RE: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Craig Ede
The subscription model probably does help them deal with piracy. In that sense, they are urging a part of their user (but not customer) base to be more obedient. Craig From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Johnson Sent:

RE: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Craig Ede
Adobe provides a software license transfer form. Not applicable to academic versions, however. http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/transfer-product-license.h tml Craig -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]

Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
The hell you say. The only deadline I've ever missed was the result of my department's PCs being updated to Word 2003 without warning. There were bugs that made it impossible to update the headers and footers in a new features doc that had to be in Word format because marketing had the final cut.

Link to recorded ELLIS PRATT / Adobe webinar on Agile Authoring and LEAN methodology (FrameMaker)

2013-05-16 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Missed our #AdobeTCS webinar Towards an Agile authoring methodology: learning from the Lean methodology? RECORDING: http://adobe.ly/13xEqF4 -- Guest speaker = Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf @ellispratt __ Maxwell Hoffmann |  Product  Evangelist  |  Adobe  | 

RE: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Hello Everybody, For the record, Adobe has made no announcements about Tech Comm Suite, FrameMaker or RoboHelp going to subscription only. The announcements discussed in this thread only involve Creative Suite. The change in future distribution of Creative Cloud was announced at the Adobe MAX

[ANN:] May 17 webinar 9AM PDT: FM for Word Users, Bullet-proof autonumbered lists and headings

2013-05-16 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Friday May 17 Webinar / 9:00 AM PDT (Pacific Time) Register: http://adobe.ly/129Zte0 One long-standing complaint amongst Word users has been fragile auto-numbers. Numbered headings and lists has long been one of FrameMaker's greatest strengths. Join this webinar to discover how (a) simple

RE: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Hi Robert, Your opinion is appreciated and noted. For anyone who would like a summary of what has changed in FrameMaker since 2002, you can download a PDF document which contains a matrix of which features were introduced in FM7.2, FM8, FM9 and FM11. Interesting reading. Here is the link:

Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
Flare doesn't offer anything I need that I don't already have from FrameMaker and WebWorks, and it lacks some things I find very useful, such as WYSIWYG editing for continuous PDF preview and the ability to save change markup to PDF for review. And neither do the thing I'm most interested in

Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Writer
I appreciate everyone's feedback, but plans to build a  competitive product and business plans for a competitive product may be a bit premature.  ;-) I strongly disagree. I think it's been a long time coming. I want more choices. I want to be able to see the text in the index dialog box.

Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread David Creamer
Not sure why you need to doubt my statement--but, let's see... I use on a regular basis: Photoshop Lightroom InDesign (with DPS) InCopy (currently I purchase separately, but it will be the new ACC release) Dreamweaver Edge Animate/Services Premiere Pro/Encore Media Encoder After Effects

Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Alan T Litchfield
Maxwell, I think you are missing the point. His comment is in reference to value (however that might be measured) in the statement I thought was worth paying for, not the fact that features have been added and added and added, then reshuffled and more added. Alan On 16/05/13 9:52 AM,

ANN: 1/2-hr webinar (free), June 5 -- Enable and encourage user input in PDFs (viewed with Adobe Reader)

2013-05-16 Thread Shlomo Perets
Enable and encourage user input in PDFs (viewed with Adobe Reader) with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers + Form Assistant Half-hour webinar (free; no fluff, no hype, no nonsense) Wednesday, June 5, starting 9am PDT Register at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/157658438 Enabling

Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
How about you doing some reading and making a to-do list of the basic features that FrameMaker users have been requesting for years? An easy way to find out what many of those are is to look at the plug-ins that people are willing to pay for. How are book-level variables, real templates, and

Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't doubt your statement, I was just curious. I didn't notice that you do training stuff, that often requires a bigger and broader toolkit. On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:01 AM, David Creamer ideasli...@ideastraining.com wrote: Not sure why you need to doubt my statement--but, let's see... I

Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
Or broken by FM9 and added back in as new features in later releases. On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Alan T Litchfield a...@alphabyte.co.nz wrote: Maxwell, I think you are missing the point. His comment is in reference to value (however that might be measured) in the statement I thought

Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Writer
An easy way to find out what many of those are is to look at the plug-ins that people are willing to pay for.  Good point. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to

How to include / import by reference structured (DITA) content in an unstructured document?

2013-05-16 Thread Linda Rose
Hi, I've been tasked with finding how to include / import by reference / text-inset / etc. unstructured (DTIA) content (such as field help descriptions) in a larger unstructured document (such as in a user guide chapter). Someone I work with said they saw an Adobe representative demonstrate

Re: How to include / import by reference structured (DITA) content in an unstructured document?

2013-05-16 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Mike... DITA files are typically XML, in which case I'm not aware of any way to import that into an unstructured FM document using standard FM commands. If the files are structured binary FM files that use the DITA model, you can use the text inset mechanism to import that file the same as

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Writer
> I appreciate everyone's feedback, but plans to build a? > competitive product and business plans for a competitive product may be a bit > premature.? ;-) I strongly disagree. I think it's been a long time coming. I want more choices. I want to be able to see the text in the index dialog

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread David Creamer
Not sure why you need to doubt my statement--but, let's see... I use on a regular basis: Photoshop Lightroom InDesign (with DPS) InCopy (currently I purchase separately, but it will be the new ACC release) Dreamweaver Edge Animate/Services Premiere Pro/Encore Media Encoder After Effects

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
Adobe already controls piracy using activation. The only difference with the subscription model is that your license has a timeout. On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Craig Ede wrote: > The subscription model probably does help them deal with piracy. In that > sense, they are urging a part of

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
How about you doing some reading and making a to-do list of the basic features that FrameMaker users have been requesting for years? An easy way to find out what many of those are is to look at the plug-ins that people are willing to pay for. How are book-level variables, real templates, and

Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't doubt your statement, I was just curious. I didn't notice that you do training stuff, that often requires a bigger and broader toolkit. On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:01 AM, David Creamer wrote: > Not sure why you need to doubt my statement--but, let's see... > > I use on a regular basis: >

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Robert Lauriston
Or broken by FM9 and added back in as "new features" in later releases. On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Alan T Litchfield wrote: > Maxwell, I think you are missing the point. > > His comment is in reference to value (however that might be measured) in the > statement "I thought was worth

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Writer
>An easy way to find out what many of those are is to look at the >plug-ins that people are willing to pay for.? Good point. Nadine

OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

2013-05-16 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> >An easy way to find out what many of those are is to look at the > >plug-ins that people are willing to pay for. > > Good point. > > Nadine Indeed a very good point! For me, book level variables are vital for my specifications ... that is what BookVars from Leximation provides and has yet

How to include / import by reference structured (DITA) content in an unstructured document?

2013-05-16 Thread Linda Rose
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How to include / import by reference structured (DITA) content in an unstructured document?

2013-05-16 Thread Scott Prentice
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