You should probably post that to the FrameMaker forum topic, I don't get the impression that anyone from Adobe reads this list:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4377975 On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:32 AM, meg miranda <megmira...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the original poster of this > request. > > I would have a few feature requests, but first some info on how we use > Frame: > > We've got Frame set up with unstructured templates (even though we all have > had DITA experience) and we use RoboHelp to convert 8 books into one single > online help system. > > Some of the larger issues I run into all the time: > > Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a > struggle to work with. Individual writers (over time with writers coming > and going) set up variables for their book, because, hey, it sounds like a > logical and good idea. But when we bring multiple books together, I have no > good way to manage the variables. My advice to several writers has been to > not use variables at all in favor of using the global search and replace > functionality. So I'd say either remove variables from Frame or put some > effort into making them worth using. Interleaf used to do such a stand up > job with variables. > > Other features that would be excellent to me would be things that focus on > being able to globally manage paragraphs, characters, master pages, > variables, table types, conditional values, graphics settings, anchored > frame settings, and markers. Seems like every release I end up having to > troll through 10-20 different books making macro-level changes through each > of the supporting files. > > Let's see and another pain in the backside has been finding and removing > paragraph or character styles that are applied but no longer used. We did > extensive template clean-up 3 releases ago, but are still finding > interesting settings that deviate from the current template. Even after we > believe we have applied the paragraph style, the old thing still hangs on. > I've had to apply paragraph styles, then apply default character style, then > re-apply paragraph style before things stick. > > Integration with RoboHelp is a whole other set of grumblings. > > Thanks and I hope this might help in some small way. > > -meg > > ************************************** > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as rob...@lauriston.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/robert%40lauriston.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.