Hi Syeed--- I would suggest you look at MIF2Go if you've just got one writer or workstream, or possibly WebWorks if you have multiple. Both do all that you ask for. I've used both, and am very happy with MIF2Go. WebWorks ePublisher Express is working fine for a client, but I don't do anything but feed things through the processor for them, so I dont know much about setup/configuration for that product.
Grant On 5/18/2012 12:07 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > Thanks, Nadine and Scott. > > As I mentioned in my other e-mail, DITA is just a learning curiosity for me > at this point. It *seems* overly compex for what I need, but looking to learn > nevertheless ... > > Now to real reason for this thread! > > My *current* flow is simple: > > 1. Write the documents and specifications in Unstructured FrameMaker 10. > > These typical range from 10 pages to 200 page FM books (typically as > four separate chapters: Title, Content, Body and Index), and all have similar > look and feel - given that I am the only author, I can control this easily > (and anally! :)). > > The content has quite a few referenced hyperlinks to other content > within them (only a few to external URL's) and these do come out properly in > the PDF. > > Sidebar: my experience with text references (which I *would* like to > use for common content) has been not good - due to *my* not wanting to waste > time figuring out what *I* am doing wrong. My typical problem is that > character formats applied to text within the referenced content does not show > correctly in the final output, and I haven't bothered figuring out why - > although I would like to someday keep the common text in other files (text or > FM) really, so that a single change to them gets reflected in all the > referencING documents. > > 2. Print to PDF using Adobe Acrobat X Pro. > > I have found that "Save as PDF" and "Print to Adobe PDF" usually > results in differing output and have learned, over the years, to experiment > with each new release of DM and Acrobat, and the settings, till I get what I > need. With the latest versions of FM 10 and Acrobat Pro X, it looks like > "Print to Adobe PDF" is best at the moment, although "Save as PDF" from > within FrameMaker worked a lot better in the past. > > 3. Fix the few PDF file properties that did not come across from > FrameMaker 10. > > This is usually stuff like Copyright information and meta-data that I > just change manually - some can be "set and forget" in FrameMaker 10, but > others need changes after the PDF is done. I have not found the place in > FrameMaker to do some of these items ... > > ... deep breath moment ... > > However, I have a *new* need for the near future. > > There is a desire to have our documentation and specs, etc., as hyperlinked > HTML pages - but, with the PDF as an available separate option still). I *do* > like the idea of doing this actually, and now need to take my current FM > books and specs and output them in the correct format (for Confluence ... see > below). > > But, my early experiments with using the HTML output capability in FM 10 and > Acrobat Pro X is *miserable* to say the least! The result is atrocious and > unusable really. > > In the interim, one person has been taking my PDF documents (he does not know > how to use FrameMaker) and creating all the HTML pages manually from the PDF > text (argh!) and inserting them into Confluence (see > http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/overview for more info on that). > > The result is a loss of the text hyperlinks, lots of time to do the work, > etc., etc., etc. > > So, I need to change my flow to output clean HTML that can be far more easily > put into Confluence and am trying to figure out the best way to proceed here. > > Do people have recommendations as to the best workflow for this? I have > changed the title of this thread to make sure that I don't confuse everybody > ... > > Thanks! > > Z > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as gr...@hedgewizard.net. > > 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/grant%40hedgewizard.net > > 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.
