Laura, I wrote to you privately, but I wanted to add something that, while anecdotal, is relevant.
For a very large (100+ pages) document for my capstone course, I am running into many issues of Word 2011 on a MacBook Pro running Lion crashing. It gives me an error saying that my disk isn't inserted properly (a really ludicrous error). The document has a few graphics, a ToC, and a low-overhead template. There is no reason for it to crash, but it does. The only way I have found to avoid the error is to force quit the app and work on sections of the doc in smaller chunks, which we will knit together at the end. I can't fathom trying to use Word for product doc unless you did so in very small files. Even then... Doris E. Pavlichek [email protected] Sent from my iPhone On Jul 10, 2012, at 3:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all > > Please tell me I'm not going mad or being unreasonable. > > Have just come into work to find that the company which acquired us a few > months ago wants me to use Powerpoint for creating datasheets instead of > InDesign (definite) and "a more flexible tool" (Word) instead of our beloved > Framemaker (proposed). > > I could cry. I am the only tech author in the company of about 100 people and > the marketing department used PP for datasheets which they say is "adequate" > for the job. This all arose on Friday when someone else needed to edit a > version of my ID files when I was on holiday. Now I come in to find: > > "...For more technical documentation (e.g. product manuals) then I understand > the argument for use of a more specialist tool - but even here we can use > more flexible tools." > > Such as????? I have long user guides with masses of conditional text. Just > let Word have a shot at that. In fact, they were trying to do just that > before I started this job 4 years ago - and it wasn't working. > > Sorry to clog up the forum with this but I think of you all as friends who > feel the same way about FM as I do. > > How do I persuade them otherwise? In fact, it's just one person really I > think I need to convince - not in my office. > > I can just about cope with datasheets in PP but using anything other than > Frame for long user guides is unthinkable. > > L > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/dpavlichek%40opnet.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ 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.
