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Subject:Re: Powerpoint is overkill for manuals! From:"J. David Hickey" <jdhickey -at- SYMPATICO -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:27:09 -0800
Greetings!
> justification for doing it this way, like maybe wanting to create run-time
> versions for distribution on diskette? Maybe for use as a training piece for
> seminars?
Although the thought of using PP to write a professional manual seems
disproportionate (kinda like steering the Titanic away from the iceberg with a canoe
paddle), I could see how you might think it's a good idea if you wanted to use the
animation capabilities of a slide show as a training tool.
However, Word (and probably Framemaker) allows you to insert multimedia
clips/objects into the document. Thus, you could add some multimedia stuff to your
manual, and with a little creative tweaking, you could print the sucker out too!
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Be seeing you,
