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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Fullwrite Professional Question...
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Date: 17 May 88 22:06:18 GMT
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>>Like what? I've found two: functionality is lacking in styles (especially
>>"Based on" styles; and paragraph formatting and text leading is primitive.
>  
>  Exactly! I use these things more than anything else, almost. Especially
>  the "Based on" styles. I really need these, because I use a lot of 
>  related styles and change them as I experiment to format a document. So
>  I can just change the base style and all the others follow. Losing that
>  would really hurt my productivity.

"Need?" I considered the lack of "Based on" to be a major problem with
ReadySetGo4 style sheets. I consider it to be a major problem with FullWrite
style sheets (to be honest, I'm still not completely comfortable using them
at all, but that's primarily due to lack of getting used to them...). But
I'd never consider giving up either program just for this. It's not
something that's a killer. Sure, you could speed up your productivity, but
by how much? I use a large number of Style Sheets -- in OtherRealms, for
instance, I use somewhere around 20. But I doubt I can even document an hour
or two per issue (an issue of OtherRealms takinga bout six weeks to lay out
and publish) of productiviy because of it. 

I don't think it's a "real" loss of productivity as much as a perceived
loss -- it's more a hassle to go in and modify those 10 styles than it is a
time waster. Psychologically it's important, but not productivity-wise. And
to think of giving up all the other features just because one is missing?

Have you ever sat down and looked at how often you really go in and tweak a
collected sets of styles via a "based on" style? And how much more time it
takes to go and modify all the styles individually? I think if you do,
you'll find that you're very aware of the uglyness of having to do it
manually, but that there's not a lot of time involved. It's hassle factor.


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