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From: ewm@mdavcr.UUCP (Eric W. Mitchel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: FrameMaker (was: good DTP packages)
Keywords: text editing, desktop publishing
Message-ID: <906@mdavcr.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 90 16:57:27 GMT
References: <5213@ethz.UUCP> <35390@siemens.siemens.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: MacDonald Dettwiler, 13800 Commerce Parkway, Richmond, BC, Canada  V6V 2J3
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In article <35390@siemens.siemens.com> bmh@demon.siemens.com (Beatrice M Hwong) writes:
>How about the ability to have floating figure references?  More explicitly,
>will Framemaker allow one to include in the text a reference to a figure
>number which is then attached to a figure, the binding of that figure number
>does not happen until print time.

Yes, Framemaker on the Mac does this.  One of the most useful features
which is missing in many packages (ie:  Word).

b.t.w.:  With Framemaker v2.x on any machine, all have the same
functionality.

Eric

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