RE: Frame 11 license becomes trial license
When it comes to computers, I have always called these mysterious (mystic? :)) happenings, “cosmic occurrences”. Alison From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Sims Sent: May 11, 2015 8:16 AM To: michael.schwa...@teradyne.com Cc: Frame Users Subject: Re: Frame 11 license becomes trial license If they were solved, they wouldn't be mysteries, would they? crunchy frog, anyone? On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:01 AM, michael.schwa...@teradyne.com mailto:michael.schwa...@teradyne.com wrote: Thanks to all who replied. For some reason, Frame lost my serial number. I found it (the number had changed from the one I had saved), and entered it, and everything works again. I still don't know what caused the problem. But some mysteries weren't meant to be solved. Thanks. Michael ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.com mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com . Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com . To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com mailto:framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com mailto:listad...@frameusers.com . Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims ___ 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.
Re: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
No, Unicode was FM8. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.com wrote: ... I think at 7.2 you're over the Unicode barrier already ... ___ 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.
RE: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
Thanks, couldn't remember when that was ;) -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: May-12-15 2:59 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version No, Unicode was FM8. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.com wrote: ... I think at 7.2 you're over the Unicode barrier already ... ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.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/jeff.coatsworth%40jonasclub.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
Re: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
Fundamentally, unstructured FrameMaker has changed very little. I've opened FM6 in recent versions and had zero problems. New features have been added but old things all work pretty much the same. FM8 switched to Unicode. Anything using the old Zapf Dingbats that was bundled with FM will need to be redone. Any other symbol or dingbat font may need cleanup. FM9 introduced a new UI layered on the old one (when you drill down, you may still see dialogs unchanged from FM5), which broke a lot of keyboard shortcuts, many of which they never fixed. If you're used to driving everything from the keyboard and never touching the mouse, you'll probably hate it and have a bad month or two getting used to constantly using the mouse. FM12 added the core features from RoboHelp (look for multi-channel publishing in the docs), so you probably won't need to upgrade ePublisher or buy RoboHelp. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 2:53 AM, Caroline Tabach carol...@radcom.com wrote: At the moment we are using FrameMaker 7.2 and ePublisher Pro version 9.2 to create PDF files, and a collections of help files which are mostly html, with 2 or 3 .chm files The applications mostly run on Internet Explorer (and the .chm files are for the 2 that are not over IE). I would like to upgrade our applications as they do not really run on my current operating system and because I want to also produce more modern output. I need to make PDF, ePub, Responsive html and .chm. What do you all recommend? Is FrameMaker 12 enough to use stand alone? Do I need ePublisher Pro or RoboHelp? How would I go about importing my Frame 7.2 files into Frame 12. Does it support them or would I need to save as MIF and then open the MIF files. I have quite a lot of user guides. To what extent will FrameMaker let me change the design? What is the learning curve from 7.2 to 12? ___ 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.
RE: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
Thanks. I do have a few keyboard short cuts that I use a lot, I will try to get them to give me another computer so I can download an evaluation version to play around with. Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer Tel: +972-077-7745-042| carol...@radcom.com | www.radcom.com -Original Message- From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 21:57 To: Caroline Tabach; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version Fundamentally, unstructured FrameMaker has changed very little. I've opened FM6 in recent versions and had zero problems. New features have been added but old things all work pretty much the same. FM8 switched to Unicode. Anything using the old Zapf Dingbats that was bundled with FM will need to be redone. Any other symbol or dingbat font may need cleanup. FM9 introduced a new UI layered on the old one (when you drill down, you may still see dialogs unchanged from FM5), which broke a lot of keyboard shortcuts, many of which they never fixed. If you're used to driving everything from the keyboard and never touching the mouse, you'll probably hate it and have a bad month or two getting used to constantly using the mouse. FM12 added the core features from RoboHelp (look for multi-channel publishing in the docs), so you probably won't need to upgrade ePublisher or buy RoboHelp. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 2:53 AM, Caroline Tabach carol...@radcom.com wrote: At the moment we are using FrameMaker 7.2 and ePublisher Pro version 9.2 to create PDF files, and a collections of help files which are mostly html, with 2 or 3 .chm files The applications mostly run on Internet Explorer (and the .chm files are for the 2 that are not over IE). I would like to upgrade our applications as they do not really run on my current operating system and because I want to also produce more modern output. I need to make PDF, ePub, Responsive html and .chm. What do you all recommend? Is FrameMaker 12 enough to use stand alone? Do I need ePublisher Pro or RoboHelp? How would I go about importing my Frame 7.2 files into Frame 12. Does it support them or would I need to save as MIF and then open the MIF files. I have quite a lot of user guides. To what extent will FrameMaker let me change the design? What is the learning curve from 7.2 to 12? ___ 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.
Looking for examples of good landscape oriented user manuals
I am working on a project to document a new machine that has a Windows 8.x based user interface. All touch screen, swipe left-right... Our current manuals have a pretty restrictive template in portrait orientation; however, considering that the layout of all of the screens is very horizontal, I'm thinking that a manual in landscape format (probably spiral bound on the left when printed) might be a good way to present instructions that would include lots of graphics and probably embedded video (which I've done quite successfully in FM12). Any ideas where I might find some good examples of user manuals done in landscape, as well as supporting templates? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com___ 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.
RE: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
upgrade to from FM7.x to FM12 $800upgrade from FM 7.x to Technical Communications Suite $1200 For the extra $400 you get full Acrobat XI and not just the headless distiller FrameMaker uses when you buy it alone. That's worth $400 to me.Besides that you get RoboHelp 11, Captivate 8, and Presenter 10 as well and can play around with the Help options offered by RoboHelp. Opening older FM files does not require MIF save. Just open them and resave. I do it all the time with FM5.0 files and up. Copy your older files to new directories so that you still have them in case you think something went amiss. The UNICODE stuff is only a problem when backsaving to versions before 8 or 7.2 which I don't recommend. As someone else said, the retooling of ZapfDingbats (in bullets, etc.) and Symbol font usage is perhaps the biggest issue. Usually you can pick a glyph from you normal font(s) to replace these special use fonts since the modern versions of the fonts have many more glyphs. If you have the Symbol font, you don't have to replace Symbols with the simpler same font glyph unless you want to. Good luck, Craig ___ 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.
RE: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
It's been so long since I have been using Frame 7.2 that it's hard to comment about a learning curve. Certainly, some of the basic stuff hasn't changed much (sigh) but there have been a lot of interface changes and some usability improvements. I think you will have to convert to MIF. You may want to get a copy of MIF2GO, which is now open source and free. That will speed up the process. I'd stick with WebWorks. It's fast and stable and you're familiar with the workflow. You have some template rebuilding to do, but it would be easier than trying to learn RoboHelp. (The publishing features in Frame 12 are fairly basic and you will need RoboHelp to do any serious customization). Regards Keith -- Keith Soltys Senior Technical Writer Architecture TMX Group (416) 947-4397 http://www.tmx.com/ -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Caroline Tabach Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:53 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version Hi, At the moment we are using FrameMaker 7.2 and ePublisher Pro version 9.2 to create PDF files, and a collections of help files which are mostly html, with 2 or 3 .chm files The applications mostly run on Internet Explorer (and the .chm files are for the 2 that are not over IE). I would like to upgrade our applications as they do not really run on my current operating system and because I want to also produce more modern output. I need to make PDF, ePub, Responsive html and .chm. What do you all recommend? Is FrameMaker 12 enough to use stand alone? Do I need ePublisher Pro or RoboHelp? How would I go about importing my Frame 7.2 files into Frame 12. Does it support them or would I need to save as MIF and then open the MIF files. I have quite a lot of user guides. To what extent will FrameMaker let me change the design? What is the learning curve from 7.2 to 12? thanks -- -- Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer e-mail: carol...@radcom.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as keith.sol...@tmx.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/keith.soltys%40tmx.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail, including all materials contained in or attached to this e-mail, contains proprietary and confidential information solely for the internal use of the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or otherwise and ensure that it is permanently deleted from your systems, and do not print, copy, distribute or read its contents. AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ Le présent courriel, y compris tous les documents qu'il contient ou qui y sont joints, renferme des renseignements exclusifs et confidentiels destinés uniquement à l'usage interne du destinataire prévu. Si vous avez reçu le présent courriel par erreur, veuillez nous aviser immédiatement, notamment par retour de courriel, et vous assurer qu'il est supprimé de façon permanente de vos systèmes; veuillez également vous abstenir d'imprimer, de copier, de distribuer ou de lire son contenu. ___ 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.
RE: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
You can now create all those from FM12 directly; however, the learning curve will be a bit of a shock - the UI changed completely starting in FM9. I think at 7.2 you're over the Unicode barrier already so fonts may or may not be an issue. Some finer control over the publishing (generating) of help outputs can be done using the Tech Comm Suite (which includes RH, FM, Acrobat Pro Captivate), but may not be necessary in your case. Personally, I'd download a trial copy of TCS5 and try it out on a non-production machine with copies of your FM7.2 content play around with it for the 30 days of the trial. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Caroline Tabach Sent: May-12-15 5:53 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version Hi, At the moment we are using FrameMaker 7.2 and ePublisher Pro version 9.2 to create PDF files, and a collections of help files which are mostly html, with 2 or 3 .chm files The applications mostly run on Internet Explorer (and the .chm files are for the 2 that are not over IE). I would like to upgrade our applications as they do not really run on my current operating system and because I want to also produce more modern output. I need to make PDF, ePub, Responsive html and .chm. What do you all recommend? Is FrameMaker 12 enough to use stand alone? Do I need ePublisher Pro or RoboHelp? How would I go about importing my Frame 7.2 files into Frame 12. Does it support them or would I need to save as MIF and then open the MIF files. I have quite a lot of user guides. To what extent will FrameMaker let me change the design? What is the learning curve from 7.2 to 12? thanks -- -- Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer e-mail: carol...@radcom.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.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/jeff.coatsworth%40jonasclub.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
Re: Looking for examples of good landscape oriented user manuals
Can you keep everything about your existing template except orientation? Just change your mater page orientation landscape, It might be easier to get it through approval rather than creating a whole new templayt/style structiure. You might have to tweek any tyles that are based on absolute placement, but I know speaking for myself, it would take all of an hour to reorirntate my stuff. John X Posada AML Syst Ops Supt Data Analyst | US FCC RC Systems Control Analytics | HSBC North America Holdings Inc 330 Madison Ave., NY NY ___ Phone Int: 212-525-5483 Ext: Personal Cellphone - 732-259-2874 Fax Conference Bridge - 877-304-0052, Code 74809254 Email john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.com ___ Protect our environment - please only print this if you have to! From: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: 05/12/2015 07:21 AM Subject:Looking for examples of good landscape oriented user manuals Sent by:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com I am working on a project to document a new machine that has a Windows 8.x based user interface. All touch screen, swipe left-right... Our current manuals have a pretty restrictive template in portrait orientation; however, considering that the layout of all of the screens is very horizontal, I'm thinking that a manual in landscape format (probably spiral bound on the left when printed) might be a good way to present instructions that would include lots of graphics and probably embedded video (which I've done quite successfully in FM12). Any ideas where I might find some good examples of user manuals done in landscape, as well as supporting templates? Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com ** This message originated from the Internet. Its originator may or may not be who they claim to be and the information contained in the message and any attachments may or may not be accurate. ** ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as john.x.pos...@us.hsbc.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/john.x.posada%40us.hsbc.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ** This message originated from the Internet. Its originator may or may not be who they claim to be and the information contained in the message and any attachments may or may not be accurate. ** - ** This E-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return E-mail. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely, secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions. ** SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT! ___ 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
Re: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
Hi Caroline, I recently did this same upgrade (going from FM 7 to FM12). The learning curve was not bad. Mostly, it's getting used to a totally new (and way better, in my opinion) user interface. I recommend taking the FrameMaker 10 essentials course that is in Lynda.com. Adobe changed the UI at ver. 10, so virtually everything that is in that class applies to FM12. File conversion, so far, has been pretty clean. I've had only minor problems, I have a set of templates that I use for various parts of our manuals (Title pages, TOC, Preface, Chapter files, and Appendices. Each of these templates has a number of paragraph and character formats that are unique to them. Once I was up to speed on FM12 (about a week, I think), I converted the FM7 templates to FM12 (start by opening the files in FM12 and allowing FM12 to make them FM12 docs). Then, I went through my paragraph and character format catalogs and modified the tags, as necessary. From this point on, when I open a manual that was created in FM7, I first open the book file, then open each doc in the book file, save it (as FM12), then close it. Then I open my templates and import the formats (usually just paragraph and character) as appropriate. I then save the book (as FM12) and I'm ready to work! I have some manuals that are 600+ pages and the whole process for them took maybe an hour or less. Good luck! Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com From: Caroline Tabach carol...@radcom.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: 05/12/2015 05:58 AM Subject:Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version Sent by:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com Hi, At the moment we are using FrameMaker 7.2 and ePublisher Pro version 9.2 to create PDF files, and a collections of help files which are mostly html, with 2 or 3 .chm files The applications mostly run on Internet Explorer (and the .chm files are for the 2 that are not over IE). I would like to upgrade our applications as they do not really run on my current operating system and because I want to also produce more modern output. I need to make PDF, ePub, Responsive html and .chm. What do you all recommend? Is FrameMaker 12 enough to use stand alone? Do I need ePublisher Pro or RoboHelp? How would I go about importing my Frame 7.2 files into Frame 12. Does it support them or would I need to save as MIF and then open the MIF files. I have quite a lot of user guides. To what extent will FrameMaker let me change the design? What is the learning curve from 7.2 to 12? thanks -- -- Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer e-mail: carol...@radcom.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.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/tom.beiswenger%40emhartglass.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
Hi, At the moment we are using FrameMaker 7.2 and ePublisher Pro version 9.2 to create PDF files, and a collections of help files which are mostly html, with 2 or 3 .chm files The applications mostly run on Internet Explorer (and the .chm files are for the 2 that are not over IE). I would like to upgrade our applications as they do not really run on my current operating system and because I want to also produce more modern output. I need to make PDF, ePub, Responsive html and .chm. What do you all recommend? Is FrameMaker 12 enough to use stand alone? Do I need ePublisher Pro or RoboHelp? How would I go about importing my Frame 7.2 files into Frame 12. Does it support them or would I need to save as MIF and then open the MIF files. I have quite a lot of user guides. To what extent will FrameMaker let me change the design? What is the learning curve from 7.2 to 12? thanks -- -- Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer e-mail: carol...@radcom.com ___ 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.
RE: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version
That's exactly how I did it (full jump from FM7 to 12). I also took the FM essentials course in Lynda.com, which covered all of the new stuff with the UI. Tom Beiswenger Manager, Technical Training Documentation, Project Manager - Inspection Business Emhart Glass Mfg. Inc. 1140 Sullivan St. Elmira, NY 14901 PH: +607 735-4279 FX: +607 734-8278 Mobile: +607 769-4779 Email: tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.com From: Jeff Coatsworth jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: 05/12/2015 09:00 AM Subject:RE: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version Sent by:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com You can now create all those from FM12 directly; however, the learning curve will be a bit of a shock - the UI changed completely starting in FM9. I think at 7.2 you're over the Unicode barrier already so fonts may or may not be an issue. Some finer control over the publishing (generating) of help outputs can be done using the Tech Comm Suite (which includes RH, FM, Acrobat Pro Captivate), but may not be necessary in your case. Personally, I'd download a trial copy of TCS5 and try it out on a non-production machine with copies of your FM7.2 content play around with it for the 30 days of the trial. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [ mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Caroline Tabach Sent: May-12-15 5:53 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version Hi, At the moment we are using FrameMaker 7.2 and ePublisher Pro version 9.2 to create PDF files, and a collections of help files which are mostly html, with 2 or 3 .chm files The applications mostly run on Internet Explorer (and the .chm files are for the 2 that are not over IE). I would like to upgrade our applications as they do not really run on my current operating system and because I want to also produce more modern output. I need to make PDF, ePub, Responsive html and .chm. What do you all recommend? Is FrameMaker 12 enough to use stand alone? Do I need ePublisher Pro or RoboHelp? How would I go about importing my Frame 7.2 files into Frame 12. Does it support them or would I need to save as MIF and then open the MIF files. I have quite a lot of user guides. To what extent will FrameMaker let me change the design? What is the learning curve from 7.2 to 12? thanks -- -- Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer e-mail: carol...@radcom.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.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/jeff.coatsworth%40jonasclub.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as tom.beiswen...@emhartglass.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/tom.beiswenger%40emhartglass.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
