date:20130405

At 16:53 -0700 4/4/13, Matt Sullivan wrote:

>For anyone who has access to Macintosh software, PDF creation is native on the 
>last few Mac OS.

This is true, but by Apple's own admission the Quartz PDF renderer (or whatever 
they call it) doesn't product publication-quality PDF. If you need PDFX or 
whatnot, it's not the way to go, but it's fine for screen reading. Implemented 
as a 'print to PDF' feature in the print dialog of all apps.

-- 
Steve

PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat [WAS Re: Where on Adobe is the info/link to renew my maintenance contract for FrameMaker?]

2013-04-05 Thread Gillian Flato

If any of you guys use Live Cycle Designer like I do to make dynamic forms, you 
won't get that with any PDF Creator, only with Acrobat Pro. (Just sayin')

-Gillian

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Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:23 PM
To: 'Syed Zaeem Hosain'; 'Shmuel Wolfson'; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat [WAS Re: Where on Adobe is the 
info/link to renew my maintenance contract for FrameMaker?]

What about PDF Creator, http://www.pdfforge.org/? 

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Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:20 PM
To: Shmuel Wolfson; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat [WAS Re: Where on Adobe is the 
info/link to renew my maintenance contract for FrameMaker?]

Thanks for the list! It will help me during my evaluations soon. An addition to 
your list:

"easyPDF" from BCL Technologies ($29.95) 
http://www.pdfonline.com/easypdf/pdf-printer/

And I think, but not sure, that Pdf995 costs ($9.95) to get "without a sponsor 
page" ... all their tools cost this, hence the "995"
in the name. :) Their "PdfEdit995" and "PdfSignature995" products adds the 
capability to add combine/extract pages, encryption, etc.

Z

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:41 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: PDF and Alternatives to Acrobat {WAS Re: Where on Adobe is the 
info/link to renew my maintenance contract for FrameMaker?]

I apologize if this is off topic, but here is a list of Acrobat alternatives. 
(Please feel free to send me corrections or updates.)

Free:

- A free plug-in is available for Word 2007; comes with 2010

- Bullzip PDF Printer

- PDF995

- PrimoPDF

- CutePDF
   www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/Printer.asp

- Create PS file using any PS printer, then use GSview to convert to
   PDF (GSview requires GhostScript, also free)

Not Free (prices are as of Sep 27, 2012):

- PDF Fusion ($49.99)
   www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4100140
   Creates bookmarks and links from Word.

- Nitro Pro ($119.99)
   www.nitropdf.com
   Creates bookmarks and links from Word.

- Nuance PDF Converter Pro ($99.99)

- Jaws PDF Creator ($64)
   www.jawspdf.com/products.html
   Creates bookmarks and links from Word, but does not support
   Windows 7; probably not Windows 8 either.

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133

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FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to 
ePub/eBook formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to offer 
a FrameMaker -> ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.
-- 
Steve

FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

2013-04-05 Thread Writer

Hi, Steve:

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub 
2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output 
here:?http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can 
generate both outputs at the same time.

Nadine


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> Subject: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?
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> I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to 
> ePub/eBook 
> formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to offer a 
> FrameMaker -> ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.
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FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

At 05:55 -0700 5/4/13, Writer wrote:

>I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub 
>2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here: 
>http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can generate 
>both outputs at the same time.

Nadine, thanks. What I think I initially meant (and should have said) was 
Kindle, but ePub might be an option. I don't know enough about these formats 
yet to say anything very sensible about them: will read up. But I see that 
'Kindle' is not of itself a format, but a platform that can support eBooks in a 
variety of formats, the 'native' one being AZW (and now KF8). But *not* ePub, 
although Amazon offer a conversion utility from ePub to Kindle.

If anyone is following this thread with bated breath, here's a clutch of 
vaguely helpful links:

*

 (Kindle converters)

Somewhat humorous that a book about how to make a Kindle book is itself 
available in a Kindle edition, sort of.

If, as appears above, the Kindle 2G supports PDF, I'm thinking maybe I don't 
need to worry about conversion anyway. But the platform also appears to be a 
bit of a moving target.

(* Whoever wrote 'Word is a great tool to use because it's extremely easy to 
format' is living on a different planet to mine)

-- 
Steve

FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

2013-04-05 Thread Mike Wickham

Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the 
EPubFm2 plugin:
http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html

And the Adobe Tech Comm Suite also produces EPUB.

Mike Wickham

On 4/5/2013 6:49 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
> I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to 
> ePub/eBook formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to 
> offer a FrameMaker -> ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.

FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

Along with the usual suspects (MIF2GO, WW, RH) to output EPUB, RoboHelp also 
generates Kindle-compatible files using the same interface (Single Source 
Layouts) as its other outputs.

Thus linking a FrameMaker project to RoboHelp (or importing, if you don't have 
the integrated TCS) gives you HTML5, EPUB, and Kindle output straight out of 
the box.

-Matt

Matt R. Sullivan 
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 
P: 949.388.5683 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com 

@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com 

On Apr 5, 2013, at 4:49 AM, Steve Rickaby  
wrote:

> I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to 
> ePub/eBook formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to 
> offer a FrameMaker -> ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.
> -- 
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At 09:45 -0500 5/4/13, Mike Wickham wrote:

>Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the 
>EPubFm2 plugin:
>http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html

Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub -> Kindle converter, that seems a 
viable route, although I don't know how much damage would ensue along it.

Thanks and so on to Matt for highlighting TCS5, and Owen for Calibre. So it 
seems there are lots of options: great stuff.

-- 
Steve

Now Working

2013-04-05 Thread Dov Isaacs

It was reported on the Framers list before the holidays that fmerror at 
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that this was indeed the case.

Apparently, it was inadvertently disabled by our IT group when one of the 
persons monitoring it left the company.

It has been restored and please resume using it to report FrameMaker "issues." 
(I cannot guarantee results, but it is the official route to FrameMaker 
development in terms of reporting problems!)

- Dov

PS:   I will be on sabbatical for the next five to six weeks. I will try 
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ANN: Recording of Adobe/SQUIDDS Webinar: FM11 + Finalyser

2013-04-05 Thread Georg Eck

Dear Framers,



if you missed the free FrameMaker 11 + Finalyser Webinar, 
here the recording: adobe.ly/XlqNn9
<https://t.co/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FEH3CQDYe&sig=116b34eec2a6
86c2f0f644bb9b8c8d493c73551b&uid=57109949&iid=eeb9df61-92a2-4d80-9def-63
b6b9360e98&nid=4+252> 



Highlights: 

+ Overview of all Plug-ins and ExtendScripts, 

+ Book transfer > Go to Archive

+ Creating backgrounds for graphics objects

+ Term Checking



Thanks Claudia and  Maxwell.

-  GEorg



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Calibre is a fantastic utility and certainly should be in any EPUB or Kindle 
publisher's toolbox!

-Matt

Matt R. Sullivan 
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 
P: 949.388.5683 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com 

@mattrsullivan LinkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com 

On Apr 5, 2013, at 8:01 AM, Steve Rickaby  
wrote:

> At 09:45 -0500 5/4/13, Mike Wickham wrote:
> 
>> Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the 
>> EPubFm2 plugin:
>> http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
> 
> Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub -> Kindle converter, that seems a 
> viable route, although I don't know how much damage would ensue along it.
> 
> Thanks and so on to Matt for highlighting TCS5, and Owen for Calibre. So it 
> seems there are lots of options: great stuff.
> 
> -- 
> Steve

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FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

2013-04-05 Thread Scott Prentice

Steve...

It looks like you've probably got more info than you need, but let me 
thrown in one more. I maintain this website (below) and try to keep the 
Resources page up to date with all of the EPUB tools that I'm aware of. 
There's a section on "tools that export to EPUB" that will list many 
options ..

 http://epubtest.com/resources.php

Yes .. there are tools that convert from PDF to EPUB .. although the 
results may be less than desirable.

One point of caution .. when converting from FM (or Word) to EPUB, most 
tools will try to emulate the formatting and layout that exists in the 
source document. This is typically not a good idea. For a small screen, 
you want the most simple and basic layout possible. This is partially 
due to the screen size limitations, but also so that it'll look as good 
as possible on the widest array of devices and reader apps. Before 
sending a document through one of these tools, try to apply a very 
stripped down and simplified template, you'll be much happier with the 
results. This also helps with the EPUB to Kindle conversion.

Cheers,

...scott

On 4/5/13 8:01 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
> At 09:45 -0500 5/4/13, Mike Wickham wrote:
>
>> Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the 
>> EPubFm2 plugin:
>> http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
> Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub -> Kindle converter, that seems a 
> viable route, although I don't know how much damage would ensue along it.
>
> Thanks and so on to Matt for highlighting TCS5, and Owen for Calibre. So it 
> seems there are lots of options: great stuff.
>

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At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:

>While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found viewing 
>a PDF on them a very satisfactory experience.

Maybe so, but I've seen good FrameMaker books wrecked in Kindle-native form.

-- 
Steve

FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

Thanks Scott: this is most useful. I'm just in outline planning at present, but 
the advice to 'plainify' a book first is very helpful.
-- 
Steve

Subscriptions (was Zoom Level Settings in FM 11)

Depending on one's needs, I would look at:
A Creative Cloud Subscription @ $50 per month, and/or
A Technical Communication Suite @ $70 per month.

I have both--and yes, it costs me $1440 US per year, but I was spending
close to that on upgrades each year anyway. 
(I need to say up-to-date as a trainer.) 

Plus, I have other features that come with the Cloud, such as unlimited
submission of InDesign-created iPad apps to Apple.

I get all the updates as they become available, including Illustrator,
Acrobat, and Captivate. 
Some companies might like the known monthly fee rather than large upgrade
fees every year or so.
Adobe is getting more strict on how far back one can upgrade from. 

David Creamer
IDEAS Training
http://www.ideastraining.com
Adobe Authorized Instructor & Certified Expert since 1995

Anyone looking for a writer?

Sign up for a free LinkedIn account if you don't have one already, and join
the tech writer groups.
I see a number of tech writer jobs advertisers. I have no idea what they
pay, however.

David Creamer
IDEAS Training
http://www.ideastraining.com
Adobe Authorized Instructor & Certified Expert since 1995
Authorized QuarkXPress Instructor and Certified Expert since 1988

Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

2013-04-05 Thread Karen Robbins

Maxwell,

Thanks very much for your reply. It is good to know that someone is
listening. :-)

--Karen
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A year or so ago, I wrote some articles for TechWhirl about this subject.

E-Books: A Tool Overview for Technical Writers
 http://techwhirl.com/building-e-books-a-tool-overview-for-technical-writers/

E-Book Formats
http://techwhirl.com/e-book-formats/

The articles haven't dated too much since I wrote them.

Most people going to Kindle format will start by building the book in EPUB, 
then converting to Amazon's format.

While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found viewing 
a PDF on them a very satisfactory experience. You really need a tablet for PDFs.

Regards
Keith

> -Original Message-
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 10:35 AM
> To: Writer; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?
>
> At 05:55 -0700 5/4/13, Writer wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub
> 2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here:
> http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can
> generate both outputs at the same time.
>
> Nadine, thanks. What I think I initially meant (and should have said) was 
> Kindle,
> but ePub might be an option. I don't know enough about these formats yet to
> say anything very sensible about them: will read up. But I see that 'Kindle' 
> is not
> of itself a format, but a platform that can support eBooks in a variety of 
> formats,
> the 'native' one being AZW (and now KF8). But *not* ePub, although Amazon
> offer a conversion utility from ePub to Kindle.
>
> If anyone is following this thread with bated breath, here's a clutch of 
> vaguely
> helpful links:
>
> 
>
>  publishing/help?topicId=A17W8UM0MMSQX6>*
>
> 
>
>  compatible-with-the-Amazon-Kindle-3rd-gen-e-reader>
>
>  (Kindle
> converters)
>
>  ebook/dp/B0024FAPF4>
>
> Somewhat humorous that a book about how to make a Kindle book is itself
> available in a Kindle edition, sort of.
>
> If, as appears above, the Kindle 2G supports PDF, I'm thinking maybe I don't
> need to worry about conversion anyway. But the platform also appears to be a
> bit of a moving target.
>
> (* Whoever wrote 'Word is a great tool to use because it's extremely easy to
> format' is living on a different planet to mine)
>
> --
> Steve
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Writing APIs, was "About The Cloud: Quick-Read Suggestions"

That's a good overview, except that it doesn't discuss automatically
generating an API reference using javadoc and similar tools.

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Bowes, Rebecca  
wrote:
> Here's a link to a very basic summary of writing APIs: 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg309172.aspx
>
> It's kind of old (2010) and high-level, but I found it helpful.  Have fun. 
> I've always enjoyed the API and SDK work.

Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann  wrote:
> FrameMaker is a very powerful, feature-rich product that addresses the needs
> of very diverse users in many different vertical markets. As a result, it is
> impossible to please all of us, regarding UI, and other issues.

It's impossible to displease anyone by fixing bugs, or by improving your QA.

There are a lot of serious UI bugs that were introduced in FM9 that
from what I've heard still haven't been fixed in FM11. You may
remember you asked me to send you a list of those bugs last year.
Here's another copy.

1. Document window size and position are not saved.

2. Docked panels often appear behind the document window, and I have
to resize, minimize, or close the document window to use them. Since
window size and position are not saved, I have to resize them dozens
of times a day.

3. Sometimes I have the opposite problem: the side of a window is
completely blocked by the character or paragraph tag catalog, so I
have to minimize, close, or move the panel before I can resize the
window.

4. When I open a panel, sometimes it appears behind another panel
that's already open, and I have to move one or the other before I can
use it.

5. The first time I press Ctrl-f, I can just type the search string,
but after that the focus within the Find/Change seems to be random, so
I can't.

6. After a book has been open for a while, it no longer responds to
menu commands. I can double-click files to open them or use the
right-click menu, but if I try to select a menu command such as Edit >
Update Book or File > Save As PDF the book window minimizes and is no
longer active. The only workaround I've found is to close and reopen
the book window, which I end up doing dozens of times a day.

7. A separate FrameMaker button appears on the taskbar for each file
that's open.

8. The FrameMaker console window appears behind the application
window. Bringing it to the front is sometimes difficult.

9. When I first start FrameMaker, Ctrl-F6 switches between open
windows. After a while, it stops working. (I can use alt-key menu
navigation.)

10. Alt-key menu letters are not displayed for all menu commands (e.g.
Documents on the Window menu).

11. If I Alt-Tab to FrameMaker from another application, pressing
Alt-Tab again takes me to another FrameMaker document window (if more
than one document is open) instead of back to the other application.

I eventually gave up on rearranging FM10's windows and pods, which
means I don't encounter most of those any more, but I'm probably
10-15% slower as a result.

FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

iPad displays are 1024x768 (or twice that at twice the ppi for the
Retina models). Standard three-pane web help displays fine. So do
PDFs. There's no need to use a special layout.

Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

Robert,

Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. I will ensure 
that this is sent to the appropriate internal parties.

Regarding my intent in "it's impossible to please everyone," what I was 
referring to is that various feature requests and UI enhancements requested in 
this formats sometimes cancel each other out. Obviously, we can't please 
everyone.

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From: robert.lauriston at gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On 
Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 8:49 AM
To: Maxwell Hoffmann; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann  wrote:
> FrameMaker is a very powerful, feature-rich product that addresses the 
> needs of very diverse users in many different vertical markets. As a 
> result, it is impossible to please all of us, regarding UI, and other issues.

It's impossible to displease anyone by fixing bugs, or by improving your QA.

There are a lot of serious UI bugs that were introduced in FM9 that from what 
I've heard still haven't been fixed in FM11. You may remember you asked me to 
send you a list of those bugs last year.
Here's another copy.

1. Document window size and position are not saved.

[snip]

11. If I Alt-Tab to FrameMaker from another application, pressing Alt-Tab again 
takes me to another FrameMaker document window (if more than one document is 
open) instead of back to the other application.

I eventually gave up on rearranging FM10's windows and pods, which means I 
don't encounter most of those any more, but I'm probably 10-15% slower as a 
result.

FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

Formatting for ebooks is very different for formatting for fixed layout like 
print or PDF. It's more akin to formatting for an online help format like CHM 
or webhelp. Your reader has a little 4x6 window into which you have to shoehorn 
your text, and you don't know what font size or possibly even what font they 
are using. Additionally, the formats themselves (EPUB2, EPUB3, MOBI) have major 
limitations in how they handle common formatting elements (indents, bullets, 
interline and paragraph spacing), tables, and graphics. You have tools that 
introduce their own bugs (Calibre, InDesign)  And finally, you cannot assume 
that your carefully crafted file, which displays perfectly on the device you 
tested it on (a Nook, for example) will display properly on another device from 
a different manufacturer (a Kobo or an iPad).

It?s like the wild west out there right now - think of the early days of the 
web, with incompatible browser standards and various flavours of HTML - but 
worse.

If you have to distribute a highly formatted document, ebook formats may not be 
the best solution, especially if that document contains tables with complex 
layouts. PDF works well on tablets, but not so well for E-Ink based readers. 
You really need to test your documents on the devices your readers will be 
using to see what gives the best results.

Regards
Keith

> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Rickaby [mailto:srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 12:18 PM
> To: Keith Soltys; Framers Mailing List (framers at lists.frameusers.com)
> Subject: RE: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?
>
> At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:
>
> >While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found 
> >viewing a
> PDF on them a very satisfactory experience.
>
> Maybe so, but I've seen good FrameMaker books wrecked in Kindle-native form.
>
> --
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ANN: April 11th Webinar: FrameMaker 11 workspaces and quick edits (incl. "pods")

I don't announce most of my webinars in this forum, but thought this one may be 
of interest since it focuses on the "new" UI, how to customize workspaces, and 
how to deal with docking menus, and when to use pods as a timesaver. NOTE: this 
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Webinar will be recorded: if you register you will receive follow up email with 
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TWEET below, followed by webinar description:

April 11th 10AM PAC Webinar: "For Word Users: Sess 6) customized workspaces & 
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Every product has its frustrations; one commonly associated with Word is the 
number of times that you must "drill down" several levels to get to a desired 
menu. FrameMaker has approached this challenge in a unique way with 
"workspaces," which present the most commonly used menus associated with 
particular tasks.

Users benefit greatly from their ability to customize workspaces by docking and 
placing collapsed or expanded menus where they wish to find them. Even without 
customization, FrameMaker will gradually reduce the choices available as you 
move into highly specific tasks, like editing DITA in the XML Code View. If you 
work with contractors or team members who only occasionally assist with 
FrameMaker projects, you can greatly reduce the learning curve by creating 
customized workspaces with very limited choices.


Quick edits refers to a number of convenient short cuts that will display 
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Whether you are a Word user contemplating a move to FrameMaker, or a veteran 
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FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to 
ePub/eBook formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to offer 
a FrameMaker -> ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.
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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

2013-04-05 Thread Writer

Hi, Steve:

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub 
2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here: 
http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can generate 
both outputs at the same time.

Nadine


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> I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to 
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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

At 05:55 -0700 5/4/13, Writer wrote:

>I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub 
>2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here: 
>http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can generate 
>both outputs at the same time.

Nadine, thanks. What I think I initially meant (and should have said) was 
Kindle, but ePub might be an option. I don't know enough about these formats 
yet to say anything very sensible about them: will read up. But I see that 
'Kindle' is not of itself a format, but a platform that can support eBooks in a 
variety of formats, the 'native' one being AZW (and now KF8). But *not* ePub, 
although Amazon offer a conversion utility from ePub to Kindle.

If anyone is following this thread with bated breath, here's a clutch of 
vaguely helpful links:

*

 (Kindle converters)

Somewhat humorous that a book about how to make a Kindle book is itself 
available in a Kindle edition, sort of.

If, as appears above, the Kindle 2G supports PDF, I'm thinking maybe I don't 
need to worry about conversion anyway. But the platform also appears to be a 
bit of a moving target.

(* Whoever wrote 'Word is a great tool to use because it's extremely easy to 
format' is living on a different planet to mine)

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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

2013-04-05 Thread Mike Wickham

Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the 
EPubFm2 plugin:

http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html

And the Adobe Tech Comm Suite also produces EPUB.

Mike Wickham

On 4/5/2013 6:49 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:

I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to ePub/eBook 
formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to offer a FrameMaker 
-> ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.



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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

Along with the usual suspects (MIF2GO, WW, RH) to output EPUB, RoboHelp also generates Kindle-compatible files using the same interface (Single Source Layouts) as its other outputs.Thus linking a FrameMaker project to RoboHelp (or importing, if you don't have the integrated TCS) gives you HTML5, EPUB, and Kindle output straight out of the box.
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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

At 09:45 -0500 5/4/13, Mike Wickham wrote:

>Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the 
>EPubFm2 plugin:
>http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html

Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub -> Kindle converter, that seems a 
viable route, although I don't know how much damage would ensue along it.

Thanks and so on to Matt for highlighting TCS5, and Owen for Calibre. So it 
seems there are lots of options: great stuff.

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2013-04-05 Thread Dov Isaacs

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ANN: Recording of Adobe/SQUIDDS Webinar: FM11 + Finalyser

2013-04-05 Thread Georg Eck

Dear Framers,

 

if you missed the free FrameMaker 11 + Finalyser Webinar, 
here the recording: adobe.ly/XlqNn9
 

 

Highlights: 

+ Overview of all Plug-ins and ExtendScripts, 

+ Book transfer > Go to Archive

+ Creating backgrounds for graphics objects

+ Term Checking

 

Thanks Claudia and  Maxwell.

-  GEorg

 

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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

Calibre is a fantastic utility and certainly should be in any EPUB or Kindle publisher's toolbox!
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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

2013-04-05 Thread Scott Prentice


Steve...

It looks like you've probably got more info than you need, but let me 
thrown in one more. I maintain this website (below) and try to keep the 
Resources page up to date with all of the EPUB tools that I'm aware of. 
There's a section on "tools that export to EPUB" that will list many 
options ..


http://epubtest.com/resources.php

Yes .. there are tools that convert from PDF to EPUB .. although the 
results may be less than desirable.


One point of caution .. when converting from FM (or Word) to EPUB, most 
tools will try to emulate the formatting and layout that exists in the 
source document. This is typically not a good idea. For a small screen, 
you want the most simple and basic layout possible. This is partially 
due to the screen size limitations, but also so that it'll look as good 
as possible on the widest array of devices and reader apps. Before 
sending a document through one of these tools, try to apply a very 
stripped down and simplified template, you'll be much happier with the 
results. This also helps with the EPUB to Kindle conversion.


Cheers,

...scott

On 4/5/13 8:01 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:

At 09:45 -0500 5/4/13, Mike Wickham wrote:


Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the EPubFm2 
plugin:
http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html

Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub -> Kindle converter, that seems a 
viable route, although I don't know how much damage would ensue along it.

Thanks and so on to Matt for highlighting TCS5, and Owen for Calibre. So it 
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RE: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:

>While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found viewing 
>a PDF on them a very satisfactory experience.

Maybe so, but I've seen good FrameMaker books wrecked in Kindle-native form.

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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

Thanks Scott: this is most useful. I'm just in outline planning at present, but 
the advice to 'plainify' a book first is very helpful.
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RE: Subscriptions (was Zoom Level Settings in FM 11)

Depending on one's needs, I would look at:
A Creative Cloud Subscription @ $50 per month, and/or
A Technical Communication Suite @ $70 per month.

I have both--and yes, it costs me $1440 US per year, but I was spending
close to that on upgrades each year anyway. 
(I need to say up-to-date as a trainer.) 

Plus, I have other features that come with the Cloud, such as unlimited
submission of InDesign-created iPad apps to Apple.

I get all the updates as they become available, including Illustrator,
Acrobat, and Captivate. 
Some companies might like the known monthly fee rather than large upgrade
fees every year or so.
Adobe is getting more strict on how far back one can upgrade from. 

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RE: Anyone looking for a writer?

Sign up for a free LinkedIn account if you don't have one already, and join
the tech writer groups.
I see a number of tech writer jobs advertisers. I have no idea what they
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Re: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

2013-04-05 Thread Karen Robbins

Maxwell,

Thanks very much for your reply. It is good to know that someone is
listening. :-)

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RE: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

A year or so ago, I wrote some articles for TechWhirl about this subject.

E-Books: A Tool Overview for Technical Writers
 http://techwhirl.com/building-e-books-a-tool-overview-for-technical-writers/

E-Book Formats
http://techwhirl.com/e-book-formats/

The articles haven't dated too much since I wrote them.

Most people going to Kindle format will start by building the book in EPUB, 
then converting to Amazon's format.

While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found viewing 
a PDF on them a very satisfactory experience. You really need a tablet for PDFs.

Regards
Keith

> -Original Message-
> From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 10:35 AM
> To: Writer; framers@lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?
>
> At 05:55 -0700 5/4/13, Writer wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub
> 2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here:
> http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can
> generate both outputs at the same time.
>
> Nadine, thanks. What I think I initially meant (and should have said) was 
> Kindle,
> but ePub might be an option. I don't know enough about these formats yet to
> say anything very sensible about them: will read up. But I see that 'Kindle' 
> is not
> of itself a format, but a platform that can support eBooks in a variety of 
> formats,
> the 'native' one being AZW (and now KF8). But *not* ePub, although Amazon
> offer a conversion utility from ePub to Kindle.
>
> If anyone is following this thread with bated breath, here's a clutch of 
> vaguely
> helpful links:
>
> 
>
>  publishing/help?topicId=A17W8UM0MMSQX6>*
>
> 
>
>  compatible-with-the-Amazon-Kindle-3rd-gen-e-reader>
>
>  (Kindle
> converters)
>
>  ebook/dp/B0024FAPF4>
>
> Somewhat humorous that a book about how to make a Kindle book is itself
> available in a Kindle edition, sort of.
>
> If, as appears above, the Kindle 2G supports PDF, I'm thinking maybe I don't
> need to worry about conversion anyway. But the platform also appears to be a
> bit of a moving target.
>
> (* Whoever wrote 'Word is a great tool to use because it's extremely easy to
> format' is living on a different planet to mine)
>
> --
> Steve
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Re: Writing APIs, was "About The Cloud: Quick-Read Suggestions"

That's a good overview, except that it doesn't discuss automatically
generating an API reference using javadoc and similar tools.

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Bowes, Rebecca  wrote:
> Here's a link to a very basic summary of writing APIs: 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg309172.aspx
>
> It's kind of old (2010) and high-level, but I found it helpful.  Have fun. 
> I've always enjoyed the API and SDK work.
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Re: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann  wrote:
> FrameMaker is a very powerful, feature-rich product that addresses the needs
> of very diverse users in many different vertical markets. As a result, it is
> impossible to please all of us, regarding UI, and other issues.

It's impossible to displease anyone by fixing bugs, or by improving your QA.

There are a lot of serious UI bugs that were introduced in FM9 that
from what I've heard still haven't been fixed in FM11. You may
remember you asked me to send you a list of those bugs last year.
Here's another copy.

1. Document window size and position are not saved.

2. Docked panels often appear behind the document window, and I have
to resize, minimize, or close the document window to use them. Since
window size and position are not saved, I have to resize them dozens
of times a day.

3. Sometimes I have the opposite problem: the side of a window is
completely blocked by the character or paragraph tag catalog, so I
have to minimize, close, or move the panel before I can resize the
window.

4. When I open a panel, sometimes it appears behind another panel
that's already open, and I have to move one or the other before I can
use it.

5. The first time I press Ctrl-f, I can just type the search string,
but after that the focus within the Find/Change seems to be random, so
I can't.

6. After a book has been open for a while, it no longer responds to
menu commands. I can double-click files to open them or use the
right-click menu, but if I try to select a menu command such as Edit >
Update Book or File > Save As PDF the book window minimizes and is no
longer active. The only workaround I've found is to close and reopen
the book window, which I end up doing dozens of times a day.

7. A separate FrameMaker button appears on the taskbar for each file
that's open.

8. The FrameMaker console window appears behind the application
window. Bringing it to the front is sometimes difficult.

9. When I first start FrameMaker, Ctrl-F6 switches between open
windows. After a while, it stops working. (I can use alt-key menu
navigation.)

10. Alt-key menu letters are not displayed for all menu commands (e.g.
Documents on the Window menu).

11. If I Alt-Tab to FrameMaker from another application, pressing
Alt-Tab again takes me to another FrameMaker document window (if more
than one document is open) instead of back to the other application.

I eventually gave up on rearranging FM10's windows and pods, which
means I don't encounter most of those any more, but I'm probably
10-15% slower as a result.
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Re: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

iPad displays are 1024x768 (or twice that at twice the ppi for the
Retina models). Standard three-pane web help displays fine. So do
PDFs. There's no need to use a special layout.
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RE: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

Robert,

Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. I will ensure 
that this is sent to the appropriate internal parties.

Regarding my intent in "it's impossible to please everyone," what I was 
referring to is that various feature requests and UI enhancements requested in 
this formats sometimes cancel each other out. Obviously, we can't please 
everyone.

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-Original Message-
From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf 
Of Robert Lauriston
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 8:49 AM
To: Maxwell Hoffmann; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann  wrote:
> FrameMaker is a very powerful, feature-rich product that addresses the 
> needs of very diverse users in many different vertical markets. As a 
> result, it is impossible to please all of us, regarding UI, and other issues.

It's impossible to displease anyone by fixing bugs, or by improving your QA.

There are a lot of serious UI bugs that were introduced in FM9 that from what 
I've heard still haven't been fixed in FM11. You may remember you asked me to 
send you a list of those bugs last year.
Here's another copy.

1. Document window size and position are not saved.

[snip]

11. If I Alt-Tab to FrameMaker from another application, pressing Alt-Tab again 
takes me to another FrameMaker document window (if more than one document is 
open) instead of back to the other application.

I eventually gave up on rearranging FM10's windows and pods, which means I 
don't encounter most of those any more, but I'm probably 10-15% slower as a 
result.
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RE: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?

Formatting for ebooks is very different for formatting for fixed layout like 
print or PDF. It's more akin to formatting for an online help format like CHM 
or webhelp. Your reader has a little 4x6 window into which you have to shoehorn 
your text, and you don't know what font size or possibly even what font they 
are using. Additionally, the formats themselves (EPUB2, EPUB3, MOBI) have major 
limitations in how they handle common formatting elements (indents, bullets, 
interline and paragraph spacing), tables, and graphics. You have tools that 
introduce their own bugs (Calibre, InDesign)  And finally, you cannot assume 
that your carefully crafted file, which displays perfectly on the device you 
tested it on (a Nook, for example) will display properly on another device from 
a different manufacturer (a Kobo or an iPad).

It’s like the wild west out there right now - think of the early days of the 
web, with incompatible browser standards and various flavours of HTML - but 
worse.

If you have to distribute a highly formatted document, ebook formats may not be 
the best solution, especially if that document contains tables with complex 
layouts. PDF works well on tablets, but not so well for E-Ink based readers. 
You really need to test your documents on the devices your readers will be 
using to see what gives the best results.

Regards
Keith

> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Rickaby [mailto:srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 12:18 PM
> To: Keith Soltys; Framers Mailing List (framers@lists.frameusers.com)
> Subject: RE: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?
>
> At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:
>
> >While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found 
> >viewing a
> PDF on them a very satisfactory experience.
>
> Maybe so, but I've seen good FrameMaker books wrecked in Kindle-native form.
>
> --
> Steve

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