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Subject:Re: Need DTP recommendations From:Bob Morrisette <Robert -dot- Morrisette -at- EBAY -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 7 Feb 1996 08:57:06 -0800
>Tracy,
>For a book of this size, under 100 pages, I would use MS Word instead of
>a DTP program, unless your graphics are extensive. If the page design or
>the size or number of graphics make Word a poor choice, I go to
>FrameMaker.
>Sally Yeo sallyyeo -at- execpc -dot- com
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I've seen this advice before and fail to understand why.
Why maintain, upgrade, and train for two software products
when Frame will handle any size document?
Bob Morrisette
writer -at- sabu -dot- Ebay -dot- sun -dot- com
