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Subject:RE: New doc group: FrameMaker or Flare? From:Jimmy Breck-McKye <jb527 -at- hotmail -dot- co -dot- uk> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:13:51 +0000
What's so wrong with OpenOffice Writer? At least it has style inheritance.
Unlike a certain (£1000+) typesetting app...
> Subject: RE: New doc group: FrameMaker or Flare?
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 08:11:28 -0500
> From: steve -at- mbfbioscience -dot- com
> To: tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> Tony Chung writes:
> > Subject: Re: New doc group: FrameMaker or Flare?
> > Richard Mateosian <xrmxrm -at- gmail -dot- com>
> > > Sounds like a job for Word. ...RM
> > > Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>:
> > > I agree. Use common tools and keep the templates as simple as
> > possible. If
> > > they're going to need online help as well as printed docs, try Doc-
> > to-Help and
> > > keep the help super-simple as well.
> >
> >
> > And if they're really cheap, use OpenOffice.
> [Stephen Arrants]
> And if they really don't give a damn, Notepad works well.
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