I don't use the latest version of Word but Word 2003 had a pretty good, and reliable autonumbering method. Unfortunately, you had to know how to fumble through the poorly designed interface and even more poorly documented method for setting it up. I used it to successfully create a numbering scheme that was six levels deep (X.X.X.X.X.X) with figures and tables in a guide that was more than 150 pages. I was also able to revise the guide and the numbering would automatically update for me.
I'll be the first on this list to say that Microsoft's approach to autonumbering is absolutely screwy; but, at least it did work in Word 2003. Jon Harvey Manager, Desktop Documentation CambridgeSoft Corporation 100 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 588-9354 -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of qui...@airmail.net Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:22 PM To: generic...@yahoo.ca Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Martinek, Carla; Saunders, Ian Subject: Re: Any up to date comparisons of Word and Frame I have used Word 2007. They tried to fix what wasn't broken. And no, they didn't fix either the numbering system or multi-file operations. It's still oriented toward smaller documents with less complexity. I also would avoid it for any XML work. My preference, but their past history of munging HTML files in export doesn't inspire trust. Their new GUI isn't intuitive, The use of icons isn't effective as they don't describe all things for all people. There is a very steep learning curve, and a lot of frustration. Since they don't use menus you can't refer to things easily for keyboard access to dialogs. You basically have to find MS's own help listing of keyboard equivalents, and then memorize them. It's not user friendly. Scott Writer wrote: > I have to agree with Carla on this point. Although, I'm tempted to amend her statement to say "it would take AT LEAST 25-30% longer". I haven't used the most recent version of Word either, but I'm sure if things had improved, I'd have heard about it through the grapevine. > > Nadine > > > --- On Thu, 4/9/09, Martinek, Carla <cmarti...@zebra.com> wrote: > > >> I can make it work in Word, but I can guarantee it will take more time as you are continually "fixing" things that shouldn't have had issues to start with. I estimate that Word docs take 25-30% longer just because of the inherent issues. >> > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as qui...@airmail.net. > > Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/quills%40airmail.net > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as jhar...@cambridgesoft.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jharvey%40cambridges oft.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.