.
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* This is, without a doubt, THE most ridiculous assertion I have EVER *
* read on the net. And I used to subscribe to groups on politics. *
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* Sheesh. *
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-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc. (503) 627-3437 briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
P.O. Box 500, M/S 47-780
Beaverton, OR 97077 (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
I agree.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!yale!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!unixhub!pfkeb From: pfkeb@ebnextk.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Paul Kunz) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: Publisher vs. Framemaker? Message-ID: <PFKEB.91Feb22215005@ebnextk.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Date: 23 Feb 91 05:50:05 GMT References: <1991Feb21.220957.23332@linus.mitre.org> <1991Feb22.213956.10496@cbnewsj.att.com> <1430@tekig7.MAP.TEK.COM> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Distribution: usa Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Lines: 45 Nntp-Posting-Host: ebnextk.slac.stanford.edu In-reply-to: briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM's message of 22 Feb 91 22:31:49 GMT