Frame is clunky; Word is quirky. I have to agree numbered lists are Word's Achilles heal, although I can (usually) get them to work.
I worked for 10 years at a company where we used Word to create professional documentation with page counts reaching into the thousands with very consistent template styles and rare file corruption. We had the advantage of a developer who could make Word do almost anything and had custom tool bars and automated documentation generation built into Word. The flexibility allowed by VBA programming is a great strength of Word. That said, there is something comforting about the stolid reliability of FM--once you get it figured out. tims -----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Johnson Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 1:01 PM To: Kelly McDaniel Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Framemaker 9 vs Microsoft Word ... and lest I forget, numbered lists are a NIGHTMARE in Word, effortless in Frame. On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Steve Johnson <chinaski69 at gmail.com> wrote: > Where do you want to start? If you want professional documentation do > not use Word, do not even think about it. > > Word cannot handle cross-references, there are various anomalies when > converting Word to PDF. Word has had a bug since 2.0 such that if you > put a hard page break directly in front of a heading and then > cross-reference to that heading, Word inserts a hard page break in > front of the cross-reference. > > Word's attempts at paragraph formatting and templating are pathetic. > In general, maintaining formatting consistency is a huge PITA with > Word, whereas Frame gives you no trouble at all. > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Kelly McDaniel <kmcdaniel at pavtech.com> > wrote: >> Does anyone have a current comparison they can share?...thanks, Kelly. >> >> >> >> Kelly M. McDaniel >> >> Senior Technical Writer - R&D Rockwell Automation >> >> Austin, Texas - 512.438.1521 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as dr_gonzo at pobox.com. >> >> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >> or visit >> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dr_gonzo%40pobox.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> > > > > -- > ============ > Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com > -- ============ Steve Johnson, dr_gonzo at pobox.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as tslager at isdcorporation.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/tslager%40isdcorporation.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
