We are creating 1000+-page catalogs of industrial supplies (hammers, gloves, ladders, mig welders, etc.). Both color and grayscale.
Scott White Media Production Manager Implementation Coordinator 210-704-8239 swhite at alamark.com On May 7, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Pat Christenson wrote: > I can't speak for fiction or magazines but I do layout of technical > books for a couple of commercial publishers. They both have the > authors writing in Word using a very simple template. (The thinking > is: The books are written by subject matter experts who are not > necessarily technical writers. "Almost everyone" has Word; very few > have FrameMaker or other layout applications, nor would they be > willing to purchase anything as pricey as Frame. In any case, the > publishers prefer the writers not to focus on design.) > > Once the content is final, it's turned over to a compositor (me or > someone like me) who then lays it out for press. In my experience, > more of these books are laid out in Quark or InDesign than in > FrameMaker. > > FrameMaker is widely used by corporate pubs or tech pubs groups to > produce manuals such as you describe (Maintenance Manuals, Aircraft > Maintenance Manuals, Wiring Diagram Manuals, and Illustrated Parts > Catalogs). > > Hope that helps - > > Pat Christenson > > > > > On May 7, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity, what kinds of documents are people producing >> in >> Framemaker? >> >> Our department produces aeronautial documents, such as Component >> Maintenance Manuals, Aircraft Maintenance Manuals, Wiring Diagram >> Manuals, and Illustrated Parts Catalogs. >> >> Do people produce books and magazines with Framemaker? Is Stephen >> King writing his next masterpiece on Framemaker? Does Anna Wintour >> use Framemaker to kick the next issue of Vogue to the curb? Are there >> websites that have been created in a Framemaker environment? >> >> I'm curious to know how widely used this product is and for what >> applications. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Deirdre >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to Framers as pxenson at comcast.net. >> >> Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >> >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/pxenson >> %40comcast.net >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as swhite at alamark.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/swhite%40alamark.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >