Dear Rick,
please allow one note about the "print engine". FrameMaker is still using the old Distiller engine (at least version 10 does). I recently had to switch a workflow from Indesign to FrameMaker and found it annoying that Indesign would produce a valid PDF right away whereas with FrameMaker I have to correct all PDFs in Acrobat to produce PDF/X3 with color profile and valid bleed box. And as transparency is not fully supported via the Distiller engine, the actual PDF/X4 format cannot be produced (the favorite format for one of our printing service companies). So finally, I came to think that not FrameMaker, but Indesign may have one of the best "print engines" - at least more flexible and more up to date than FrameMaker's. Best regards - Tino H. Haida, Berlin Rick Quatro: > Here is my suggestion on where to start. I would like a light-weight editor > where the user could apply styles, insert tables, images, etc. The styles > would be mapped to a schema so that the user could output XML. Then a full > copy of FrameMaker could be used as "print engine". You would set up a > structured application in full FrameMaker, and import the XML for print, > etc. > > The reasons I favor this approach: > > 1) FrameMaker is currently the best "print engine" on the market for > producing high-quality print/PDF output. > > 2) With a light-weight editor, you would only need one copy of FrameMaker > for output. The rest of the writers/editors could use the light-weight > editor. > > 3) You could easily exchange content with users of other XML editors as long > as everyone is using the same schema. > > 4) This is a realistic "first step" to a FrameMaker replacement. Anything > more complex may be too ambitious and not get too far. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > 585-283-5045 > r...@frameexpert.com
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