Have you given Mif2Go a try at converting your Frame docs to Word?You use it
now for HTML, it will also handle Word conversions.
Dave Spreadbury
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:23 PM, Kevin Ryan
<[email protected]> wrote:
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{}-->Hi, I could use the advice of some Frame veterans on whether a switch from
Frame to Flare might be a delusion-inspired wrong turn for me, or possibly the
right way to go. My company's primary documentation output is PDF
user/training/reference guides authored on FrameMaker 7. Not the current Frame
version, I know, but sufficient with our good templates to produce solid,
professional-looking documents we're proud of. Other current deliverables
include context-sensitive HTML topics produced via Mif2go and a limited number
of "Process Assistance" MS Word topics. These latter are a sort of MS-Word
help equivalent that our customers can download from our application, edit if
necessary, and even upload back into our application for others if they want
to. I create Process Assistance MS-Word topics by cutting from Frame and
pasting into Word, followed by manual reformatting (ouch). Our customers
(utilities) have been requesting another MS Word output: Editable MS Word
versions of our 20-300 page PDF manuals so that they can edit them for their
own purposes (such as internal training). Unfortunately, we've been unable to
find a workable Frame-to-Word conversion process to this end. I can do manual
reformatting to Word in our short Process Assistance topics, but to do it on
entire manuals would give me a nervous breakdown. So, with better MS-Word
output generation as my primary goal, I've been considering a switch to Flare.
Its capability to output in PDF, Word, and HTML seems as though it might
ultimately streamline our processes. As I test Flare by my 30-day trial,
though, I'm reminded of the many things FrameMaker does really well — things I
might be losing if I made the switch: For example, precise page layouts,
complex graphics, robust tables. To its credit, Flare seems to offer output
versatility, excellent documentation and support, and a lot of Marketing
momentum. Am I misguiding myself? Barking up the wrong tree? Thanks for any
opinions or comments. Kevin RyanTechnical WriterSystems & Software, Inc.426
Industrial AvenueSuite 140Williston, VT 05495802.865.1170
phone802.865.1171
fax
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