What about the copy tools like Adobe InCopy and QuarkCopyDesk? These seem to have better word processing capabilities than their respective layout tools (InDesign & QuarkXpress)... Maybe better style control?
On Jan 11, 2008 8:42 AM, Akanowicz Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For writing projects check out Scriviner > > On Jan 11, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Ari Feldman wrote: > > > well, all is not lost as you could run SheepShaver, a 68xxx > > emulator. with a > > rom and version of MacOS, it will run lots of old Mac software. i > > had a > > version of it running OS 9 under my last Mac running Tiger. > > > > > > On Jan 11, 2008 2:30 AM, Jim Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jan 10, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Russell Wilson wrote: > >> > >>> From reading the Arial vs. Verdana thread, I wonder what designers' > >>> favorite > >>> tool for word processing on a Mac is. Framemaker has been mine in > >>> the past, but > >>> is no longer available for the Mac... and Word just doesn't cut it. > >> > >> And Leopard won't even launch Classic, so FrameMaker is really > >> completely dead to me now. (I worked on FrameMaker at Frame > >> Technology and Adobe Systems for almost 10 years. Damn shame!) I > >> have to keep an old Mac available just to retrieve content from the > >> hundreds of old Frame docs I have around. > >> > >> Pages is the thing for me now. I even did an event program (5.5x8.5 > >> booklet, B&W) in it recently. Probably not as good as it would have > >> been in Frame -- I definitely felt a lack of the level of control I > >> was used to -- and this being my first, not as good as future ones > >> will be, but adequate and a sight easier than the same thing with > >> Word > >> would have been. > >> > >> I've never managed to jump into InDesign yet. I should, I know... > >> > >> -- Jim Drew > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________________________________________ > >> *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > >> February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > >> Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > >> > >> ________________________________________________________________ > >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------- > > www.flyingyogi.com > > -------------------------------------------------- > > ________________________________________________________________ > > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > Ron Akanowicz > Usability Consultant > 786-853-1666 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.softerwareconsulting.com > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Russell Wilson Vice President of Product Design, NetQoS Blog: http://www.dexodesign.com ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
