MS Word vs. Frame

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Basically they are incompetent with either tool, and your worst case scenario is that they are hopeless. 

This is what expert staff is supposed to do. 

I once had an employer comment on a recommendation to switch to structured Frame, since I was the only expert they had, with "...what do we do if Scott, a contractor, decides to move to Aruba?" It's a specious argument. Deciding not to do something based not on what the tool can do for you, and only on the current availability of an employee is stupid. If the company can't afford to invest in expert staff to accomplish a task (even as a contractor), they can't afford to be in business.

It's part of the cost of doing business. 

Scott


 On Tue 08/06/10 16:05 , "Combs, Richard"  sent:

> I have to go against my fellow list-members (and my own preferences) on
> this one. As John noted, they apparently don't _really_ know how to use
> Word -- and thus will likely mess things up when they do the "minor
> updates." OTOH, learning FM is non-trivial, and if they don't use
> stylesin Word, they're likely to mess up FM docs, too, even after some
> training. At the least, you'd have to modify the interface to disable
> adhoc formatting controls as much as possible.

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