If you're billing by the hour and your client is loaded down with too much cash, I'd move to InDesign. It'll take a lot longer both for the conversion and on-going maintenance, assuming you started with Frame for it's long document / documentation / book-handling tools. ;- )
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 Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Martin Ley <martin at em-dash.com> wrote: > Fellow Framers, > > I have a conundrum... > > I have a huge body of work for one client done in FrameMaker. They want me to > do more work than I can handle alone. I have two colleagues who work with > InDesign, who might be able to help out. Would it be easier to migrate all my > FrameMaker files to InDesign, or migrate my colleagues to FrameMaker? > > An unfair question - particularly as I'm not giving you much detail - but an > interesting one! I use both Frame and ID. Horses for courses, normally, but > this is an odd situation. The client is after a quick fix, naturally, but > neither option would appear to be very straightforward. > > The FrameMaker route: I would have to migrate my colleagues to Windows too > (we're all Mac users; I'm now really happy running Frame under XP/Parallels > Desktop for Mac). Then they would have to learn Frame. > > The InDesign route: I would have to spend a lot of time getting fairly > complicated Frame book files working in InDesign. Conditional builds, text > insets, variables, markers, tables, etc etc. > > <light blue touchpaper> > <stand well back> > <await flack> > > Martin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Martin Ley, Em-Dash Publications > 84 High Street, Burwell, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 0HD > > T ? +44 1638 744173 ? ? ? ? ? M ?+44 7803 297354 > W ?em-dash.com ? ? E ?martin at em-dash.com > VAT 823339730 ? ? ? ? ?Skype ? +44 1223 969925 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. >
