FrameMaker vs InDesign
At 11:44 -0600 31/8/12, Graeme R Forbes wrote: >On the minus side, it's 99e on top of what you pay for ID; on the plus side, >it's really good and DTP Tools has excellent customer support. I also use both. Slight lack of structure support in InD, though ;-) -- Steve
FrameMaker 10 Crashes When Saving a Book with Conditional Text and TT Edits
Hi All, Until quite recently, I was the sole technical writer at my company. In the last few months, a new writer was hired on. To review the edits he made to the documentation, he turned on track text edits. In addition, he occasionally applied conditional text to new text that he wrote. This meant that the green TT conditional text is applied indicating new text AND conditional text is applied to that text. Before he did this, the FrameMaker book would update and save without a problem. I have had this book for years and it has rarely ever experienced a crash or corruption. After he did this, each time I update the book, FrameMaker would crash. The moment I removed the specific sections of text that have TT edits and conditional text applied, the crashes no longer occurred. Has anyone seen anything like this or know how to work around this? Its really frustrating and a shame because I think this means that conditional text and TT edits are mutually exclusive and if you combine them you risk crashing FrameMaker. Here's some relevant information for debugging the issue: --the write and I are on machines with almost identical specs: Win 7 Enterprise 64 bit, Solid State drives, 4 GB of RAM, Intel Core i5 CPU --the writer and i are on TCS 3.5. --we are both using Framemaker 10 --we do not work off a network share. Instead we use SVN. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joe -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120831/f4d50c96/attachment.html>
seeking an ace in the San Diego area
I am working with a vendor based in San Diego, 3500 miles from my office. The vendor produces a knowledgebase tool that will import my FrameMaker 10 (unstructured) content both in one massive import of currently-published content to populate the k-base for launch, and on an ongoing basis as new topics are authored. Their import tool is a very limited command-line thing that relies only on FM's Save as HTML feature. They cannot import HTML from Mif2G or RoboHelp, but Save as HTML doesn't produce acceptable quality. They are going to need help. Do you know any FrameMaker aces in the San Diego area who can help them out? To be clear: the vendor does not yet have a req for this. I think they are on the verge of understanding that they do not have the expertise they need. That is the key point that I will pound on in a meeting today. It would help to know if there is a resource in the area before demanding that they get one. Thanks! John Sgammato Documentation Architect Imprivata, Inc Lexington, MA 02421 (508) 747-2809 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120831/744dea80/attachment.html>
RE: seeking an ace in the San Diego area
I live in San Diego County. (FYI: The next closest ACI/ACE is in Orange County, not San Diego. Done.) David Creamer IDEAS Training http://www.ideastraining.com Adobe Authorized Instructor & Certified Expert since 1995 Authorized FrameMaker Consultant since 1991 David Creamer . I am working with a vendor based in San Diego, 3500 miles from my office. The vendor produces a knowledgebase tool that will import my FrameMaker 10 (unstructured) content both in one massive import of currently-published content to populate the k-base for launch, and on an ongoing basis as new topics are authored. Their import tool is a very limited command-line thing that relies only on FM's Save as HTML feature. They cannot import HTML from Mif2G or RoboHelp, but Save as HTML doesn't produce acceptable quality. They are going to need help. Do you know any FrameMaker aces in the San Diego area who can help them out? To be clear: the vendor does not yet have a req for this. I think they are on the verge of understanding that they do not have the expertise they need. That is the key point that I will pound on in a meeting today. It would help to know if there is a resource in the area before demanding that they get one. Thanks! John Sgammato Documentation Architect Imprivata, Inc Lexington, MA 02421 (508) 747-2809 ___ 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.
seeking an ace in the San Diego area
I live in San Diego County. (FYI: The next closest ACI/ACE is in Orange County, not San Diego. Done.) David Creamer IDEAS Training http://www.ideastraining.com Adobe Authorized Instructor & Certified Expert since 1995 Authorized FrameMaker Consultant since 1991 David Creamer . I am working with a vendor based in San Diego, 3500 miles from my office. The vendor produces a knowledgebase tool that will import my FrameMaker 10 (unstructured) content both in one massive import of currently-published content to populate the k-base for launch, and on an ongoing basis as new topics are authored. Their import tool is a very limited command-line thing that relies only on FM's Save as HTML feature. They cannot import HTML from Mif2G or RoboHelp, but Save as HTML doesn't produce acceptable quality. They are going to need help. Do you know any FrameMaker aces in the San Diego area who can help them out? To be clear: the vendor does not yet have a req for this. I think they are on the verge of understanding that they do not have the expertise they need. That is the key point that I will pound on in a meeting today. It would help to know if there is a resource in the area before demanding that they get one. Thanks! John Sgammato Documentation Architect Imprivata, Inc Lexington, MA 02421 (508) 747-2809
Re: FrameMaker vs InDesign
At 11:44 -0600 31/8/12, Graeme R Forbes wrote: >On the minus side, it's 99e on top of what you pay for ID; on the plus side, >it's really good and DTP Tools has excellent customer support. I also use both. Slight lack of structure support in InD, though ;-) -- Steve ___ 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.
FrameMaker vs InDesign
Rob: I switched to ID when Apple dropped Classic and Adobe reneged on its promise to make all its "major" applications PPC/OSX native. The grass on the other side is somewhat greener, especially if you're having stability issues with FM and resent having to break footnotes across pages manually. I run ID (CS4) under Snow Leopard now and previously under Tiger. In the last year the only crashes I've had related to third-party plug-ins. You can use ID in FM-style, where each doc is a bunch of body pages tied to particular master pages of your own design. Footnotes behave correctly. But if you rely heavily, as I did, on FM's x-ref abilities, you'll probably find ID's built-in ones inadequate (among other limitations, it can't x-ref footnote numbers!). The best solution to this problem is to buy DTP Tools' X-ref Pro, which equals or exceeds what FM can do. On the minus side, it's 99e on top of what you pay for ID; on the plus side, it's really good and DTP Tools has excellent customer support. Graeme Forbes Sent from my iPad
FM8? 9? > FM10 errors
For the record, the errors went away when I deleted and recreated the TOC and imported all formats from a current project. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: > I'm updating a project that was last updated with FM8 or 9. > > Updating the book or saving as PDF fails with these errors: > > Could not open [book]TOC.fm, because it uses unavailable fonts. > FrameMaker will create a new version of [book]TOC.fm. If you save this > new version, you will overwrite the existing file. To use your > existing file, close the new version without saving it. Then open and > save the existing file in Document format. Finally, update the book > again. > Could not open [chapter].fm, because it uses unavailable fonts. > FrameMaker did not update the generated files because of errors such > as: Couldn?t open [chapter].fm > > If I have all the chapter files open, there are no errors and it works fine. > > Is there some way to get rid of the errors? The "Remember Missing Font > Names" setting has no effect.
FrameMaker vs InDesign
I currently use FrameMaker to single-source PDF, online help (with RoboHelp), Word (with MIF2Go), text with layout (with MIF2Go and Word), and XHTML (with MIF2Go). I'm pretty fed up with FrameMaker 10 but InDesign's not among the practical alternatives. What I'd really like is a copy of FrameMaker 8. Sure is a shame that we're stuck on this poky old Intel architecture instead of those screaming-fast PowerPC systems. I think I still have some of that Apple / IBM horseshit in my files. On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Graeme R Forbes wrote: > Rob: I switched to ID when Apple dropped Classic and Adobe reneged on its > promise to make all its "major" applications PPC/OSX native. ...
FrameMaker vs InDesign
Rob: I switched to ID when Apple dropped Classic and Adobe reneged on its promise to make all its "major" applications PPC/OSX native. The grass on the other side is somewhat greener, especially if you're having stability issues with FM and resent having to break footnotes across pages manually. I run ID (CS4) under Snow Leopard now and previously under Tiger. In the last year the only crashes I've had related to third-party plug-ins. You can use ID in FM-style, where each doc is a bunch of body pages tied to particular master pages of your own design. Footnotes behave correctly. But if you rely heavily, as I did, on FM's x-ref abilities, you'll probably find ID's built-in ones inadequate (among other limitations, it can't x-ref footnote numbers!). The best solution to this problem is to buy DTP Tools' X-ref Pro, which equals or exceeds what FM can do. On the minus side, it's 99e on top of what you pay for ID; on the plus side, it's really good and DTP Tools has excellent cus tomer support. Graeme Forbes Sent from my iPad ___ 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.
seeking an ace in the San Diego area
Matt Sullivan. matt -at- grafixtraining.com. Done. -Alan --- Fellow, Society for Technical Communication <http://www.stc.org>Alan Houser Group Wellesley, Inc. Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing President, Society for Technical Communication arh on Twitter 412-450-0532 On 8/31/12 10:16 AM, John Sgammato wrote: > > I am working with a vendor based in San Diego, 3500 miles from my office. > > The vendor produces a knowledgebase tool that will import my > FrameMaker 10 (unstructured) content both in one massive import of > currently-published content to populate the k-base for launch, and on > an ongoing basis as new topics are authored. > > Their import tool is a very limited command-line thing that relies > only on FM's Save as HTML feature. They cannot import HTML from Mif2G > or RoboHelp, but Save as HTML doesn't produce acceptable quality. They > are going to need help. > > Do you know any FrameMaker aces in the San Diego area who can help > them out? > > To be clear: the vendor does not yet have a req for this. I think they > are on the verge of understanding that they do not have the expertise > they need. That is the key point that I will pound on in a meeting > today. It would help to know if there is a resource in the area before > demanding that they get one. > > Thanks! > > John Sgammato > > Documentation Architect > > Imprivata, Inc > > Lexington, MA 02421 > > (508) 747-2809 > > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120831/bb677406/attachment.html> -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: STC-Logo-Fellow-vert.png Type: image/png Size: 26019 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120831/bb677406/attachment.png>
Another FM11 Review: DITA/XML expert focuses on specific improvements
FYI - here is another new review of FrameMaker, posted 2 days ago. The reviewer, Jang F.M. Graat, uses some interesting similes and word pictures to describe his vision for new workflow with the latest release. The Review also contains several useful screen captures and example scenarios. XPath and XSLT are also covered. http://bit.ly/Pxgtog Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120831/1bea3e8c/attachment.html>
Re: seeking an ace in the San Diego area
Matt Sullivan. matt -at- grafixtraining.com. Done. -Alan --- Alan Houser Group Wellesley, Inc. Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing President, Society for Technical Communication arh on Twitter 412-450-0532 On 8/31/12 10:16 AM, John Sgammato wrote: I am working with a vendor based in San Diego, 3500 miles from my office. The vendor produces a knowledgebase tool that will import my FrameMaker 10 (unstructured) content both in one massive import of currently-published content to populate the k-base for launch, and on an ongoing basis as new topics are authored. Their import tool is a very limited command-line thing that relies only on FM’s Save as HTML feature. They cannot import HTML from Mif2G or RoboHelp, but Save as HTML doesn’t produce acceptable quality. They are going to need help. Do you know any FrameMaker aces in the San Diego area who can help them out? To be clear: the vendor does not yet have a req for this. I think they are on the verge of understanding that they do not have the expertise they need. That is the key point that I will pound on in a meeting today. It would help to know if there is a resource in the area before demanding that they get one. Thanks! John Sgammato Documentation Architect Imprivata, Inc Lexington, MA 02421 (508) 747-2809 ___ 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.
seeking an ace in the San Diego area
I am working with a vendor based in San Diego, 3500 miles from my office. The vendor produces a knowledgebase tool that will import my FrameMaker 10 (unstructured) content both in one massive import of currently-published content to populate the k-base for launch, and on an ongoing basis as new topics are authored. Their import tool is a very limited command-line thing that relies only on FM's Save as HTML feature. They cannot import HTML from Mif2G or RoboHelp, but Save as HTML doesn't produce acceptable quality. They are going to need help. Do you know any FrameMaker aces in the San Diego area who can help them out? To be clear: the vendor does not yet have a req for this. I think they are on the verge of understanding that they do not have the expertise they need. That is the key point that I will pound on in a meeting today. It would help to know if there is a resource in the area before demanding that they get one. Thanks! John Sgammato Documentation Architect Imprivata, Inc Lexington, MA 02421 (508) 747-2809 ___ 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.
