FrameMaker vs. InDesign, round CS4

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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 layout rather 
than content creation. As far as I've been able to see, the real 
difference in the two programs is that the paradigm for the layout 
and tools is based upon page layout and graphics programs rather than 
text creation. While it may be true that I would be able to function 
in that environment, the corresponding argument that the tools 
require a lot of minutiae font fiddling and placement fiddling make 
me feel like I'd be wasting more time.

Whenever I go into that program I feel like I've opened up Quark Express.

Scott


At 3:22 PM -0400 9/23/08, Sarah O'Keefe wrote:
>Hi framers,
>
>I just posted about this on my blog and am interested in your thoughts:
>
>http://www.scriptorium.com/palimpsest/2008/09/indesign-cs4-hannibal.html
>
>Regards,
>
>Sarah
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