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 alan at alphabyte.co.nz. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alan%40alphabyte.co.nz > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. 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