Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

[Ben Allums]

On 11/28/2012 12:53 PM, Lynn Gold wrote:

I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks
2003 to get turned into online help.

One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of
FrameMaker is getting an online help solution that will work with
special marker tags that we've added to tell WebWorks 2003 where to
break pages.

We aren't sure whether to go with RoboHelp, WebWorks ePublisher, or
something else altogether.  Any opinions?  With an already overloaded
group that's about to get smaller, we need a quick and (relatively) easy
solution, preferably one that doesn't require us to do anything special
to the FM files beyond moving them to the current version.


Lynn,

It's been awhile since I've worked with Publisher 2003, but I do not 
recall that page breaks where controlled via markers.  Page breaks 
should be controlled via a page break option + TOC levels (to combine 
successive page breaks) + page style markers.


ePublisher exactly mimics the behavior of Publisher 2003 with regard to 
page break and page styling behavior.


So, it would be worth your while to evaluate ePublisher and see how it 
works with your content.  Shouldn't take more than a few minutes to 
download and confirm the behavior.


  

I would recommend that you request to evaluate ePublisher Designer, as 
you are an experienced Publisher 2003 user.



Ben Allums
all...@webworks.com
512-381-8885

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Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

[Robert Lauriston]

I don't see anywhere in RoboHelp 9 where I could map FrameMaker
markers to page breaks.

The only reference to FM markers I can find is in the FrameMaker
Conversion Settings dialog, where you can define the CSH marker type
(default is TopicAlias).

I find RoboHelp problematic in too many ways to recommend it as a
FrameMaker add-on. (I haven't used it standalone since 2003.)

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Gillian Flato
 wrote:
> In RoboHelp, it’s easy to tell it where to break pages. In TCS (where RH and
> Frame are integrated), you can even put the breaks in the Frame pages and RH
> parses them from Frame.
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RE: FrameMaker -> online help solution

[Gillian Flato]

In RoboHelp, it's easy to tell it where to break pages. In TCS (where RH and 
Frame are integrated), you can even put the breaks in the Frame pages and RH 
parses them from Frame.

-Gillian

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Gold
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Subject: FrameMaker -> online help solution

I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks 2003 to 
get turned into online help.

One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of FrameMaker 
is getting an online help solution that will work with special marker tags that 
we've added to tell WebWorks 2003 where to break pages.

We aren't sure whether to go with RoboHelp, WebWorks ePublisher, or something 
else altogether.  Any opinions?  With an already overloaded group that's about 
to get smaller, we need a quick and (relatively) easy solution, preferably one 
that doesn't require us to do anything special to the FM files beyond moving 
them to the current version.

Thanks,

Lynn Gold
Information Developer
IBM, Santa Clara, CA
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Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

[Robert Lauriston]

I'm curious about that as well.Never heard of such a thing.

MIF2Go is much cheaper than ePublisher but I have no idea if either
supports page-break markers.

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Writer  wrote:
> Are you not breaking pages at headings? Do you have some other approach to 
> page breaks?
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Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:53:28 -0800, Lynn Gold  wrote:

>I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that currently go through WebWorks 
>2003 to get turned into online help.
>
>One of the sticking points of moving them to the current version of 
>FrameMaker is getting an online help solution that will work with special 
>marker tags that we've added to tell WebWorks 2003 where to break pages.
>
>We aren't sure whether to go with RoboHelp, WebWorks ePublisher, or 
>something else altogether.  Any opinions?  With an already overloaded 
>group that's about to get smaller, we need a quick and (relatively) easy 
>solution, preferably one that doesn't require us to do anything special to 
>the FM files beyond moving them to the current version.

Mif2Go lets you remap markers any way you please,
including using them to split topics.  It's a
one-line setting in the ini file.  No changes at 
all required in the Frame files.  And a *lot*
less expensive at $295 (and easier to use) than 
any other option we know of.

HTH!

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  http://mif2go.com/
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Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

[Writer]

I highly recommend getting the newest version of WebWorks ePublisher. You would 
have to rebuild your stationery.

Are you not breaking pages at headings? Do you have some other approach to page 
breaks?

Nadine

>I have a bunch of FrameMaker 7 files that
currently go through WebWorks 2003 to get turned into online help. 
>
>One of the sticking points of moving
them to the current version of FrameMaker is getting an online help solution
that will work with special marker tags that we've added to tell WebWorks
2003 where to break pages. 
>
>We aren't sure whether to go with RoboHelp,
WebWorks ePublisher, or something else altogether.  Any opinions?
 With an already overloaded group that's about to get smaller, we
need a quick and (relatively) easy solution, preferably one that doesn't
require us to do anything special to the FM files beyond moving them to
the current version. 
>
>Thanks, 
>
>Lynn Gold 
>Information Developer 
>IBM, Santa Clara, CA
>
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