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Subject:Re: Pro's and Con's -- FrameMaker vs InDesign From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:53:21 -0700
How big are the documents you're working with, and how much page layout
redesign are you doing vs editing and rewriting text? If the docs are
relatively small, doing them in ID might not be a bad idea. Adobe is
certainly doing more to improve it on an ongoing basis than they are with
FM.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> wrote:
>
> I'm now hearing grumbling that the Chinese engineers who already use
> InDesign
> want us in the U.S. to move to InDesign. We are adamant that it's a bad
> move and
> our supervisor here and who knows nothing about this stuff wants solid
> arguements why we should stay with FrameMaker.
>
> We've compiled a list but I'd like to hear from y'all with your own ideas
> regarding ease of use, co$t, capability -- anything we can use in our
> corner.
>
>
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