MS Word vs. Frame

[Alan Litchfield]

OK, but that was in 2001. Ah well life on the web.

Anyway, links that work (Googled "word vs framemaker"):

www.freeframers.org/inframe/archive/files/vol1/1-2/wordvsfm2.pdf
http://www.front-runner.com/pages/support/files/fm_vs_w_ar.pdf
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Adobe-Framemaker-1523/Word-Vs-Framemaker.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?FrameMaker-versus-Word&id=369780
http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/demo.html
www.bwa.org/notes/The%20Great%20Word%20vs%20Frame%20Debate.ppt

Plus many more...

Alan

On 11/06/2008, at 9:58 AM, Angela Akridge wrote:

>
> Most of the links don't work. :(
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Alan Litchfield  
> <alan at alphabyte.co.nz> wrote:
> I would suggest looking through this page's references
> http://members.shaw.ca/philip.sharman/fm_v_wd.html
>
> Alan
>
> Angela Akridge wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Question: What features am I giving up by going with MS Word? Text  
> insets?
> > Conditional text?
> >
> > I'm a contractor for a very small startup that has a limited  
> budget. I've
> > been tasked to create their online help. They currently have  
> manuals in MS
> > Word, though no styles/tags are being used yet.
> >
> > They have no permanent writer, and they can't afford one at this  
> time.
> > There's a chance that I'll be supporting their major releases on  
> an ongoing
> > basis, and they'll update the help for their maintenance releases.  
> Let me
> > get to the point.
> >
> > I must choose between MS Word or Frame as the source. I don't know  
> which to
> > choose, given the circumstances!
> >
> > Frame meets a writers needs now and in the future. I don't want  
> myself or
> > the future writer to be stuck with MS Word. However, I know that  
> the Project
> > Manager isn't gonna like learning Frame. A conversion is less highly
> > unlikely in an environment with very tight deadlines and where  
> there are
> > limited resources.
> >
> > They know how to use MS Word. I'm good with Frame, and don't know  
> anything
> > about publishing with MS Word. Also, it's easier to recruit  
> writers when the
> > source is in Frame, or so I've noticed.
> >
> > Angela
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