Ditto. Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com TammyVB *AT* spectrumwritingllc *DOT* com
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Litchfield Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 2:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What FM plugin suite give the most bang? Two words about their products: bees knees Alan On 24/04/15 7:07 am, Writer wrote: > I've heard good things about Silicon Prairie Software, although I have > not used it: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/ > > Nadine > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > *From:* Rick Quatro <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected]; 'framers' > <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, April 23, 2015 2:08 PM > *Subject:* RE: What FM plugin suite give the most bang? > > Hi John, > > As you know, I am a big fan of scripting. FrameMaker 11 has > ExtendScript built in, so one clandestine way of adding productivity > to FrameMaker without plugins is to learn to write some scripts. > ExtendScript is basically Adobe's version of JavaScript on top of > FrameMaker's object model. If you don't want to write them yourself, > you can purchase them from others. And because scripts are compiled at > runtime, you usually get the source code so you can reuse parts and > pieces in your own scripts. Your learning will make things a longer > term effort, but it sounds like your procurement process takes time > anyway, so you may as well be adding to your skill set as you learn. > > I am doing an Adobe Webinar next Wednesday on ExtendScript in > FrameMaker. If you have a particular task in mind and attend the > webinar, I will make sure you get the script at no cost, or in > exchange for a small donation to the Roswell Cancer Center in Buffalo. > I welcome some good ideas for scripts that I can demonstrate. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. > Thank you very much. > > Rick > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > 585-366-4017 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:36 PM > To: framers > Subject: What FM plugin suite give the most bang? > > > Hi, guys...I'm using FM11 unstructured and I maintain quite a large > document > set...10 books of 2,000 pages each give or take. > > Because of the amount of time I spend on housekeeping, I'm ready to > take a stab at adding plugins that will save me time. In addition, I > may be bringing in a team of 3-4 writers and I want the files to be as > clean as possible. When you evolve to 20,000 pages of document from an > initial 195 pages in 2 years, ya get careless at times. > > Now...I'm in a very locked down environment, so I know I'm in for a > battle...this very well can be a 3-6 month project and I may loose. > > Money is no object. I was able to easily justify a $500 application > just to check broken links (3 bullet points in an email) , but it took > 4 months to work through the process from "request to license". > > So...if I was to try to put together a shopping list together with as > many plugin components in as few different products as possible, what > should that be? > > Thanks > > John X Posada > AML Syst & Ops Supt Data Analyst | US FCC & RC Systems Control & > Analytics > | HSBC North America Holdings Inc > 330 Madison Ave., NY NY > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Phone > Int: 212-525-5483 Ext: Personal Cellphone - 732-259-2874 Fax > Conference Bridge - 877-304-0052, Code 74809254 Email > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________________________ > Protect our environment - please only print this if you have to! > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > ****************************************************************** > This E-mail is confidential. 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