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Subject:Catalog Publishing Systems From:Arlen P Walker <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 13 May 1999 15:04:00 -0500
We've an engineer here who's getting swamped maintaining a catalog (yes, it's
an engineer doing it -- don't ask) in a homebrew system, and he's appealed for
help.
I'm looking for pointers to turney systems which provide an interface so simple
an engineer can use it. Current data is in a database called "Progress" but new
system doesn't need to be (though it should be able to import from there to get
started).
Currently rest of workflow goes through Quark for final work and then off to
the printers.
Anybody got any favorites?
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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