We tightly integrate Word with our content management system, and provide a Word Add-in to give additional functionality such as adding links to other content managed pages. Word on its own has the issues you are talking about if you are just using the "Save as HTML" feature, but when customized for use with a CMS, as we have done with Metaverse (www.metaverse.cc), you can get that functionality.
Regards, Doug Kerwin Metaverse Corporation -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James Robertson Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 7:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cms-list] Re: WYSIWYG Editors and XML and the medium future (next year). I have used, developed and seen a number of Word-based solutions, and barring some major improvements in Word 11, they just don't work. This is why Word shouldn't be used: * No format restrictions. Users can do anything they like, regardless of whether it can be published into the required formats. * Huge amounts of VBA coding is required to constrain Word into something usable. * No integration with the CMS. This is the big one. For example, how do you link to another page within the same site, using Word? * Word is document-centric, not page-centric. This makes it very hard to manage things like: the location of the content in the site, classification, metadata, and linking. * Using Word encourages users to think that it's OK to publish a 50-page document as a kilometre-long web page... I don't really care what tool is used for authoring, as long as it's: * Easy to use * Constrained * Targeted at the online medium * Tightly integrated with the CMS Regards, James ------------------------- James Robertson Step Two Designs Pty Ltd Knowledge Management Consultancy, SGML & XML Content Management Requirements Toolkit 112 CMS requirements, ready to cut-and-paste http://www.steptwo.com.au/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://cms-list.org/ a wish for peace in the new year. -- http://cms-list.org/ a wish for peace in the new year.
