I don't know if the suite is the best choice if you are trying to save
money. First of all, if you get TCS, every time you upgrade it will
probably cost more. (I doubt there is an option to only upgrade FM when
you own TCS.) And since you don't really need to upgrade Acrobat, it
should be much cheaper to upgrade just FM.
Since I have the ARTS Link Checker, which works with Acrobat 7, and a
new version of ARTS Link Checker is only available as part of a very
expensive suite, I decided to stick with Acrobat 7. It works OK, and I
can do the standard replacing pages, etc. I can't do a Save As PDF in
FM, since I have to uninstall the PDF creation add-in that comes with FM
in order to install Acrobat 7. So I print to PS then distill. That's OK
for me.
Also, you might be able to do what you need with Nitro PDF.
I'd like to know why people feel it's so imperative to have Acrobat
now-a-days, since both Word and FM have Save As PDF options that convert
headings to bookmarks. When Word didn't have that feature, it was
imperative to have Acrobat. But now I'm not sure if it's that important,
especially the latest version of Acrobat.
Is there something I'm missing?
Just my $0.02.
--
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
058-763-7133
On 16-Apr-18 6:29 PM, Art Campbell wrote:
Advanced FM users usually have kind of a 1000 yard stare...
And may have little square marks on their faces from banging their heads on
the keyboard.
Art Campbell
art.campb...@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 Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com>
wrote:
If I had a badly maintained FrameMaker book with a lot of cruft on the
reference pages, inconsistent styles, and so on, I'd ask them to
identify problems and say how they'd clean them up.
I'd ask to see one or more templates they'd created and have them
detail the process of creating a new book from them.
Actually, the first thing I'd suggest would be to consider whether
it's time to move on from FrameMaker.
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Carol J. Elkins
<celk...@awrittenword.com> wrote:
Over the next couple of years, I need to help my major client find and
train
an in-house replacement for me as I wind down my freelance practice. They
will not consider an independent contractor next time, so it may be
harder
to recruit and identify someone with the required skills. I've built 20
years of documentation for this client in unstructured Framemaker, and
managing these thousands of documents and books depends less on someone
being a good technical writer than being an excellent Framemaker user.
For those of you who are corporate employers, I'd like to know how you
screen candidates to identify those who truly are advanced Framemaker
users.
Is there a test you employ? Do you ask them to build a template from
scratch? Are there certifications that you require? Do you use a
recruiting
service? How would you locate qualified candidates (in addition to
posting
to Frameusers)?
Note that I am NOT recruiting; that is still a few years down the road
8-).
I just need to start thinking about the best way to replace myself. My
long-time designated backup is also planning to retire in the next
couple of
years, so I have to start again to find the best person for my job. I am
willing to train them how to do my job, but it requires their already
being
a master of Framemaker.
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