On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:07:50 +0800
"Daniel O. Escasa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not sure Manny needs a vector graphics application, but a document layout
> package. And no, OpenOffice.org doesn't cut it. Here's a list of what we should
> expect from DTP (Manny might add to it):
> 3. widow-orphan control. Sure, OpenOffice.org and even AbiWord can do this, but
> they often do so by leaving an empty line at the bottom of the page or column. A
> true DTP will adjust the inter-line spacing by small increments so that the
> bottoms of the columns align.
True, that's one way it's done. I think another way was to somehow add a
line in between headings and paragraphs. Some publishers were kinda strict
about all the individual lines of text lining up between columns. Ventura
allowed both. But I think the traditional way (read: harder) was to edit
text.
> Too bad the FrameMaker beta for Linux didn't pan out.
Sayang! That might have been something.
God bless!
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