When I evaluated Oxygen XML, it seemed like a full-featured single-source help authoring tool much like Madcap Flare, except using DITA as its source format. Out-of-the-box web help and PDF output seemed of professional quality to me. I could have been productive immediately.
TCS 3.5 / FrameMaker 10, on the other hand, I was unable to evaluate (even though I'm fairly expert in unstructured FrameMaker) due to the lack of documentation and samples for doing DITA with structured FrameMaker. I know from reading other people's reports that it can be used to author DITA and DocBook projects, but figuring out how to do it would have required some sort of third-party consulting, training, or add-ons. Maybe TCS 4 / FrameMaker 11 has better samples and documentation, but I looked for such improvements when it came out and did not find them. Another weakness of TCS: all else being equal, I would prefer not to create any new projects involving RoboHelp. I've found it inflexible and buggy, and had to use MIF2Go for some output formats RoboHelp could not generate. On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Scott Prentice <[email protected]> wrote: > ... The big thing that sets TCS apart from other DITA authoring tools is that > in > addition to authoring, it provides a more complete publishing solution for > both PDF and various online formats. ... _______________________________________________ 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.
