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From: sm196103@seas.gwu.edu (Scott Cherkofsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Freehand vs Illustrator
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Date: 24 Jan 91 15:14:44 GMT
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In article <5655@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:

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>If I had to choose one, I'd choose Illustrator, esp. now that the text
>handling has been improved so much. (The built-in charting may also be
>useful -- I haven't had occasion to try it.)
>

I to would pick Illustrator.  I have used the charting functions of 
Illustrator and they are very comprehensive as far as I can tell.  I am 
still learning but the features are very nice - Using pictures for 
columns (like oil barrels) which can be placed in a number of different
ways.  You can scale the images, cut them off (like when car companies
use cars to represent millions of units output where 1.5 million were made.
e.i. one full car and half of one) you can have them scaled (as the bar
on a bar graph fets larger, the picture can be scaled accordingly).

Well, you get the picture, or should I say Illustration?!?

All in all it is a very well thought out program.

Scott

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