This is a bit off-topic, but for what it is worth, I just finished my own
evaluation of OpenOffice.org Writer. While it has a number of
FrameMaker-like features, it is in no position to pose as serious
competition to FrameMaker - unless you:
- Can't afford FrameMaker (OOo Writer is
This is a bit off-topic, but for what it is worth, I just finished my own
evaluation of OpenOffice.org Writer. While it has a number of
FrameMaker-like features, it is in no position to pose as serious
competition to FrameMaker - unless you:
- Can't afford FrameMaker (OOo Writer is
Hi Becky,
I am as bullish on FrameMaker as anyone, but it is not inaccurate to say the
FrameMaker is starting to show its age. As for lack of recent
development, there have been few noteworthy improvements in unstructured
FrameMaker since version 6 improved the book window. As Frame users, we
Rick,
The statement was made in 2004... not that the timing changes things a
lot, but FM is looking more viable from 2007 than it did back then. I
think. ;- )
Art
On 2/5/07, Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Becky,
I am as bullish on FrameMaker as anyone, but it is not inaccurate to say
Hi Becky,
I am as bullish on FrameMaker as anyone, but it is not inaccurate to say the
FrameMaker "is starting to show its age." As for "lack of recent
development," there have been few noteworthy improvements in unstructured
FrameMaker since version 6 improved the book window. As Frame users,
Rick,
The statement was made in 2004... not that the timing changes things a
lot, but FM is looking more viable from 2007 than it did back then. I
think. ;- )
Art
On 2/5/07, Rick Quatro wrote:
> Hi Becky,
>
> I am as bullish on FrameMaker as anyone, but it is not inaccurate to say the
>
IMO, the real deal maker/breakers go something like:
* What do you need to do now, and perhaps going forward, that FrameMaker
can't do now, that some other product does?
* What do you need to do now, and perhaps going forward, that FrameMaker
can do now, but some other product does better?
* Is
Rebecca,
On 2/02/2007, at 12:39 AM, Rebecca.L.Frasure at aphis.usda.gov wrote:
> Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out me)
> I am always arguing with my officemates that
> Framemaker is the best software for what we do,
> but I need some
> knowlegable words from my
At 06:39 -0500 1/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out me), an article
from the January STC Magazine Intercom called Old Software. They underlined
a paragraph which says, also absent from this discussion is Adobe Framemaker,
which is
I wouldn't call this lack of recent development:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/framemaker_ap/
Definitely something worth considering if you plan on going structured.
--
Yves Barbion
Documentation Architect
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
On
Very good reference indeed. IMHO, the main drawback of OOo vs M$Word
is that it tries too much to imitate the latter.
I use OOo a lot, but i find it much harder to work with than
FrameMaker. It seems to default to arbitrary formatting rather than
paragraph and character formatting tags, which it
: Replacing Framemaker
Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out
me), an article from the January STC Magazine Intercom called
Old Software. They underlined a paragraph which says, also
absent from this discussion is Adobe Framemaker, which is
starting to show its age
I usually ignore what the STC says.
What part of usda is aphis? My mom used to work for arserrc.
JOe
Yves Barbion wrote:
I wouldn't call this lack of recent development:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/framemaker_ap/
Definitely something worth considering if you plan on going structured.
-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:39 AM
To: framers@frameusers.com
Subject: Replacing Framemaker
Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out
me), an article from the January STC Magazine Intercom called
Old Software. They underlined a paragraph
Art Campbell wrote:
One detail, please?
Here, or still in exile in India?
Why does that matter?
Richard
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Polycom, Inc.
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303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know nothing
about OpenOffice.org Writer. Does anyone else?
It's very much like MS Word, in the way it is cumbersome and unintuitive
and at least a little bit unstable.
I have used it to edit a document created by someone else. The first
thing that went wrong
At 12:43 PM + 2/1/07, Steve Rickaby wrote:
I sometimes think I'd dearly like to see a head-to-head challenge between a
competent FrameMaker user and a competent Word user (or 'FrameMaker
'alternative of your choice' user) to perform a series of standard operations
we take for granted in
The publication by the STC of this article
demonstrates the declining relevance of that
organization.
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this FM mailing list, which published an article in its online
magazine titled Replacing FrameMaker with OpenOffice.org Writer
(http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/replaceframewithwriter.html)
* The author of that article, Bruce Byfield, describes himself: I am
a computer
At 06:39 -0500 1/2/07, Rebecca.L.Frasure at aphis.usda.gov wrote:
>Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out me), an article
>from the January STC Magazine Intercom called "Old Software." They underlined
>a paragraph which says, "also absent from this discussion is Adobe
I wouldn't call this "lack of recent development":
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/framemaker_ap/
Definitely something worth considering if you plan on going structured.
--
Yves Barbion
Documentation Architect
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
Very good reference indeed. IMHO, the main drawback of OOo vs M$Word
is that it tries too much to imitate the latter.
I use OOo a lot, but i find it much harder to work with than
FrameMaker. It seems to default to arbitrary formatting rather than
paragraph and character formatting tags, which it
And this might help as well:
http://www.adobe.com/products/special/crossproduct/tech_communication/faq.html#item-1-2
--
Yves Barbion
Documentation Architect
Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
On 2/1/07, Yves Barbion wrote:
>
> I wouldn't call this
Rebecca
>Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out me), an article
>from the January STC Magazine Intercom called "Old Software." They underlined
>a paragraph which says, "also absent from this discussion is Adobe Framemaker,
>which is starting to show its age and lack of
o: framers at frameusers.com
> Subject: Replacing Framemaker
>
> Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out
> me), an article from the January STC Magazine Intercom called
> "Old Software." They underlined a paragraph which says, "also
> absent fr
I usually ignore what the STC says.
What part of usda is aphis? My mom used to work for arserrc.
JOe
Yves Barbion wrote:
> I wouldn't call this "lack of recent development":
>
> http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/framemaker_ap/
>
> Definitely something worth considering if you plan on going
> -Original Message-
> > From: Rebecca.L.Frasure at aphis.usda.gov
> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:39 AM
> > To: framers at frameusers.com
> > Subject: Replacing Framemaker
> >
> > Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out
> > m
Art Campbell wrote:
> One detail, please?
> Here, or still in exile in India?
Why does that matter?
Richard
--
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
--
Rebecca.L.Frasure at aphis.usda.gov wrote:
I know nothing
> about OpenOffice.org Writer. Does anyone else?
It's very much like MS Word, in the way it is cumbersome and unintuitive
and at least a little bit unstable.
I have used it to edit a document created by someone else. The first
thing
Steve Rickaby wrote:
> I sometimes think I'd dearly like to see a head-to-head challenge
> between a competent FrameMaker user and a competent Word user (or
> 'FrameMaker 'alternative of your choice' user) to perform a series of
> standard operations we take for granted in FrameMaker. Such a test
At 12:43 PM + 2/1/07, Steve Rickaby wrote:
>I sometimes think I'd dearly like to see a head-to-head challenge between a
>competent FrameMaker user and a competent Word user (or 'FrameMaker
>'alternative of your choice' user) to perform a series of standard operations
>we take for granted in
The publication by the STC of this article
demonstrates the declining relevance of that
organization.
ame people that publish
this FM mailing list, which published an article in its online
magazine titled "Replacing FrameMaker with OpenOffice.org Writer"
(http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/replaceframewithwriter.html)
* The author of that article, Bruce Byfield, describes himse
Someone left on my desk (presumably to irritate the heck out me), an
article from the January STC Magazine Intercom called "Old Software." They
underlined a paragraph which says, "also absent from this discussion is
Adobe Framemaker, which is starting to show its age and lack of recent
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