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Subject:Re: generated TOCS w/Quark? From:George Mena <George -dot- Mena -at- ESSTECH -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 5 Jun 1998 12:58:45 -0700
Hi Chris :D
Frame is definitely capable of generating TOCs and indices. So is Word.
:D No reason why you can't copy and paste the final stuff into
something like Quark if you bring it over from Word. But you and I know
Frame does it better. :D
Quark's big strength is in its links and in its ability to pair kern
type. the kerning controls, I'm told, are fabulous and give graphics
designers all kinds of control from a typography standpoint. It stands
to reason that print shops would recommend Quark to him: print shops and
graphics designers speak the same language (btw, more TWs also need to
learn that lingo). :D
As it sounds like this will be an internal document, though, keep it
simple. Use Frame. :D
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hutchings, Christa [SMTP:cwhutchings -at- HOMEWIRELESS -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 11:42 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: generated TOCS w/Quark?
>
> Hi all -
>
> Our marketing group is developing a corporate graphics standards
> guide.
> No one in the group has any experience with DTP apps, so the graphic
> artist has been doing everything in Corel. He mentioned to me this AM
> that he is getting increasingly frustrated trying to produce a book in
> Corel (duh!) and asked me about Quark (apparently several print shops
> recommended it to him).
>
> I have never used Quark, but I do have extensive experience with
> FrameMaker and some experience with PageMaker and am wondering if one
> of
> these would be a better tool. Some posts in the archives indicate that
> Quark is good for very graphics-intensive docs (which this book would
> be), but since this book will grow some over the next few years, I am
> concerned about the ease of updating TOCs and indexes.
>
> Can someone advise if Quark allows you to generate TOCs and indexes?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Welch-Hutchings
> Senior Technical Writer
> Home Wireless Networks, Inc.
>mailto:cwhutchings -at- homewireless -dot- com
>
>
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