EPublisher is supposed to be a new release/version of WebWorks, but I have no personal info about it.
RH can produce a herd of formats including CHM. I don't think it's especially difficult to master, but like most programs, I think it follows the 80/20 rule. You can do most of your work easily, but there are always some nuances to figure out. If you have a simple design and help implementation, it takes less time to figure out. You may want to pop over to the TCS User's Group for more info from RH experts... http://groups.google.com/group/TCS-Users Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Lynn Durell <Lynn.Durell at dds.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks very much indeed for the responses. > > I think we'll need to wait to ensure everyone is upgrading to the same > version then! > > Does ePublisher work in the same way as WebWorks, i.e. within the FM menu? > > If we did go down the Tech Comm Suite route instead of ePublisher, can we > produce CHM files using RoboHelp? None of us here have used RoboHelp before > - would it be a steep learning curve to do this? > > Thanks very much, > Lynn > > > > *Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>* > > 25/11/2009 17:31 > To > Lynn Durell <Lynn.Durell at dds.co.uk> > cc > framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject > Re: Upgrading FM from 7.1 to 9 > > > > > Answers cut in.... > > Art Campbell > *art.campbell at gmail.com* <art.campbell at gmail.com> > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and > a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Lynn Durell <*Lynn.Durell at > dds.co.uk*<Lynn.Durell at dds.co.uk>> > wrote: > Hi, > > My company is considering upgrading our FrameMaker from 7.1p114 to 9 > (yippee, we've never upgraded before!). > > We're all running Win XP. > > > Please forgive my lack of knowledge, but do we open our v7.1 FM files in > v9 and then save them as v9? Or is it more complicated than that? > > Yes, that's all there is to it, but you need to SaveAs MIF. > > Once our FM files are saved as v9, can any users still using v7.1 still > read them (there's a chance our counterpart US office won't get the > upgrade to v9)? Or would we need to save back as v7 for those rare > occasions? Are there any known issues with doing this? > > You need to back save to a MIF format. The issues would be that any > features in 9 would drop out in 7. If you use any foreign characters, that'd > be a problem because 9 supports unicode characters and fonts, but 7 did not. > > > We currently using WebWorks (WebWorks > AutoMap 2003 Client within FM > menu) to produce CHM files. Will this be affected if we upgrade to v9? > > Webworks doesn't exist as a product any longer. It became ePublisher, and > the current version is required to support FM9. > > You're likely to be better off financially by upgrading to the Tech Comm > Suite so you can also get the current version of Acrobat and then switch to > RoboHelp. > > When you buy a v9 licence, do you automatically get all the patches that > are released? > > It depends on when Adobe updates their CDs to include the patches. > Downloading them or using the built-in installer is pretty painless though. > > Any other tips for upgrading? > > Some people have reported font issues with really old font files. > > Can anyone confirm that v7.1 is no longer supported by Adobe? > > Support stopped when version 8 shipped several years ago. > > Thanks very much in advance for your help, > Lynn > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as *art.campbell at > gmail.com*<art.campbell at gmail.com> > . > > Send list messages to *framers at lists.frameusers.com*<framers at > lists.frameusers.com> > . > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to* > **framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com*<framers-unsubscribe at > lists.frameusers.com> > or visit * > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > *<http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com> > > Send administrative questions to *listadmin at frameusers.com*<listadmin at > frameusers.com>. > Visit* > **http://www.frameusers.com/* <http://www.frameusers.com/> for more > resources and info. > >