Framemaker 9 vs Microsoft Word

[Shmuel Wolfson]

As far as:
"Word has had a bug since 2.0 such that if you
put a hard page break directly in front of a heading and then
cross-reference to that heading, Word inserts a hard page break in
front of the cross-reference."

In Word, a cross-reference refers to a bookmark. A bookmark is a 
selection of text. When the curser is deirectly before a bookmark, 
anything you type or paste is included in the bookmark. That is, the 
bookmark is expanded to include the new text. When using Word, you get 
used to not pasting anything directly before something that may be 
bookmarked.

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133

On 01-Jun-10 7:57 PM, Steve Johnson wrote:
> Where do you want to start? If you want professional documentation do
> not use Word, do not even think about it.
>
> Word cannot handle cross-references, there are various anomalies when
> converting Word to PDF. Word has had a bug since 2.0 such that if you
> put a hard page break directly in front of a heading and then
> cross-reference to that heading, Word inserts a hard page break in
> front of the cross-reference.
>
> Word's attempts at paragraph formatting and templating are pathetic.
> In general, maintaining formatting consistency is a huge PITA with
> Word, whereas Frame gives you no trouble at all.
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Kelly McDaniel 
> <kmcdaniel at pavtech.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone have a current comparison they can share?...thanks, Kelly.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kelly M. McDaniel
>>
>> Senior Technical Writer - R&D Rockwell Automation
>>
>> Austin, Texas - 512.438.1521
>>
>>
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