There's a brief but detailed discussion on this on the Adobe forums: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2646481
> -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:20 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Frame Light, what's the potential market? > > > > I think it was a mistake for FrameMaker 10 not to include ePub output > > directly from FrameMaker. I can output an ePub straight from InDesign > > or straight from Apple Pages, but I need the full TCS3 to output ePub > > through RoboHelp. > > > When I saw the announcement of RJ Jacquez' webinar on producing EPUB, I > was excited. That's a feature I could use. Then I watched the webinar > and saw that RoboHelp would also be required, and was disappointed. The > logic, according to RJ, was that Adobe chose to put Web output into > RoboHelp and print output into FM. But, sheesh. Those of us who create > print books have no need for any of the help or Web features in > RoboHelp, but it would be nice to port a book easily into EPUB. There's > no way I'm going to spend the $1300 to upgrade to TCS3 just for that > capability, though. > > So maybe a RoboHelp Extra Lite is what I want-- EPUB only. Or, maybe now > that ExtendScript is hooked into FM, some third party will create a > reasonably priced script that would do the conversion. > > Mike Wickham _________________________________ Lea Rush Software and Documentation Specialist Astoria-Pacific International www.astoria-pacific.com ph: 800-536-3111 fax: 503-655-7367 lea at astoria-pacific.com Please consider the environment before printing this email. `?.??.???`?.?.???`?...? ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?.???`?...?><((((?> NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY This communication is from Astoria-Pacific International and is intended to be confidential and solely for the use of the persons or entities addressed above. If you are not an intended recipient, be aware that the information contained herein may be protected from unauthorized use by privilege or law, and any copying, distribution, disclosure, or other use of this information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by return email or telephone (503) 657-3010 immediately, and delete or destroy all copies. Thank you for your cooperation.
