Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer (O'ReillyNet)

Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer (O'ReillyNet)

Posted Aug 26, 2004 0:45 UTC (Thu) by melevittfl (guest, #5409)
Parent article: Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer (O'ReillyNet)

In my personal life, I'm a big promoter of open source software. However, as a professional technical author, I have to say that none of the open source offerings come close to providing the features of FrameMaker.

I use OpenOffice as a substitute for Word. It's very good as a Word replacement. But, it's not a replacement for FrameMaker. Although, if you're using Word to do technical writing, I could see the appeal.

So, I guess if you can't afford FrameMaker, then you should consider OpenOffice. But, if you can afford the software and the training, FrameMaker is the real goal for technical books.

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