I'm sorry to report that after doing the procedure you listed below,
I still couldn't enter text without drawing a text box within the
margins. This is exactly why it isn't more than a page layout
program. It fails to provide me with a default page that can be used
to write upon without having
Sarah,
Every time I try the demo of InDesign I can't get past the part where
I make a page and look for where the text entry starts. As in, where
is the cursor for text?
It still feels like a page layout program, it still acts like a page
layout program, it still wants you to obsess over page
Hi Sarah,
Not sure how strong it will be, but ID CS4 certainly appears to offer
the tools that will allow some unstructured FM users to make the
switch. Incidentally, it looks like Apple may have finally switched
to InDesign for its user guides, which until now have been made with
Mac
Sarah,
As a final thought, I'll add this. Any tool that won't automatically
add pages to the text flow when I come to the end of a page is an
automatic no-go. If I have to add text boxes to the page in order to
enter text, it's a no-go.
Even Adobe compares it against Xpress, and NOT
I think it is a good view of what's happening.
For a long time I have expected FM and INDD to come together, until only
one hybrid remains with the InDesign name, or some other name that is
not FrameMaker. I am not emotional about it, as long as my workflow is
not completely upended.
I am a lone
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sarah,
As a final thought, I'll add this. Any tool that won't automatically
add pages to the text flow when I come to the end of a page is an
automatic no-go. If I have to add text boxes to the page in order to
enter text, it's a
Hi, Sarah: (I also posted on your blog)
...UNTIL NOW..., as the late movie trailer guy might say, I've been
under Adobe's non-disclosure agreement for ID CS4 pre-release testers.
...BUT, IN A WORLD... where disclosure can now be thrown to the
winds, I'll add a few comments.
ID's been sneaking
It's still not ready for prime time. At least not for technical documentation.
It's still an Xpress style layout program for magazines and brochures, not long
documents. The paradigm of it's tools and how you go about things are based
upon the paste up board of a graphic designer. Don't tell me
