Thanks Nadine! Yes, the existing product documentation was authored in oxygen in India. I don't have good access to those resources, but I have the DITA files. I have to make them look presentable, and then improve the quality of the writing, fill in gaps, etc. So I have no legacy FM content, only DITA content. I want to use FM's publishing capabilities. I am well familiar with unstructured FM10, but unfamiliar with structured FM11. john
On Nov 29, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Writer <generic...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Congrats on the new job, John. Being the master of your own documentation is > pretty awesome, eh? > >> I would love to find some EDDs for basic DITA-compliant user manuals, and >> I'd love some war stories about getting Structured, tales of heroism and >> tragedy, etc. Please feel free to reply to me directly with comments not >> suitable for the broader community. >> This is going to be fun! > > I'm not clear on this. Are you saying that you have DITA files that were > authored somewhere other than in FM, but you WILL be authoring DITA in FM in > the future? If that's the case, EDDs are built into FM. Or did I > misunderstand your question? > > If you are authoring DITA in FM, you might want to browse this user group: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita/ > > Learning to author in DITA is not very hard. However, creating output can be > very challenging, and learning to architect your process from beginning to > end BEFORE you get started is very important. Production challenges can mean > that you have to have make certain authoring decision/compromises. Sometimes > those decisions can only be learned through experience, so you might want to > check out lists about your processing tool, if possible. Forgetting about > formatting while you author is also challenging at first, but important. > Marking up content based on its semantic value, rather than for formatting, > can take a while to get used to. > > There's so much more that can be said. You're welcome to contact me offline > if you have any questions. I don't use TCS4, so I can't answer RH questions. > > Nadine _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
