RE: Word vs. Frame

["Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>]

Hi Suzette,

The Master Documents function in Word is still unstable.

On the other hand, Robbie Cooper wrote in February in TECHWR-L: "I have
created large technical documents (1000+ pages), replete with numerous
graphics, large tables, and auto-generated tables and indices with MS Word."
Robbie follows this statement with helpful hints for successfully working
with large documents in Word. See http://tinyurl.com/29hzl

IME, Word 2K handles large documents better than Word XP (2002). Haven't
tried Word 2003 yet. And (IME) if they say "Word," you should say, "GB of
RAM."

And who's "Glacier"?

Dan Goldstein

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzette Leeming 
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 8:53 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Word vs. Frame
> 
> GlacierI have searched everywhere, and cannot find a recent 
> comparison of MS
> Word (2000) and FrameMaker (at least 6.0). The most recent 
> one I can find is
> Alex Ragen's comparison from 2000. I hoping that someone may 
> have created a
> comparison in a table-like format.
> 
> The company  I work for has decided it is time to revisit the 
> tool we use to
> create our documentation. The problem is, I am absolutely in love with
> FrameMaker and can't imagine going back to Word. Our manuals 
> can be quite
> large, with multi-chapters, conditional text, etc. and my 
> experience has
> been that Master Documents in Word is still unstable.
> 
> Has anybody completed a comparison chart like this that they would be
> willing to share with me? I know I am biased, so probably not the best
> person to complete a comparison such as this.

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