Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-27 Thread qui...@airmail.net
Sadly, no. They don't document their applications anymore. Scott T. Lin Sims wrote: > I recall hearing (about 10 years or so ago, things may have changed), > that a lot of Microsoft's documentation was written in FrameMaker, not > Word, because Word couldn't handle what they needed to do. That al

Re: Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-27 Thread quills
Sadly, no. They don't document their applications anymore. Scott T. Lin Sims wrote: I recall hearing (about 10 years or so ago, things may have changed), that a lot of Microsoft's documentation was written in FrameMaker, not Word, because Word couldn't handle what they needed to do. That always

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-27 Thread Lin Sims
I recall hearing (about 10 years or so ago, things may have changed), that a lot of Microsoft's documentation was written in FrameMaker, not Word, because Word couldn't handle what they needed to do. That always amused me. I wonder if it's still the case ... On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Stev

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2013-09-27 Thread Lin Sims
I recall hearing (about 10 years or so ago, things may have changed), that a lot of Microsoft's documentation was written in FrameMaker, not Word, because Word couldn't handle what they needed to do. That always amused me. I wonder if it's still the case ... On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Stev

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-26 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 13:41 -0700 25/9/13, Alison Craig wrote: >"Word is? (long pause), Word is? (another long pause). Word is for memos." Ok, I cannot resist rising to this... Quite a few years ago, I had to prepare some assembly instructions for a mineral ore separator. The client mandated Word, probably becaus

RE: Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-26 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 13:41 -0700 25/9/13, Alison Craig wrote: >"Word isŠ (long pause), Word isŠ (another long pause). Word is for memos." Ok, I cannot resist rising to this... Quite a few years ago, I had to prepare some assembly instructions for a mineral ore separator. The client mandated Word, probably becaus

Re: Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
So right. So darn right! The solution is, in fact, the problem. > > From: Corinne Kenney >To: "framers@lists.frameusers.com" >Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 2:25 PM >Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons > > > >Yo

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Jerilynne Knight
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2013-09-25 Thread Jerilynne Knight
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2013-09-25 Thread Alison Craig
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 11:26 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons You are probably right. And when people say "everybody knows Word," I tend to give this reply: The "good" thing about Word is that you can just open it up and start

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Alison Craig
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 11:26 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons You are probably right. And when people say "everybody knows Word," I tend to give this reply: The "good" thing about Word is that you can just open it up a

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2013-09-25 Thread Writer
eusers.com" >Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 2:25:58 PM >Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons > > > >You are probably right. And when people say "everybody knows Word," I tend to >give this reply: >  >The "good" thing about Word is that you

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
So right. So darn right! The solution is, in fact, the problem. > > From: Corinne Kenney >To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 2:25 PM >Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons > > >

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Writer
eusers.com" >Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 2:25:58 PM >Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons > > > >You are probably right. And when people say "everybody knows Word," I tend to >give this reply: >? >The "good" thing about Word is that you

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2013-09-25 Thread Corinne Kenney
hnical Editor/Writer Raytheon Company From: Ken Poshedly To: Alastair Dent ; Maxwell Hoffmann ; Shmuel Wolfson ; Theresa de Valence Cc: "framers@lists.frameusers.com" Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 7:04 AM Subject: Re: Word and Frame c

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Corinne Kenney
hnical Editor/Writer Raytheon Company From: Ken Poshedly To: Alastair Dent ; Maxwell Hoffmann ; Shmuel Wolfson ; Theresa de Valence Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 7:04 AM Subject: Re: Word and Frame c

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2013-09-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
nt >To: Maxwell Hoffmann ; Shmuel Wolfson >; Theresa de Valence >Cc: "framers@lists.frameusers.com" >Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 5:17 AM >Subject: RE: Word and Frame comparisons > > >This is 'sort of' possible in Word. > >Word cascades style

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-25 Thread Ken Poshedly
Dent >To: Maxwell Hoffmann ; Shmuel Wolfson gmail.com>; Theresa de Valence >Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" >Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 5:17 AM >Subject: RE: Word and Frame comparisons > > >This is 'sort of' possible in Word. > >Word

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2013-09-25 Thread Alastair Dent
initions in the paragraph style. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Maxwell Hoffmann Sent: 19 September 2013 18:19 To: Shmuel Wolfson; Theresa de Valence Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Word a

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-23 Thread Alastair Dent
initions in the paragraph style. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Maxwell Hoffmann Sent: 19 September 2013 18:19 To: Shmuel Wolfson; Theresa de Valence Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE:

RE: Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-20 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
ge- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:10 AM To: Theresa de Valence Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons Here's a nice solution for that

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-19 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:10 AM To: Theresa de Valence Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons Here's a nice solution for that

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a nice solution for that: http://www.elharo.com/blog/word/2005/12/28/word-tip-1-reapplying-styles/ On 17-Sep-13 6:04 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: > Hi, this is possibly not the right place to ask this question, but ... > I have a lot of experience with Frame and very little experience w

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2013-09-18 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a nice solution for that: http://www.elharo.com/blog/word/2005/12/28/word-tip-1-reapplying-styles/ On 17-Sep-13 6:04 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: Hi, this is possibly not the right place to ask this question, but ... I have a lot of experience with Frame and very little experience with

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-17 Thread Fred Ridder
gt; Subject: Word and Frame comparisons > > Hi, this is possibly not the right place to ask this question, but ... I > have a lot of experience with Frame and very little experience with MS Word. > > In Frame I can overwrite all paragraph format overrides with a click. > >

RE: Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-17 Thread Fred Ridder
style by pressing Ctrl+Spacebar. But if the document uses locally formatted Normal style, all you'll get by using these keystrokes is the equivalent of plain text. -Fred Ridder > Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:04:25 -0500 > From: t...@bstw.com > To: framers@lists.frameusers.com >

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-17 Thread Theresa de Valence
Hi, this is possibly not the right place to ask this question, but ... I have a lot of experience with Frame and very little experience with MS Word. In Frame I can overwrite all paragraph format overrides with a click. Can this be done in Word? Thanks, Theresa

Word and Frame comparisons

2013-09-17 Thread Theresa de Valence
Hi, this is possibly not the right place to ask this question, but ... I have a lot of experience with Frame and very little experience with MS Word. In Frame I can overwrite all paragraph format overrides with a click. Can this be done in Word? Thanks, Theresa