Sadly, no. They don't document their applications anymore. Scott T.
Lin Sims wrote: > I recall hearing (about 10 years or so ago, things may have changed), > that a lot of Microsoft's documentation was written in FrameMaker, not > Word, because Word couldn't handle what they needed to do. That always > amused me. > > I wonder if it's still the case ... > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Steve Rickaby > <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk > <mailto:srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk>> wrote: > > At 13:41 -0700 25/9/13, Alison Craig wrote: > > >"Word is? (long pause), Word is? (another long pause). Word is for > memos." > > Ok, I cannot resist rising to this... > > Quite a few years ago, I had to prepare some assembly instructions > for a mineral ore separator. The client mandated Word, probably > because it was the only document preparation program they had ever > heard of. > > The version of Word I was using had the interesting property of > consigning diagrams that overflowed the page into some Byte World in > the Sky: that is, as added text caused them to flow off the end of > the current page, they failed to appear on the following page. > > I had (gasp) paid support for this version of Word, so I rang > Microsoft and explained the issue. After a long pause, the M$ > support person said - and I am not making this up - "It sounds as if > you are trying to do something that is too complex for Word [yeah, > like words and pictures?] - have you thought of using FrameMaker?" > > -- > Steve [Trim e-mails: use less disk, use less power, use less planet] > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims.ML at gmail.com > <mailto:ljsims.ML at gmail.com>. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com > <mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > <mailto:framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com> > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com > <mailto:listadmin at frameusers.com>. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > > > -- > Lin Sims > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as quills at airmail.net. > > 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/quills%40airmail.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.