Hello from beautiful sunny Toronto! I need to recommend a tool for a client who works on Mac, and it's between FM (via Bootcamp/Parallels/whatever) and Indesign for Mac (major functional requirements are conditions/variables/text insets).
We're pushing for Frame, since we're the ones who will be converting the old docs/maintaining etc., but the client (thinks he) will be doing some minor maintenance and therefore prefers a Mac (and preferably an open-source) solution if one can be found, so my boss wants to make sure we have all info to present. Since Indesign CS4 *can* do conditional text/xrefs/variables, I need to assemble a good argument for not using it :-D >From what I've read in various forums (fora?) and blogs etc., Frame is still the preferred tool for user docs, regardless of platform. Just to round out our proposal though, I need to include/eliminate any other alternatives. The ones I have looked at don't seem to do conditional text (which would be critical to this project). Does anyone know of another (Mac/open source) tool that handles conditional text, other than Frame and Indesign? Thanks for any advice/warnings/tips/rants/etc, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laurie Little Words That Work www.words-tw.com 905-947-1557