FM9+ changed the way the UI looks and functions to be more mouse-oriented; people who used keyboard shortcuts have had to adapt a bit to the new UI. From a tech writing point of view, bundling the Technical Communication Suite together provides more ways of generating help output via RoboHelp now. FM9 introduced the book of books concept and folders within books; FM10 doesn't do much more with that. The biggest "push" is towards structured authoring (DITA and other schemas) and content management systems (CMS).
If you've got a spare machine, you can download the free trial & play around for 30 days with copies of your docs to see if you like it. You can also run the trial on a an Adobe virtual space online if you don't want to download it. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matanya Ophee Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 1:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Automatic ligatures On 26/03/2012 10:04 PM, Jeff Coatsworth wrote: > FYI - FM 10 works fine on WinXP SP3 That's already encouraging. The reason I upgraded from FM7 to FM8 was the new provision for language dependent paragraph tags. I do a lot of bi- and tri-lingual texts and that feature became instantly useful. What is there in the basic functionality of FM10 that is so radically better than FM8 to justify the expense of an upgrade? I am not interested in DITA (whatever that is) or in structured books, so improvements in these area are not my concern. As I mentioned, I am not inclined to upgrade the OS, since I must have access to DOS for my music typesetting software. -- Matanya Ophee Editions Orphée Inc., 1240 Clubview Blvd. N. Columbus, OH 43235-1226 Phone: 614-846-9517 Fax: 614-846-9794 mailto:[email protected] http://www.editionsorphee.com http://matanya.livejournal.com/ http://www.matanyaophee.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jeff.coatsworth%40jonassoftware.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
