{Vendor ANN:} Mar 26 @ 2PM PAC Deliver S1000D IETM for iPad w FrameMaker, etc.
TWEET: Mar 26 @ 2PM PAC Deliver S1000D IETM for iPad w FrameMaker, RoboHelp and ADG's R4i Suite adobe.ly/WUpDkw -- dynamic demo! This will be a Real USER Demonstration of FrameMaker 11 interacting with the R4i CSDB for the Authoring and Validation process, before publishing from the Common Source DataBase to an S1000D IETM which will then be opened in RoboHelp to output as a fully functional HTML IETM and iPad IETM. You may register at: adobe.ly/WUpDkw Demonstration includes real content: == S1000D Data Module (DM) management within a CSDB == Checking a DM out into FrameMaker 11 and updating content == Inserting a graphic refdm via the CSDB's R4i Cross Reference Manager == Saving the file and checking in to the CSDB == Load Media Generator select Output Templates == Create the HTML IETM == Copy files into RobHelp Project directory (including graphics) == Open RoboHelp Project == Import all documents into Project == Add TOC entry to Project == From RoboHelp generate: == HTML Help and demonstrate capability == iPad IETM and demonstrate capability About the Presenter: Tammy Halter is the founder and sole Director of Absolute Data Group, with over 17 years experience in the info technology field; including SGML/XML publishing, S1000D Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) and IETP delivery, combined with doc management experience with various solution companies. Tammy has been a technical trainer, support engineer and project manager for several SGML software Distributors over the years, and was the Frame Product Engineer, Asia Pacific Latin America for Adobe Systems in 1997. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: migrating from FrameMaker to a wiki
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:03:46 -0700, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote: [snipped for brevity] One big challenge was converting thousands of pages of legacy docs. I got MIF2Go working on a page-by-page basis for both. I got stuck because I couldn't find a documented bulk import utility that worked. Yes; we still find it amazing that after creating a brand-new internal format, they could not provide a way to import docs that used it other than one at a time. They've had over a year to do it. WebWorks ePublisher can convert from FrameMaker to Confluence, but that's wiki markup and obsolete. If they ever update that to the new XHTML format that could solve the problem. How? That would just move them up to the same place Mif2Go is at already; all correctly formatted, but no bulk import. This needs work at tha Atlassian end. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.comhttp://mif2go.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Where on Adobe is the info/link to renew my maintenance contract for FrameMaker?
Hi Syed, Can you share us your contact details and preferred time to contact. We will call you to discuss it out. Thanks, Anjaneai On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) wrote: > > You can still buy an upgrade to FrameMaker 11 on adobe.com. Maybe > they'll discontinue that in favor of TCS for the next release? > > > I'm not sure I've had any reason to call support about FM10, so the lack > of support isn't an issue. > > Hi, Robert. > > I already have FrameMaker version 11. Actually, I was not looking for > support per se ... I was just anticipating being ready with the Update Plan > (at a lower cost than a single version update) in place to get version 12 > when it comes out. > > TCS is gross overkill for what I use FrameMaker for, so not likely to get > approval for it - and I am not about to pay for that myself! > > Anyway, as of yesterday, I am now exploring making all my work be > hyperlinked Wiki documents instead - they are mostly large User Manuals, > API documentation and stuff, so switching away from PDF from FrameMaker > documents to a Wiki may work ... any recommendations along these lines? My > current docs have some graphics, lots of text, with plenty of hyperlinks > (generally internal cross-references). Essentially B/W, with some color use > in headings, etc. > > If I find something workable for creating Wiki versions of my documents > relatively cleanly, and if Adobe cannot get their version upgrade pricing > rational and correct (the cost of upgrading to 9, 10 and 11 was > unacceptably high ... for a point tool), then version 11 is where I will > permanently stop and never upgrade again. > > And that will be a "too bad" moment. Having used FM since version 3 on a > Sun 3/50 ... it may just be time to move on. :( > > Z > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as anjaneai 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/anjaneai%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130323/005e4ddb/attachment.html>
migrating from FrameMaker to a wiki
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:03:46 -0700, Robert Lauriston wrote: [snipped for brevity] >One big challenge was converting thousands of pages of legacy docs. I >got MIF2Go working on a page-by-page basis for both. I got stuck >because I couldn't find a documented bulk import utility that worked. Yes; we still find it amazing that after creating a brand-new internal format, they could not provide a way to import docs that used it other than one at a time. They've had over a year to do it. >WebWorks ePublisher can convert from FrameMaker to Confluence, but >that's wiki markup and obsolete. If they ever update that to the new >XHTML format that could solve the problem. How? That would just move them up to the same place Mif2Go is at already; all correctly formatted, but no bulk import. This needs work at tha Atlassian end. -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://mif2go.com/
VENDOR ANN: March 27 webinar 2PM PAC on "Topic-based Info Development"
Topic-based Information Development March 27, 2:00 PM PACIFIC TIME Register at: adobe.ly/ZsLLS5 Topic-based, modular information development is a technique, rather than a technology. The change in writing technique from document-centric to topic-based can be a challenge for many technical writers. The biggest challenge when moving to topic-based paradigms such as DITA has proven to be the "major change in the document-centric mindset" required. The important changes in technical writing practice include the separation of content and form, using modular information units, document assembly, context-neutral writing, map and manifest files, and document assembly. This webinar will cover: == Influences on technical communication approaches == What topic-based information development is == The different skills required for good topic-based writing == The role of semantics in single-source topic-based approaches About the Presenter: Based in Melbourne, Australia, Dr Tony Self has over 30 years of experience as a technical communicator. For over 20 years, Tony has worked in the areas of online help systems, computer-based training, and XML documents. In 1993, he founded HyperWrite, a company providing training and consultancy in structured authoring, Help systems, DITA, and technology strategy. Tony completed his PhD in semantic mark-up languages in 2011, and his book The DITA Style Guide was published in the same year. He is a member of the OASIS DITA Technical Committee (and chair of the DITA Help Subcommittee), is an adjunct teaching fellow at Swinburne University, and is the Director of Training for TCTrainNet, a training initiative of tekom, the German professional association for technical communicators. Maxwell Hoffmann |? Product? Evangelist? |? Adobe? |? p. 503.336.5952? |? c. 503.805.3719? |? mhoffman at adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann -? http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann? blogs.adobe.com/techcomm
migrating from FrameMaker to a wiki
Confluence 4's import path is supposed to be MS Word, but there are several bugs that make it unusable: cross-references are broken, numbers are converted to plain text instead of ordered lists, and each node of the TOC is sorted alphabetically. I think Atlassian is in a catch-22 as regards the tech docs market: they don't fix those bugs or support bulk import because not enough of their users are voting for those bugs or enhancements, and not enough users vote for those because it's too hard to migrate legacy content, so tech docs departments are not using Confluence. WebWorks can export a whole FrameMaker book to Confluence, breaking it up into pages the same way it does for online help. It works fine with Confluence 4 for read-only purposes but it doesn't create the XHTML source you'd want for migrating permanently.
