RE: Use of Tables

["Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>]

Better yet, tell them to use something, anything other than a tired, bloated
word processing program.  Use something like In Design or FrameMaker
instead.

Al
 
Dan Goldstein wrote: 

Tell 'em to make sideheads with a style that uses a frame.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Sherman
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:19 AM
> To: Gordon McLean
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Use of Tables
> 
> Be careful what you claim... I've had to work on updating 
> documentation in Word where folks used tables so they could get 
> sideheads...
> 
> On 1/25/07, Gordon McLean wrote:
> >
> > Also, you wouldn't use a table to lay out an entire printed 
> > document.
> > 

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