on 02/08/2007 05:37 PM Pete Holsberg said the following: > Graham Smith produced the following on 2/8/2007 2:35 AM: >> http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/replaceframewithwriter.html
> Hmmm... "What matters is not how the comparisons are weighted, but that > they can be reasonably made at all. Users of Writer may wish for some > features of FrameMaker. They may need to adjust to a different logic and > layout. However, so long as they take the time to learn Writer, they can > be in little doubt that they are using software that competes with > FrameMaker on its own terms, and wins as often it loses. Even ignoring > the cost and philosophical differences, OpenOffice.org is clearly an > acceptable alternative to FrameMaker." Hmm, I wonder how much work he did with OO Writer... I will have to buy an update to my old FM license pretty soon as OO Writer is sadly miles away from what is needed for reliable book writing: Images jump around, TOCs show differently than specified, PDF export kills color profiles in images, style definitions are a messed up hodgepodge (bulleting/headings/lists are partly outside of the regular styles, partly inside and the interdependency is not documented, yuck!) I use OO Writer on a daily basis for simple medium sized documents, but I would not trust it for book projects. cheers afx -- Espresso / Cappuccino is like love. You need to put in the same effort today as yesterday and tomorrow even more! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
