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Subject:Re: Framemaker?? From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 16 Jan 1995 16:12:21 -0700
Marc Santacroce wrote:
PageMaker is a DTP/Page layout program, FrameMaker is a document processor
(read word processor for complex and lengthy documents).
I think this is the first time I've heard the term document processor as
used here, but I like it. It is just the right description for the
difference. I might add that I like this as a distinction between
FrameMaker and word processing programs as well.
RoMay Sitze A musician must make music, an artist must
rositze -at- nmsu -dot- edu paint, a poet must write, if he is to be
ultimately at peace with himself.
-Abraham Maslow-