FrameMaker warning.

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From: Richard Foulk
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1988 06:51

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I've been evaluating WYSIWYG packages for the Sun lately.  So
far I've looked at Interleaf and FrameMaker.  Interleaf has
such a horrendous user interface, and FrameMaker is so much
more friendly that I was becoming pretty sold on it.

But integrating graphics with our text is essential.  And
the FrameMaker folks blew it royally!

FrameMaker has an internal precision of less than 100 dots
per inch!  So, although it has the tools to edit graphics
pretty nicely, and it looks okay on the screen, what they
send to the printer can end up looking pretty sad.

The tech support person I spoke with on the phone said that
it would improve some with the next version (in 6 months or so)
but that it still wouldn't be 300 dpi (which it what most laser
printers do).

Such a nice package otherwise, too bad the developers forgot
to plug their brains in before they started.

Richard Foulk

p.s.  Does anyone know anything about a package called Alis?

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Date: 26 Nov 88 06:51:02 GMT
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