"Hi JG, I think it's mostly down to costs. Frame is very expensive, whereas Word comes bundled with most PCs. Also most people know how to use Word, whereas (for others) Frame can be awkward. As regards Adobe suggesting they'll drop Frame. I feel it will be merged into InDesign or Robohelp at some point. Frame feels to me more like a DTP product that has been twisted into an authoring tool. Also, as we move to the web, Robohelp may become the default tech writing tool as it's web-facing. Frame is very much for 'real' books. From a really cold Ireland, Ivan" - Ivan Walsh