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From: jaz@icd.ab.com (Jack A. Zucker)
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Subject: Re: Framemaker cpmpatible on WIN 3.0?
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Date: 13 Sep 90 12:38:38 GMT
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In article <3950@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca>, frankhua@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca
(Frank Xiaojun HUANG) writes:
> 
> Does anybody know there is any software that can do the sort of jobs like
> FrameMaker on UNIX? I need a software on PC to do something like drawing
> the flowchart(or diagram) of the program. can it be run from inside Window?

I recently sold my Sun workstation which was running Frame and bought
a 80386 with Windows. Now I would never dream of comparing the two
environments (The Sun is beyond comparison) but I have found an
acceptable environment to replace Framemaker. I use the following
packages:

1) Pagemaker 3.01 - This I use for page layout. It's comparable to Frame
but does not rotate text and does not have Frame's word processing
capibility.

2) Word for windows - Here's where I get spell-checking, indexing, table
of contents, footnotes, etc.

3) Corel Draw. This package does all kinds of Text manipulation, including
kerning, rotation, skewing, mirroring, stretching, special effects, etc.
It also is a damn good graphics art tool. Frame cannot do these types
of things.

4) Logitech Scanman Plus - I use this to scan images in. (Try finding
a $175.00 scanner for the Sparcstation !)

All these packages can import and export files from one another.

Now I admit, Windows is a far far cry from SunOS (Unix), but a scanner
alone for the Sun costs more than my 80386 !

-jaz