Framemaker 9 vs Microsoft Word

[Writer]

Most of the Frame "deficiencies" listed here seem rather minor to me (probably because I don't need word count, reading level, outline, etc) compared to its strengths, especially stability. I don't want to start another "I hate Word" debate, but I don't like to use Word for any document that is larger than a letter or memo because I spend half of my time fighting with it. I've never been able to get it to stop renumbering items behind my back, etc. So I recommend FrameMaker thoroughly.

However, I find having Mif2Go very useful for creating Word files from my Frame files so that developers and others who are comfortable with Word (or rather, who do not have Frame) can perform reviews, or use existing content to develop new content. Mif2Go converts Frame to Word very nicely.

Nadine

PS: Sorry, Shmuel, I meant to send that to ALL the last time. 

--- On Thu, 6/3/10, Shmuel Wolfson <shmuelw1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Shmuel Wolfson <shmuelw1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Framemaker 9 vs Microsoft Word
> To: "Framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 8:12 AM
> 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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