FrameMaker is best on 1280 x 1024 monitors, and can be difficult to use on small screens.įrameMaker is designed specifically for long complex documents, which can be edited, updated and changed, including the TOC and indexes very easily. Page, section, figure, table, and even equation numbering can follow any scheme you can think up. The real advantage to FrameMaker is the ease at which documentation, indices, and cross-references is easily updated. if you have too many bullet list and graphic import, it will start to generate error, such as inserting paragraph marks in the header and footers. Using templates in Word is far from ideal as they tend to corrupt when under stress, i.e.
Word doesn’t handle large documents well and begins to have difficulties when it goes over 100 pages of standard text, i.e.Adobe said that development plans for the immediate future include enhancing the import and export of files from one format to another.Ĭompanies that choose FrameMaker are safe-guarded regardless of future documentation standards, i.e. Over the past decade, Adobe has created a suite of publications software, with FrameMaker fulfilling the role for documentation generation. This article compares Microsoft Word and Adobe FrameMaker by examining the following key areas: Which is better for writing long technical documents? Adobe FrameMaker or MS Word? I’ve prepared a list of the strengths and weaknesses of each tool. In the meantime, take out your red pen and see if you agree. So, bear with me as I work on the update.
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