SmartDocs is a client-server structured authoring system similar to Author-it, Paligo, or one of the high-end DITA systems that typically use Oxygen or XMetal as clients. It just uses Word as the client.
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 4:40 PM, A Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > But you're still using Word - which I find highly unreliable, especially for > larger docs. And Word doesn't handle images nearly as well as Frame, > especially if you're using icons in instructions. > > What kind of price tag for SmartDocs? > > Alison > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Keith Soltys > Sent: December 21, 2017 2:16 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Frame 2017 Export to Word > > Agreed on using SmartDocs. It's Snapshots feature for managing conditional > text and variables in a document is far superior to Word's as is its snippet > management. > > Regards > Keith > > -- > Keith Soltys > Senior Technical Writer > Architecture / Global Technology Services > > T +1 416 947-4397 > > > TMX | www.tmx.com <http://tmx.com/> > > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Robert Lauriston <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> They could use SmartDocs and have the best of both worlds. >> >> Actually, the conditional stuff would probably be a lot better than >> unstructured FrameMaker. >> >> On 12/19/17, A Craig <[email protected]> wrote: >> > ... I was at a job interview today and it sounds like they could >> > really >> use the >> > Conditional aspects of Frame in order to deliver various flavours of >> > the same manuals. However, they have done without a tech writer for >> > a while >> and >> > like the fact that their engineers can simply go into a Word doc and >> > make changes themselves. ... >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This message is from the Framers mailing list >> >> Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's >> homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/ framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe >> and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/ >> listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >> Send administrative questions to [email protected] >> > > -- > > > > NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY > > This e-mail, including all materials contained in or attached to this e-mail, > contains proprietary and confidential information solely for the internal use > of the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please > notify us immediately by return e-mail or otherwise and ensure that it is > permanently deleted from your systems, and do not print, copy, distribute or > read its contents. > > > AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALIT > > Le pr sent courriel, y compris tous les documents qu'il contient ou qui y > sont joints, renferme des renseignements exclusifs et confidentiels destin s > uniquement l'usage interne du destinataire pr vu. Si vous avez re u le pr > sent courriel par erreur, veuillez nous aviser imm diatement, notamment par > retour de courriel, et vous assurer qu'il est supprim de fa on permanente de > vos syst mes; veuillez galement vous abstenir d'imprimer, de copier, de > distribuer ou de lire son contenu. > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at > http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
