Framemaker vs XMetal for structured authoring

2009-07-29 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hi I currently use unstructured Framemaker for pdf output. I single-source my content - and via Webworks Publisher I output to context-sensitive help in Webworks help format. My 5 colleagues use Word and output to pdf for printing. We plan to go structured and are considering whether we should

Re: Framemaker vs XMetal for structured authoring

2009-07-29 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Verner Michael has already given you some excellent answers (as always). You find my comments below On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA verner.ander...@radiometer.dk wrote: Hi I currently use unstructured Framemaker for pdf output. I single-source my content

Re: Framemaker vs XMetal for structured authoring

2009-07-29 Thread Writer
I haven't used XMetal, but we do use FM9 to author DITA XML, and ePublisher (XML adapter) to create online help. We author XML files and ditamaps in FM9. To create PDFs, we save our ditamaps as composite FM books, which works fine. After the books are generated, we apply templates to the FM

What Affects the Security Settings In Distiller?

2009-07-29 Thread Fei Min Lorente
I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 and Adobe Acrobat 6.0. The last batch of manuals that I produced on the build machine had different security settings from the ones I normally use, and I'm not quite sure why. I have been working on the build machine to produce some PDF files from Word, but didn't

MIF for RoboHelp on the Fritz

2009-07-29 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Hi, all, I'm suddenly getting a strange new error message in running the MIF for RoboHelp plug-in, which has worked flawlessly until now. I've run it within the past week or two with no issues, and I've made few recent changes to my FM setup. The only recent plug-in I've added was the SetPrint

Mif2Go SmartSplit function

2009-07-29 Thread Martha Lee
Hi All, I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 and Mif2Go 3.3 to generate OmniHelp. I tried to invoke the SmartSplit command under [HTMLOptions] to prevent dangling headings (section title appears all by itself), but it's not working. Most likely I've got two conflicting settings, but I can't figure out what

Re: Framemaker vs XMetal for structured authoring

2009-07-29 Thread Scott Prentice
Just to repeat what Yves said .. if you're using DITA-FMx 1.1, you *can* actually use graphic overlay objects (callouts etc.) .. and this provides you the same level of DITA support in FM7.2, 8, and 9. If you're interested in seeing DITA-FMx and a CMS (XDocs) .. check out the webinar tomorrow

Re: Mif2Go SmartSplit function

2009-07-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:51:32 -0400, Martha Lee martha@coventor.com wrote: Hi All, I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 and Mif2Go 3.3 to generate OmniHelp. I tried to invoke the SmartSplit command under [HTMLOptions] to prevent dangling headings (section title appears all by itself), but it's not

Re: MIF for RoboHelp on the Fritz

2009-07-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:49:12 -0500, Pinkham, Jim jim.pink...@voith.com wrote: * I can still Save As MIF from within Frame, and I'm not seeing any apparent hiccups in Wash via MIF. * When I also try Save Using Mif2Go, I get an error message about not being able to find the mif2rtf.ini

Framemaker vs XMetal for structured authoring

2009-07-29 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA
Hi I currently use unstructured Framemaker for pdf output. I single-source my content - and via Webworks Publisher I output to context-sensitive help in Webworks help format. My 5 colleagues use Word and output to pdf for printing. We plan to go structured and are considering whether we should

Framemaker vs XMetal for structured authoring

2009-07-29 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Verner Michael has already given you some excellent answers (as always). You find my comments below On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA < verner.andersen at radiometer.dk> wrote: > Hi > I currently use unstructured Framemaker for pdf output. I

Framemaker vs XMetal for structured authoring

2009-07-29 Thread Writer
I haven't used XMetal, but we do use FM9 to author DITA XML, and ePublisher (XML adapter) to create online help. We author XML files and ditamaps in FM9. To create PDFs, we save our ditamaps as composite FM books, which works fine. After the books are generated, we apply templates to the FM

What Affects the Security Settings In Distiller?

2009-07-29 Thread Fei Min Lorente
I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 and Adobe Acrobat 6.0. The last batch of manuals that I produced on the build machine had different security settings from the ones I normally use, and I'm not quite sure why. I have been working on the build machine to produce some PDF files from Word, but didn't

MIF for RoboHelp on the Fritz

2009-07-29 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Hi, all, I'm suddenly getting a strange new error message in running the MIF for RoboHelp plug-in, which has worked flawlessly until now. I've run it within the past week or two with no issues, and I've made few recent changes to my FM setup. The only recent plug-in I've added was the SetPrint

Mif2Go SmartSplit function

2009-07-29 Thread Martha Lee
Hi All, I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 and Mif2Go 3.3 to generate OmniHelp. I tried to invoke the SmartSplit command under [HTMLOptions] to prevent dangling headings (section title appears all by itself), but it's not working. Most likely I've got two conflicting settings, but I can't figure out what

Framemaker vs XMetal for structured authoring

2009-07-29 Thread Scott Prentice
Just to repeat what Yves said .. if you're using DITA-FMx 1.1, you *can* actually use graphic overlay objects (callouts etc.) .. and this provides you the same level of DITA support in FM7.2, 8, and 9. If you're interested in seeing DITA-FMx and a CMS (XDocs) .. check out the webinar tomorrow

Mif2Go SmartSplit function

2009-07-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:51:32 -0400, "Martha Lee" wrote: >Hi All, > >I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 and Mif2Go 3.3 to generate OmniHelp. I tried to >invoke the SmartSplit command under [HTMLOptions] to prevent dangling >headings (section title appears all by itself), but it's not working. Most >likely

MIF for RoboHelp on the Fritz

2009-07-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:49:12 -0500, "Pinkham, Jim" wrote: >* I can still Save As MIF from within Frame, and I'm not seeing >any apparent hiccups in Wash via MIF. >* When I also try Save Using Mif2Go, I get an error message about >not being able to find the mif2rtf.ini file. That will

Bookmap

2009-07-29 Thread Bertrand Lefort
Hello, I am a new user of Framemaker. We are currently implementing Framemaker and DITA to manage or systems documentation for users. I have a question concerning the creation of complete book structure with cover page, TOC, content... I found one way with standard ditamap but it seems that