Hey Hedley...
Good to hear from you again!
No .. FM9/10 can't export directly to ePub (out of the box) .. the
easiest path is via RoboHelp. Unless you want to save to PDF, then use
one of the many available PDF to ePub converters out there. Also, you
might try downloading Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com) .. it's free ..
and it converts to ePub from many formats including HTML and RTF (you
could save from FM to RTF, then convert that. As long as you keep things
simple with the styling it might not be too bad.
As for readers that let you pin a graphic .. I don't know of any .. but
that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I like the iPad as a reader device,
because it's more than just a reader. You're not locked to iTunes or
Apple formats since iBooks lets you read open ePubs and PDFs (as well as
the DRM'd ePubs from iTunes). There's also the Stanza app for iOS that
is pretty nice since it lets you download books from your local Calibre
Server.
Cheers!
...scott
Hedley Finger wrote:
Good day book butchers:
Can anyone tell me whether FrameMaker 9 or 10 can export directly to
ePub format without going through the RoboHelp intermediary process
(I'm still back with FrameMaker 8)?
I am particularly interested in acquiring an ePub reader on which you
can pin a graphic so that you can read the explanatory main text by
scrolling around the pinned graphic. That is, I have a diagram of how
double clutch gearbox works and I want to pin this diagram so I can
refer to it while reading the accompanying main text. The alternative
would be to keep scrolling back and forth from diagram to text.
Another clumsy alternative might be setting two bookmarks, one on the
diagram and another (constantly moving) bookmark at the current point
in the text.
Has anyone got any opinions on the best eReader and why they consider
it so for their purposes? There is a comparison chart on Wikipedia
which leads me to think that all of them are pretty average,
particularly if you don't want to be locked into an Amazon Whispernet
or Apple iTunes to purchase and download books.
Regards,
Hedley
P.S. Hi to all after a long absence. I am now retired and have
transformed into a bicycle nut!
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