OK, but that was in 2001. Ah well life on the web. Anyway, links that work (Googled "word vs framemaker"):
www.freeframers.org/inframe/archive/files/vol1/1-2/wordvsfm2.pdf http://www.front-runner.com/pages/support/files/fm_vs_w_ar.pdf http://en.allexperts.com/q/Adobe-Framemaker-1523/Word-Vs-Framemaker.htm http://ezinearticles.com/?FrameMaker-versus-Word&id=369780 http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/demo.html www.bwa.org/notes/The%20Great%20Word%20vs%20Frame%20Debate.ppt Plus many more... Alan On 11/06/2008, at 9:58 AM, Angela Akridge wrote: > > Most of the links don't work. :( > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Alan Litchfield > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would suggest looking through this page's references > http://members.shaw.ca/philip.sharman/fm_v_wd.html > > Alan > > Angela Akridge wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Question: What features am I giving up by going with MS Word? Text > insets? > > Conditional text? > > > > I'm a contractor for a very small startup that has a limited > budget. I've > > been tasked to create their online help. They currently have > manuals in MS > > Word, though no styles/tags are being used yet. > > > > They have no permanent writer, and they can't afford one at this > time. > > There's a chance that I'll be supporting their major releases on > an ongoing > > basis, and they'll update the help for their maintenance releases. > Let me > > get to the point. > > > > I must choose between MS Word or Frame as the source. I don't know > which to > > choose, given the circumstances! > > > > Frame meets a writers needs now and in the future. I don't want > myself or > > the future writer to be stuck with MS Word. However, I know that > the Project > > Manager isn't gonna like learning Frame. A conversion is less highly > > unlikely in an environment with very tight deadlines and where > there are > > limited resources. > > > > They know how to use MS Word. I'm good with Frame, and don't know > anything > > about publishing with MS Word. Also, it's easier to recruit > writers when the > > source is in Frame, or so I've noticed. > > > > Angela > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or visit > > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alan%40alphabyte.co.nz > > > > Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > -- > Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS > AlphaByte > PO Box 1941, Auckland > http://www.alphabyte.co.nz > > > > > -- > Angela Akridge > _____________________________ > Loans that change lives > http://www.kiva.org/ -- Alan Litchfield MBus(Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland, NZ. 1140 http://www.alphabyte.co.nz _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.