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Subject:Re: cross reference between documents From:"John Posada (work account)" <posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 14 Nov 1997 15:02:00 -0500
I use both...that's my understanding and you are not wrong.
Infact, I was going to say the same thing.to the original message..if
you REALLY need to reference other places and keep them in sync, you
cannot do it in Word and can in Frame.
From my standpoint, I'm not fighting a holy war. I personaly own both.
With almost a thousand dollars invested in just two products, I use them
both because I need them both. Believe it or not, Word does some things
better than Frame.
John
Joe Miller wrote:
>
> >The Frame vs. Word war can't be won by either side. If there's a way to do
> >what you need to do with the tool you already have and know how to use,
> >there's absolutely no reason to throw it away.
>
> Right, if the tool you have *can* do the job. I think what was being said
> here is that Word *doesn't* do the job. Word mavens, please correct me
> if I'm wrong.
>
> --Joe
> joemiller -at- canberra -dot- com
>
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