Scott Olswold <ScottO@mail.digitaldanka.com> wrote:

>Make no mistakes: I prefer PageMaker to other
>layout apps, but ache for the day that PageMaker
>works with the print driver.

I have stayed with PageMaker since the Aldus days for short (e.g., 36 - 80
page) magazine production. It has been my favorite for documents with
more-complex layout and less-structured content than those for which
FrameMaker is a more appropriate choice.

But in the past couple of years, with deadlines looming, I've been cursed on
several occasions with the "Bad Table Index" and, this week, the succinct
"Cannot Open File" messages. Working down Adobe's lengthy list of
recommended fixes to no avail, and with their research department not
willing to look at the file itself to see if it can be repaired, I have
wondered how larger publishers can possibly maintain a production schedule
while using this tool -- which I do love for many reasons and whose PDF
export is an excellent means of providing author proofs, etc., to say
nothing of simple, high-res delivery to service bureaus and printers.

When, on the very eve of delivery to the printer, I am confronted by Adobe
tech support's advice to simply start over with the magazine (!!), I must
reluctantly conclude that re-designing the publication to be produce-able by
a tool which has proven more stable and less dangerous to the internal file
structure -- e.g., FrameMaker -- is a tradeoff I am willing to make, even
though compromising information design to suit the tool is not my preferred
way of making such decisions.

Sorry for the digression.

--Marlin Ouverson, Senior Editor


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