Each software creates a different type of document (text, image, video, and/or audio) that must contain, in the most efficient way, the message to the addressee. Is the document to be consulted or edited, by one or many users at the same time?

Softwares are tools that allow us to accomplish our tasks. It may be true that you need a hammer to knock in a nail, but you also need to know that there exist air pressured hammer that will do the job much more efficiently than a simple hammer. Not everyone may need an air pressured hammer but then again all choices should be known in order to select the most appropriate tool.

Example: Lois produces the 4 pages long monthly report that is distributed by e-mail to all of the clients. She uses Microsoft Word, but does not control very well all the aspects of the software and limits herself to replacing the texts and the images, keeping the same layout from one edition to the other. Lois should use a desktop publishing software, like Quark or Indesign, to make the publication more attractive, which would then be sent in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. This format, in reading mode only, is now universal thanks to the Internet. It allows users to fully conserve the graphics and the fonts, as well as minimizing considerably the weight of the document.

Frappier Consultant will establish with you the different desirable ways to diffuse the information and will propose you the softwares that could be used by the firm to attain the broadcasting objectives. In need, one or many databases will be envisioned to regroup, classify and share the information of the firm.