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Re: Framemaker vs. Pagemaker - K2 is more than gossip
Subject:Re: Framemaker vs. Pagemaker - K2 is more than gossip From:David Boss <bosscomm -at- INTERLOG -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:31:17 -0500
K2 is an entirely new program that Adobe demonstrated at the recent Seybold
Expo and hyped as a "Quark killer" that will be released some time in 1999.
It is based on Bravo technology, makes much use of PDF, and has a number of
"gee-whiz" features like the ability to import text without frames, 4000%
zooming, free rotation of an entire page in 3D space while allowing
real-time editability of graphic and text elements, and support for Quark's
plug-in architecture. It is definately being positioned as a Quark
replacement, so may replace PageMaker, but I don't see it being a
replacement for Frame.
The above information comes from the November issue of Publish magazine, by
the way.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michelle Vina-Baltsas [mailto:Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- US -dot- CRAWCO -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 8:50 AM
> Subject: Re: Framemaker vs. Pagemaker - gossip
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> I agree that this is scary!!!! I just bought FM and am going to
> be trained
> this week. I hope this isn't true!!
>
> Michelle
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> Karen Field <KarenF -at- TRITECH -dot- COM> on 11/17/98 05:51:13 PM
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> Please respond to Karen Field <KarenF -at- TRITECH -dot- COM>
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> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> cc: (bcc: Michelle Vina-Baltsas/CRAWFORDCO/US)
> Subject: Re: Framemaker vs. Pagemaker - gossip
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> This is scary. I am devastated by this Frame rumor. Have you heard that
> Frame might be discontinued BECAUSE of the possible Frame/PM merger? Is
> indulging in these rumors a healthy thing?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Miller [SMTP:smiller -at- PORTAL -dot- COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 2:47 PM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject: Re: Framemaker vs. Pagemaker - gossip
> >
> > I heard third-hand through a source in Adobe marketing that Frame was
> > going
> > to be discontinued soon. Just a rumor.
> >
> > - Scott Miller
> > smiller -at- portal -dot- com
> >
> > > I heard an interesting rumour that Adobe was going to "meld" these two
> > > products, somehow. Don't ask me how. My source is a
> > > translation/localization manager, who told me that Pagemaker is better
> > > localized that Frame, and that Adobe wanted to take advantage of this.
> > > The new "meld" has a project name of K2.
> > >
> > > Anyone else hear anything about this?
> > >
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