calvin@iconsys.UUCP (Calvin Hamilton) (01/29/88)
Does anyone know of a software called FrameMaker?
I have heard rumor that it exists for the Mac, but
have never seen any information on it. How does it
compare to Fullwrite? I would appreciate any information
anyone has on this application.
Thanks,
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>Does anyone know of a software called FrameMaker? FrameMaker is a product on the Sun Workstation. >I have heard rumor that it exists for the Mac, but >have never seen any information on it. How does it >compare to Fullwrite? I would appreciate any information >anyone has on this application. Rumor has it that a Macintosh version is in the works, but it isn't announced nor, to my knowledge, has it been shown or demoed to anyone. If it is like the Sun FrameMaker I'm not sure I'd compare it to fullwrite -- it is more in the class of Ready, Set, Go!, PageMaker and Interleaf as a layout/publishing system than simply a high-power Word Processor. chuq Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ What do you mean 'You don't really want to hurt her?' I'm a Super-Villain! That's my Schtick!
drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) (01/31/88)
In article <195@iconsys.UUCP>, calvin@iconsys.UUCP (Calvin Hamilton) writes: > Does anyone know of a software called FrameMaker? > I have heard rumor that it exists for the Mac, but > have never seen any information on it. How does it > compare to Fullwrite? I would appreciate any information > anyone has on this application. > > Thanks, By FrameMaker, do you mean the program that runs on Suns/Apollos under their windowing unix environments? If so, there were some rumors that the company that developed it was going to port it to the Mac, but that was the last I ever heard about it. I used it on a Sun about a year ago and it seemed to be okay (I liked it a little better than MS Word 3.01), but I didn't like it near as much then as I like FWP right now (pre-release version shipped to early subscribers). The interface didn't seem as clean to me, but I feel that way about almost everything I've seen on the Sun as compared to a properly done Mac application (Excel qualifies, Word 3.01 doesn't). Just my personal opinions. Dennis Cohen Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center dBASE Mac Development Team
moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (02/01/88)
In article <195@iconsys.UUCP> calvin@iconsys.UUCP (Calvin Hamilton) writes: >Does anyone know of a software called FrameMaker? >I have heard rumor that it exists for the Mac, but >have never seen any information on it. How does it >compare to Fullwrite? FrameMaker is a WYSWIG editor for the Sun Workstations; as far as I know, it is not available for the Mac. A lengthy comparison would be... lengthy; they have quite a few similarities, but FrameMaker has more options for page layout (connecting text rectangles, as one would in ReadySetGo!), while FullWrite has more bibliographical features -- easier footnotes, endnotes, indexes and table-of-contents. Frankly, I love FrameMaker on my Sun at work; but if the FullWrite demo disk is any indication, I think FullWrite will be the superior word processor (FrameMaker would be a superior page layout program). "Here's the holiday schedule for Monday's observation of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, when the following will be closed: - Governmental offices - Post offices - Libraries - Schools - Banks - Parts of Palm Beach and the mind of Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina." -Dennis Miller Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer INTERNET: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM Manual UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, allegra, hplsla, lbl-csam}!fluke!moriarty CREDO: You gotta be Cruel to be Kind... <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>