Warren, or anyone else who has used PageMaker and InDesign CS2. With my vast experience of working for one day with PageMaker 7, I can see that there are some serious mind-set issues to overcome when moving from word processing to publishing software, and one of the major ones is its poor text handling. So question 1 - has CS2 actually solved some of the uglinesses, such cumbersome bullets and tables? The advertising seems to imply lots of improved graphics handling, and some improvements to text handling, but perhaps not enough? However, I note that it now supports XML - so left field question 2 - is it planned for CS2 to replace FrameMaker down the track? Question 3 - I normally don't go to courses - I expect to just pick things up, but if the learning curve is steep, would a course be worthwhile to get my mind on the right track for desktop publishing? Has anyone done a CS2 course? Christine -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of warren.lewington@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 10:10 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: Product of choice As long as your hardware can deal with it (it eats RAM and memory), Adobe CS2 would be the best shot. It has GoLive for Online presentation (I have yet to use it extensively) as well as InDesign. There is also a form designer, a file or document tracking system and of course, PhotoShop and Illustrator. The learning curve is high. And reference books seem to be thin on the ground at the moment too. However, it is a high demand skill to have in the market... An upgrade version should work. If you are using Pagemaker for large documents then you are also going to be struggling. Warren Lewington Technical Writer Metso Minerals Arndell Park, Sydney. NSW, Australia. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************