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Re: Alternatives to FrameMaker

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From: John Rudd
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:57
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>(Richard Warner) writes:
>>>If you want a word processor, you can get [MS] Word (yuck!)

>In article <1992Nov14.031018.11000@uhura1.uucp> bryan%uhura1@uunet.uu.net
>(whose name, I believe, is Bryan Curnutt) writes:
>>Not on a Sun.  Microsoft doesn't sell Word for Suns.

(Paul Chisholm) writes:
>No, but WordPerfect(R) sells WP for Suns (and other UNIX(R)-based
>systems).  They now sell WP for UNIX 5.1, which is about as WYSIWYG as
>WP for [MS] Windows.  WP is *not* FrameMaker(R); in particular, it has
>no drawing tools.  (Unless some were added for WP/UNIX 5.1.)


You can also get Island Write/Draw/Paint.  Suppsedly very nice.  The
3 sections are apparently very well integrated.  The package has won
awards and stuff.  And it's $895 per node (i'm not sure what kind of
license restrictions/options are available).


John

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