I'd go a little further. If you're in production and want the fewest problems, go with the current release, 10.
You really don't have a choice, but the good news is that it's built to run well on W7 (and does, most of the time), and has a number of tools and features that make writing life easier. DO NOT try to cut a corner and skip upgrading Acrobat (assuming you use the full version) to X. Do look into FM's new licensing / maintenance / upgrade program... 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 I support www.TheGrotonLine.com, hyperlocal news for Groton MA. On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote: > At 02:04 +0000 12/8/11, visualbistro at comcast.net wrote: > >>What are the general thoughts from this "community?" What are the PROs and >>CONs? What should I recommend? We are a small startup business (check out >><http://www.agilyx.com>www.agilyx.com), and have to keep an eye on the >>budget, but we want to create professional results in everything we do. > > As Peter suggested, older version would only be occasionally available from > the likes of eBay. However, I went to FrameMaker 7 on Mac via that route and > it gave me no problems. At some point I will try to go to v 8 for Windows via > the same route, when I upgrade my main Mac to one of the Intel-based models. > > I have no direct experience of versions after 7, but others have said they > prefer FrameMaker 8. v 9 introduced the new Adobe-style palette-based UI, to > general derision, but DITA support got better across 8 -> 9 -> 10. > Conditional text was improved significantly with one of the version later > than 7 to allow the use of Boolean conditions, but I'm not sure whether those > came in with v 8 or v 9. > > If you don't need DITA/structure, consider looking for a second-hand full > copy of FrameMaker 8, but see what other opinions you get. > > -- > Steve > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.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/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
