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digitalPhonixtoday at 2:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think Publisher would be the equivalent to FrameMaker from the Office suite. Publisher from Office ~2016 could definitely do that.

Unfortunately I think Publisher has faired even worse than Word in terms of stagnation, and now looks to be discontinued?


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lateforworktoday at 2:40 PM

Publisher is the equivalent of InDesign. It was meant for brochures and so on. If you want to write a long technical manual today most people use Word. In that respect we are using less powerful software today than our grandparents.

Note: Adobe bought FrameMaker and continues to sell FrameMaker. But Word has captured the market not because of its technical merit but because of bundling.

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WillAdamstoday at 4:56 PM

Correct, it is going away as of October this year.