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Subject:Re: What software are you using? From:Marc Santacroce <santa -at- TFS -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:54:35 -0800
FWTW
You probably are going to need at least 10-12-14 Megs of RAM.
If you are primarily doing desktop publishing / page layaout get PageMaker.
However, for Technical writing either get FrameMaker or MS Word.
FrameMaker is by far the most widely used document procesor among companies
I am familiar with.
Good luck
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At 13:49 11/21/94 -0500, KnoxML1 wrote:
>I am buying a new computer soon (a Mac Performa 630cd, probably, with 8 MB of
>ram & a 250 MB hard drive). The goal, aside from playing, is to keep my skills
>current with the changing job market and to set myself up so freelancing is an
>option. I do scientific & technical editing, substantive editing and some
>writing on technical subjects, and also nontechnical stuff like resumes and
>newsletters. I have done some computer documentation, but not much.
>With those goals in mind, would I be smarter to get Pagemaker, Framemaker, or
>something else? Is any one package used significantly more in the field than
>the others?
>Thanks,
>Margaret
>margaret_knox -at- aplcomm -dot- jhuapl -dot- edu
Regards,
Marc
M_a_r_c_ A. _S_a_n_t_a_c_r_o_c_e_________________________
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TRW Financial Systems, Inc.
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Oakland, CA 94612-3540
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