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Subject:RE: recommend a book on Framemaker From:"Tim Lewis" <Writer -dot- lewis -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:03:24 -0500
Glen wrote:
I sure don't know what they mean when someone tells me that the academic
version is not complete. I bought Frame, Illustrator, and WinFax through my
local college. The only difference is that there is a label on the box that
says they are for academic use. I called Adobe and a customer service rep
said there was no difference. And, you can upgrade to "standard" versions
when newer ones come out. Otherwise, I have found no difference in the
performance of any of these packages.
(*snip*)
>
> Instead, while you are still a student, buy the educational version
of
> FrameMaker. Do it now, while the discounts still apply. It's about a
third
> of the price of the full version, and you can do it honestly. While
it's not
> a FULL version of Frame, it's certainly enough for you to learn on
and to
> produce very excellent documents.
Just curious ... what is missing from the academic version?
Tim Lewis
Lewis Communications
Written and Visual Communications mailto:writer -dot- lewis -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net
