RE: Adobe announces FrameMaker (2015 Release)
Hello Robert, The new feature of simplified XML editing is a no cost feature, in that it is built-in to the product. It will work in either Full-Featured FrameMaker, or the less expensive FrameMaker XML Author (2015 Release). [For information on FMXA, the 2nd version referred to, go to its home page at: http://www.adobe.com/products/framemakerxmlauthor.html ] Here is a link to a video about how an optional setting for the AUTHORING MODE of XML editing in either FrameMaker or FrameMaker XML Author will allow you to have DITA fill-in-the-blank forms, vs. working with element tags and the traditional Structure View Window: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/framemaker-2015/fm-simpler-xml-authoring/ This new technique will enable you to have temp team members (including SMEs) create new DITA content with minimal training. === 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xI Recorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 2:39 PM To: Framers Mailing List (framers@lists.frameusers.com) Subject: Re: Adobe announces FrameMaker (2015 Release) Empowering SMEs to author in a NEW, simplified 'form-like' XML environment, without knowing XML That could be interesting, depending on exactly what it means, and how much extra you have to pay to use it. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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: Adobe announces FrameMaker (2015 Release)
Robert, You can view the following featurette video to get a preview of how Conditional Table Columns work: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/framemaker-2015/fm-cond-tbl-cols/ I'll post separately on the REGISTRATION pages for LAUNCH WEBINARS for FrameMaker 2015 on June 16 and RoboHelp 2015 on June 18 UNSUBSCRIBE FROM MAIL LIST 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xI Recorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 11:17 AM To: Keith Soltys; Framers Mailing List (framers@lists.frameusers.com) Subject: Re: Adobe announces FrameMaker (2015 Release) Looking at the version comparison, the additions for unstructured FrameMaker in English are: - conditional table columns - book-level conditional text - web help custom skins - auto-insert table continuation variables - mini-TOCs Still no wiki integration. I'll be curious to see how well the conditional table columns work. That seems like a major challenge. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
VENDOR ANNOUNCE: FrameMaker 2015 Product Launch Webinar Tues June 16 08:00 Pacific Time
Hello! You may have received a similar email invitation in your mail box from a different source in the past week; I just wanted to make sure that everyone on the Framers List is aware of 2 PRODUCT LAUNCH webinars that AdobeTCS has scheduled next week for our newest versions of FRAMEMAKER and ROBOHELP. Session Date/Time and Registration links are listed below, followed by a brief description. We hope to see you there and are confident that you will see some new, exciting features. PRODUCT LAUNCH: What's new in FrameMaker (2015 Release) Tuesday June 16, 08:00 - 10:00 AM Pacific Time Registration Link = http://adobe.ly/1I8aMK7 Key new features and major work flow improvements in the FrameMaker product family that will be covered in this session, include: * Editing and publishing support for Right-to-Left languages, viz. Arabic and Hebrew * Out-of-the-box publishing to mobile including native mobile apps, web, desktop and print * Easier layout editor for HTML5 allowing inclusion or exclusion of widgets for Filter, Search, etc. * Dynamic Content Filters enabling users to quickly find highly personalized, contextually relevant content * Greatly enhanced Word import into FrameMaker * Empowering SMEs to author in a NEW, simplified form-like XML environment, without knowing XML * Improved efficiency and usability with tables and conditional text control * Working faster with enhanced Structure view, in-line MathML equations and reduced EDD customization time * Extended DITA 1.3 support, mini-TOC, improved Quick Element Insertion Toolbar and a host of other features * Several significant UI enhancements to boost productivity FYI -- (for those also interested in RoboHelp) PRODUCT LAUNCH: What's new in RoboHelp (2015 Release) and Tech Comm Suite (2015 Release) Thursday, June18, 08:00 - 10:00 AM Pacific Time Registration Link = http://adobe.ly/1J7weQR Completely redesigned User Interface * New ribbon-based UI with Context-sensitive icon display * Brand new HTML5 Layout! -- Easily show/hide widgets for Filter, TOC, Index, etc. * Native social media widget support * Support for Right-to-Left language support * Publish content with dynamic content filtering - Users can easily select and filter content, simplifying find-ability * URLs display dynamic content filter choices; excellent for CSH Context Sensitive Help * Easily publish stand-alone mobile apps for iOS and Android * Greatly improved FIND/REPLACE functionality * Support for named expressions with conditional build tags Note: both sessions will be recorded. If you are interested, please register, even if you cannot attend; you will receive a follow-up email from Product Evangelist (me) that has minute-markers indicating how far into the recording key features are covered. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5
Adobe has updated online Documentation for FrameMaker 12 (click the HELP button to try it out.) The TWEET below has link to blog with details and illustrations: NEW #FrameMaker User’s Guide: Sliced, Diced, and Enhanced [Now in HTML5 Responsive Layout!] - adobe.ly/1yGIrTH Here are the direct links to the documentation: HTML: http://adobe.ly/11x6zyK PDF: http://adobe.ly/1uLhITn 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J for more resources and info. ___ 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: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5
Robert, thank you for catching this. I will fix the link in the blog as well. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:37 AM To: Maxwell Hoffmann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5 That obfuscated link resolves to http://help.stage.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/12.0/Help/Using/index.html which is presumably your internal-only staging area. If you remove the stage. it works correctly. On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Maxwell Hoffmann mhoff...@adobe.com wrote: Here are the direct links to the documentation: HTML: http://adobe.ly/11x6zyK ___ 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: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5
Folks, Here are the corrected shortened URLs to the online FrameMaker documentation outside of the stage area: HTML: http://adobe.ly/1Dokcld PDF: http://adobe.ly/1Dokp84 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:37 AM To: Maxwell Hoffmann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5 That obfuscated link resolves to http://help.stage.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/12.0/Help/Using/index.html which is presumably your internal-only staging area. If you remove the stage. it works correctly. On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Maxwell Hoffmann mhoff...@adobe.com wrote: Here are the direct links to the documentation: HTML: http://adobe.ly/11x6zyK ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5
Hi Robert, Thank you for your detailed feedback. I will share this and other comments early next week with the doc team manager. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 12:03 PM To: Maxwell Hoffmann; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5 The search seems to be broken, e.g. the results for footnote do not include this Create and edit footnotes topic: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WS6C3D24E6-2965-48bb-B6CF-50D1439AEB01.html Or maybe you just cut some content. Searching for endnote finds nothing. Something's wrong with the word spacing, compare old and new to see what I mean: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f7561e-7fff.html http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/12.0/Help/Using/index.html#t=using-framemaker-12%2Ffrm_books_bk%2Ffrm_books_bk-4.htm I prefer the smaller text in the old CSS. ___ 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.
Update to FrameMaker 12 (FM 12.0.3)
Framers, Today our product management team announced a point release free upgrade for users of FrameMaker 12. You can read all about it in the blog at the following URL: http://adobe.ly/1BiFryz Categories mentioned include: Responsive HTML5 output is now faster and better Additional publishing enhancements (FM Only) == FrameMaker 12 can now publish the content in the reference pages as well for all non-PDF outputs. == The non-PDF publishing for large files with many images is now faster with 50% reduction in publishing time. Integration with other Adobe products would work without TCS license Structure View Enhancements Table Enhancements CMS Connector Enhancements We have fixed more than 25 bugs as well! 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J more resources and info. ___ 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: Jeremy H. Griffith, 1942-2014
I was so saddened to learn this news. I met Jeremy dozens of time, including back in the day when he was starting Mif2Go. I benefited from that program and his expertise many times, but more importantly, by his goodness and honesty. He will be sorely missed. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Caroline Tabach Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:56 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Jeremy H. Griffith, 1942-2014 How sad. Although he created a program, he would always correspond with users and add features as requested. It was the only application at that time, where one could get direct help from the owner. (I know that things are not like that now). Indeed a good man. Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer Tel: +972-077-7745-042| carol...@radcom.commailto:carol...@radcom.com | www.radcom.comhttp://www.radcom.com/ [RADCOM_Logo_Radically_email]http://www.radcom.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.
RE: FrameMaker 12 Cloud
Rick, You may want to be aware of a current product launch promotion that is about to expire. Through May 30th, (10 days left) you can subscribe to ALL of Tech Comm Suite 5 (FrameMaker, RoboHelp, Captivate, Acrobat and Presenter), for the same price of $29.99. That is one dollar per day for 5 products (yes, with a one-year commitment). This is a one-time promotion related to first 6 months of product launch and this comes to an end 11:59 PM May 30th, Pacific Time. There is an information link to the 40% off promo on the home page of FrameMaker and Tech Comm Suite. FYI -- after the one year, you can downgrade from Tech Comm Suite to only FrameMaker and continue the subscription for only $29.99 per month. Again, $1 per day. Incidentally, if a major release comes out (e.g. FrameMaker 13) during your subscription, you are automatically upgraded at no extra cost. If you would like regular updates on such promotions, follow us on Twitter at @AdobeTCS or @maxwellhoffmann 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]blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Rick Quatro r...@rickquatro.com Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 12:04 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker 12 Cloud Hi Framers, Anyone using FrameMaker 12 subscription version? The price I am seeing is $29.99 per month, but it requires a 1 year commitment. If you cancel before the year is up, they charge you 50% of the remaining months. Huh? What good is a month-to-month subscription if I have to commit to a year? I am inquiring for a low-budget, non-profit client. Come on Adobe; there is enough bad will with all of the subscription stuff and high upgrade prices. Why the one-year commitment? Is it that costly to turn the subscription on or off before the year is up? Why not like my Lynda.com subscription which I can turn off and on at will? Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-366-4017 r...@frameexpert.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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: FrameMaker 12 Cloud
Hi Steve, Yes, you are right, I didn't answer Rick's question. I have no answer, other than that Lynda.com provides training which wouldn't be used weekly in production as FrameMaker usually is. I do however feel that everyone should be aware that they only have 10 days left to get 5 products for $1 per day. That is a pretty big deal, and it ends forever on May 30th. I will now exit this discussion. I do appreciate your feedback. 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]blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: Steve Rickaby srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 7:43 AM To: Maxwell Hoffmann; Rick Quatro; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 Cloud With all respect to Maxwell, special offers do not answer Rick's point. Adobe has generated *massive* ill-will over its licensing policies; I only hope this this is reflected in some substantive way, such as the stock price, that will cause it to rethink. Incidentally, if a major release comes out (e.g. FrameMaker 13) during your subscription, you are automatically upgraded at no extra cost. This is often touted as an advantage of cloud-based services, but is in fact a Really Bad Thing, as it can invalidate an organization's substantial investment in training and expertise by changing user interfaces and capabilities without warning - not to mention, er..., causing disruption to productivity (modesty forbids me from putting this more strongly, although I'd like to). Just my 10c. -- Steve Rickaby BSc MBCS CITP MISTC http://www.linkedin.com/in/steverickaby WordMongers Ltdhttp://www.wordmongers.com [FrameMaker user and evangelist since 1993] ___ 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: Using XML with FrameMaker
FYI - FrameMaker XML Author 12 is a separate product. It is possible to edit preferences in FULL FrameMaker 12 to have the UI and functionality of FrameMaker XML Author 12. This new product costs 40% the price of full FrameMaker. Here are some resources about FrameMaker XML Author: * FrameMaker XML Author 12 Home = http://http://adobe.ly/1i8lvXGadobe.ly/1i8lvXGhttp://adobe.ly/1i8lvXG * FrameMaker XML Author 12 FAQ = http://http://adobe.ly/1i8lVxjadobe.ly/1i8lVxjhttp://adobe.ly/1i8lVxj * FrameMaker XML Author 12 AdobeTV show = http://http://adobe.ly/1gnRUMBadobe.ly/1gnRUMBhttp://adobe.ly/1gnRUMB Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:35 AM To: Yves Barbion; framers Subject: RE: Using XML with FrameMaker There is also the new Adobe Framemaker XML Author which comes are part of TCS 5. You could check that out via the 30 day trial. Craig Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:39:55 +0100 Subject: Re: Using XML with FrameMaker From: yves.barb...@gmail.commailto:yves.barb...@gmail.com To: mark.sois...@gmail.commailto:mark.sois...@gmail.com CC: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Hi Mark You can see a demo of FrameMaker's XML view here: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/new-in-framemaker11-xml-authoring-features/framemaker-11-xml-view-walkthrough/ -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nuhttp://www.scripto.nu ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as craig...@hotmail.commailto:craig...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/craigede%40hotmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.commailto:listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer
David, The only time I've ever experienced the behavior you are describing is if I had been running FrameMaker with more than one monitor and had some menus (e.g. Para Designer / Char Designer) displayed off of the main monitor. That is probably not the cause for you. What you are experiencing is definitely not normal, with FrameMaker 12. When you first start FrameMaker, if you invoke the paragraph designer via Format menu or shortcut (Control-m) the menu should simply appear, docked in the right hand side of screen. FM 12 has a new feature that enables you to save selected files when you quit FrameMaker. When you restart FrameMaker, you can use a Restore last session command: it will open the last documents you saved and even display the same zoom level and the same page that you were on. Pods will be in same display. You can see this in action in a 90 second video that demonstrates this feature at: http://adobe.ly/1eBC4Hl Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Downing Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:11 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer I was humming along very nicely with one of those tutorials until I hit a major snag. I was supposd to do something with the paragraph designer, and neither the tutorial nor the FM 12 User Guide was very clear on how to get to it. I searched on my own, and found the menu option Format - Paragraph - Designer, which looked like what I should select. So I selected it and -- nothing happened. At least, nothing appeared that I could recognize as the Paragraph Designer. The same thing happened with the character designer. So either I'm making some kind of error or something's wrong with my copy of FM. I hope it's my error and you can tell me how to correct it. ___ 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: search with RegExp RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies
Mike, I will verify the correct answer for you and post it here soon. Sorry that your Q didn't get answered. We had well over 100 Qs between chat and the Q/A pod, so we answered as many as we can. I believe the answer is no due to technical limitations of insets, but I will verify that. FYI - if/when you upgrade to XML, you can use XPath in FrameMaker 11/12, which will search through all XML files in a folder, including sub folders. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: Mike [mailto:mhea...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 8:55 AM To: Craig Ede Cc: Maxwell Hoffmann; framers Subject: Re: search with RegExp RE: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies My question was ignored many times during the webinar. Do the search enhancements include finding matches in included files? Currently, the only way I can search for strings in my books that single-source included files is to generate a PDF and search in it. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Craig Ede craig...@hotmail.commailto:craig...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm especially excited about the search with regular expressions. If that helps me easily modify the markers I'm inserting using Shlomo Peret's Form Assist, that will be a huge TimeSaver for me (pun intended). Max, maybe you can schedule a webinar by Shlomo highlighting this use of that feature. Craig ___ 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.
RECORDING of What's new in FrameMaker 12 webinar from Jan 28 with time chart
Yesterday we had huge turnout at our first FrameMaker 12 webinar, which covered many significant new features. The session is 2 hours and 15 minutes long. I am posting info on how to access the recording and also some time stops you can fast forward to for specific features and areas that interest you the most. Here is the link to the recording: http://adobe.ly/1ibB3Ku (use your Adobe.com account credentials to log-in ... once you have you won't need to log-in again as long as browser instance is running.) If you are using Chrome, I recommend that you clear your cache and restart Chrome before viewing. Here are some key time stop points that will take you to major highlights of the presentation: * 1 hour 10 min = How to publish from FM12 to EPUB, HTML5 RESPONSIVE LAYOUT and more (in answer to many questions, this is FrameMaker 12 by itself, with no plug-ins, and no assistance from RoboHelp 11 or Tech Comm Suite 5!) * 1 hour 36 min = Structure and FrameMaker XML Author 12 * 1 hour 50 min = MathML equations, including XML code view to edit * 1 hour 53 min = improved XML white space handling * 1 hour 57 min = Preview DITAMAP topic content * 12 min = user interface enhancements * 25 minutes = Regular Expressions used in Find/Change (e.g. reverse date format) * 28 min 44 sec = Generate QR code * 30 min 28 sec = background color on text level and boxed/colored paragraphs * 32 min 30 sec = improved Conditional Text control, new UI and complex expressions * 38 min 44 sec = enhanced Smart Catalogs with search/filter to narrow choices * 46 min = improved collaborative workflow with Dropbox integration and improved PDF review Many people emailed me after the webinar asking about our 40% discount offer. For a limited time, all existing customers of Adobe Technical Communication Suite, Adobe FrameMaker and Adobe RoboHelp are eligible to take advantage of this limited period promotional offer to purchase subscription licenses of Adobe Technical Communication Suite 5 at 40% off for an entire year. This would allow you to subscribe to the entire Tech Comm Suite 5 (FrameMaker 12, RoboHelp 11, Captivate 7, Acrobat Pro XI and Presenter 8) for only $29.99 per month, the same subscription price as FrameMaker. Subscriptions are now a 1 year commitment, though you are billed monthly. Perpetual (boxed DVD) licenses are still available. Here is the link to that promotion: http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/promotions.html Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer
Lin, I had a chance to spot check online Help in keyboard shortcuts for FM12, and they all appear to be there. Check this help page: http://adobe.ly/1eAcVwQ I have tried over 20 ESC shortcuts in my use of the product and they all worked. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 7:16 AM To: Maxwell Hoffmann Cc: David Downing; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer Hey, Max, do the Esc shortcuts still work? Sometime around FM9, some of them (some of the table cursor movement ones) stopped working. I wish that could be fixed, too, and expanded to add the new features and commands. They're VERY useful for fast access to a lot of the submenus. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com wrote: David, Those commands should work. You might also try the shortcuts Control-M for para designer and Control-D for character designer. Check to see which workspace you are using. Make sure that you did not use Edit-Preferences and change your user interface to FrameMaker XML Editor ... which does make those menus go away. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952tel:503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719tel:503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcommhttp://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Downing Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:11 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer I was humming along very nicely with one of those tutorials until I hit a major snag. I was supposd to do something with the paragraph designer, and neither the tutorial nor the FM 12 User Guide was very clear on how to get to it. I searched on my own, and found the menu option Format - Paragraph - Designer, which looked like what I should select. So I selected it and -- nothing happened. At least, nothing appeared that I could recognize as the Paragraph Designer. The same thing happened with the character designer. So either I'm making some kind of error or something's wrong with my copy of FM. I hope it's my error and you can tell me how to correct it. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.commailto:listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Lin Sims ___ 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: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies
Mike, You are correct. That was my post. The point I was making was that if you subscribe for 2 years (no SW maintenance fees required) you are bound to get another release. Regardless of how much someone may just not like FrameMaker 12, it would be difficult to accept this as a minor release. Product development has speeded up addition of time-saving features over what we experienced 7-9 years ago. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 8:41 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies I don't have the original message handy, but I think the original poster was saying that at least the last three FrameMaker releases have been on an 18-month cycle. We get a new version of FM every year and a half. This was previously the case with Creative Suite software, too. Mike Wickham On 1/24/2014 10:54 AM, Roger Shuttleworth wrote: Three releases of FrameMaker in 18 months - really? I must have missed two of them. ___ 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: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer
David, Those commands should work. You might also try the shortcuts Control-M for para designer and Control-D for character designer. Check to see which workspace you are using. Make sure that you did not use Edit-Preferences and change your user interface to FrameMaker XML Editor ... which does make those menus go away. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Downing Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:11 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Can't get to either the Paragraph Designer or Character Designer I was humming along very nicely with one of those tutorials until I hit a major snag. I was supposd to do something with the paragraph designer, and neither the tutorial nor the FM 12 User Guide was very clear on how to get to it. I searched on my own, and found the menu option Format - Paragraph - Designer, which looked like what I should select. So I selected it and -- nothing happened. At least, nothing appeared that I could recognize as the Paragraph Designer. The same thing happened with the character designer. So either I'm making some kind of error or something's wrong with my copy of FM. I hope it's my error and you can tell me how to correct it. ___ 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.
FREE TC CAMP Sat 25 Jan workshop Santa Clara, CA; world premiere live demo FrameMaker 12
For any list members in the SF Bay Area, you have an opportunity to see the first live public demo of FrameMaker 12 this Saturday, Jan 25 at 8:45 AM, in a TC Camp workshop I'm giving at Mission College, Santa Clara. The free workshop is courtesy of Adobe's sponsorship of TC Camp. Other portions of the TC Camp later in the day require a modest fee; I attended last year and can highly recommend it. I hope to see some of you early Saturday morning when I will be sharing new features in Tech Comm Suite 5, FrameMaker 12, FrameMaker XML Author 12 and RoboHelp 11. Information on the session, with a link to register may be found at: http://bit.ly/1cWFVh6 Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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: Giving some paragraphs a background colour with DITA
FYI - for those who haven't reviewed all new features in FrameMaker 12, a new Pgf box command is available on the Advanced Tab of the Paragraph Designer. Unlike single cell tables, the new paragraph background color creates a box of color than can break columns or pages. Naturally, these values can be replicated as format rules in the EDD. If you wish to see a brief video of this feature, you may view it here: http://adobe.ly/1g1ycpJ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott Prentice Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:25 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Giving some paragraphs a background colour with DITA Hi Rebecca... For FM-DITA questions you'll probably get more replies by posting to the framemaker-dita Yahoo group. Applying coloring/formatting to paragraphs via @outputclass is fairly easy by adding context rules to the p (or whatever) element definition that check for a match of that outputclass value and assigning the necessary paragraph tag or style overrides. Doing the same with table cells is not so easy. While you can specify the overall table format based on the tgroup/@outputclass, there aren't any EDD context rules that you can use to assign properties to specific table cells or rows. Apparently FM11 added some new read/write rules that can assign these properties. I'm not familiar with setting these up, but you can read more about it in this post on the Adobe FrameMaker forum .. http://forums.adobe.com/message/6026704 BTW .. I'm in the process of developing a new feature in DITA-FMx that will allow you to specify outputclass values for rows and cells. This should be available in FMx 2.0 when that's released. Cheers, ...scott On 1/21/14 8:26 PM, rebecca officer wrote: Hi everyone We're going to be using FrameMaker (12) to output PDFs from DITA. We'd like certain paragraphs and/or table cells to have a background colour. Our specific usecase is that we produce multi-switch config examples. Sometimes, we find that each switch's content takes up more than a page, and that all the switches are nearly identical. It really helps if we can colour the content differently, so users (and us!) can see whether they're on switch 1, 2 or 3. We thought maybe outputclass would let us do this, but so far we haven't figured out how. We've found online references to doing this with the open toolkit, and for HTML with CSS, but nothing about Framemaker. Is there a way to use the outputclass attribute to style how some elements appear in FrameMaker? If not, is there another way to get the effect we're after? Thanks very much! Rebecca ___ 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: FM12 single-source integration?
Robert, To answer several people's questions, this new output is accomplished with only a FrameMaker license. You do not need to have either RoboHelp 11 nor Tech Comm Suite 5 to achieve the 5 new online outputs, including HTML5 responsive layout. This has been a major feature request for several year. Here it is! 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:33 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM12 single-source integration? The Don't intend to use structured authoring? page of Adobe's FM12 promo says, Publish to popular output formats like EPUB 3, KF8, MOBI, WebHelp, CHM, and HTML5. How do they accomplish that? Have they integrated a subset of RoboHelp the way they have been integrating a subset of Acrobat for years? ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)
Robert, For another viewpoint, Adobe was just named in the top 100 companies to work for by Fortune. Our 2013 revenues considerably exceeded projections. So somebody out there is happy with Adobe. ;-) 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:57 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released) It may seem like contempt, but I think they're just clueless. They have a lot of products that have been mature for a long time, so they have little to offer users to justify upgrading. They have a lot of employees with stale skill sets and it's not a company where someone with top skills would want to work. I overheard a conversation in a restaurant in which an Adobe employee was talking about how it was a great place to be while she figured out what to do next in her career because they were paying her $150K and she didn't really have to do anything. Maybe they're not even clueless. In 2013, per SEC filings, Adobe insiders sold 9 million shares and bought 5,000. On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 10:38 AM, D L Reynolds reyno...@semicool.com wrote: Adobe now seems contemptuous of its users. It's all about what works for them, users be damned. Very disappointing. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
ANN: January 28th 8:00AM Pacific = LAUNCH WEBINAR for FrameMaker 12
Here's your chance to attend a live webinar and ask questions directly from FrameMaker Sr. Product Manager, Kapil Verma. Tues Jan 28th at 8:00 AM 2 hours Register at: http://adobe.ly/1cqZL3D For a preview of some of what will be covered, watch this video: http://adobe.ly/1cT94K6 Join the Adobe Product Management team for an interactive learning session packed with launch presentations, LIVE product demos, tips and tricks and QA...as they publicly unveil for the very first time the latest releases of FrameMaker 12 and FrameMaker Publishing Server 12, and also announce the introduction of a brand new product Adobe FrameMaker XML Author 12. What will be covered in this session? Adobe FrameMaker 12: Multichannel multi-device publishing with best-in-class XML/DITA and unstructured authoring? All in one tool? Find out for yourselves! * Publish anytime, anywhere, to any device natively from within FrameMaker 12 with no additional plug ins, at no extra cost - EPUB 3, KF8, MOBI, WebHelp, CHM, and HTML5 output * Author with best-in-class XML/DITA support - MathML equations, DTD, XSLT 2.0 and XPath2.0 support, and DITA enhancements * Collaborate across platforms (including mobile devices), even while content authoring is going on simultaneously - Dropbox support and integration with Adobe Experience Manager * Do more than ever before - Smart Catalogs, Conditional Tags with nested parentheses, Regex support, and QR codes NEW PRODUCT: Adobe FrameMaker XML Author 12: All the XML/DITA power of Adobe FrameMaker 12. That familiar FrameMaker interface. At 40% price of FrameMaker. Possible? Adobe FrameMaker XML Author 12 software offers best-in-class XML/DITA authoring with complete DTD support that's simple enough for subject matter experts and powerful enough for experienced users. * Author with best-in-class XML/DITA support - MathML equations, DTD, XSLT 2.0 and XPath2.0 support, and DITA enhancements * Collaborate across platforms (including mobile devices), even while content authoring is going on simultaneously - Dropbox support and integration with Adobe Experience Manager * Do more than ever before - Smart Catalogs, Conditional Tags with nested parentheses, Regex support, and QR codes Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server 12: Can an enterprise remotely and automatically schedule, manage and publish content to multiple channels, formats and screens? Find out for yourselves! Publish from anywhere - Publishing as a web service, multiple users can access publishing services simultaneously using their web browser * Increase enterprise productivity - Schedule publishing tasks to be automatically executed, easy-to-use dashboard based monitoring, publishing task templates and reusable publishing presets, scripting support, shared APIs, and integration with Windows Task Scheduler * Publish to multiple screens and formats - Generate responsive HTML5 output for a wide range of screens with a single click or differentiate content for various devices with responsive HTML5 publishing. Deliver content to mobiles devices, tablets, and eBook readers in EPUB 3, KF8, and MOBI formats. Preview and optimize content for a better user experience * Integrate with your Content Management System (CMS) - New web APIs to set up integrated publishing workflows between FrameMaker Publishing Server 12 and your CMS using third-party plug-ins. Out-of-the-box support for leading CMSs like Adobe Experience Manager, EMC Documentum, and Microsoft(r) SharePoint Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
ANN: January 28th 8:00AM Pacific = LAUNCH WEBINAR for FrameMaker 12
Here's your chance to attend a live webinar and ask questions directly from FrameMaker Sr. Product Manager, Kapil Verma. Tues Jan 28th at 8:00 AM 2 hours Register at: http://adobe.ly/1cqZL3D For a preview of some of what will be covered, watch this video: http://adobe.ly/1cT94K6 Join the Adobe Product Management team for an interactive learning session packed with launch presentations, LIVE product demos, tips and tricks and Q they publicly unveil for the very first time the latest releases of FrameMaker 12 and FrameMaker Publishing Server 12, and also announce the introduction of a brand new product Adobe FrameMaker XML Author 12. What will be covered in this session? Adobe FrameMaker 12: Multichannel multi-device publishing with best-in-class XML/DITA and unstructured authoring? All in one tool? Find out for yourselves! * Publish anytime, anywhere, to any device natively from within FrameMaker 12 with no additional plug ins, at no extra cost - EPUB 3, KF8, MOBI, WebHelp, CHM, and HTML5 output * Author with best-in-class XML/DITA support - MathML equations, DTD, XSLT 2.0 and XPath2.0 support, and DITA enhancements * Collaborate across platforms (including mobile devices), even while content authoring is going on simultaneously - Dropbox support and integration with Adobe Experience Manager * Do more than ever before - Smart Catalogs, Conditional Tags with nested parentheses, Regex support, and QR codes NEW PRODUCT: Adobe FrameMaker XML Author 12: All the XML/DITA power of Adobe FrameMaker 12. That familiar FrameMaker interface. At 40% price of FrameMaker. Possible? Adobe FrameMaker XML Author 12 software offers best-in-class XML/DITA authoring with complete DTD support that's simple enough for subject matter experts and powerful enough for experienced users. * Author with best-in-class XML/DITA support - MathML equations, DTD, XSLT 2.0 and XPath2.0 support, and DITA enhancements * Collaborate across platforms (including mobile devices), even while content authoring is going on simultaneously - Dropbox support and integration with Adobe Experience Manager * Do more than ever before - Smart Catalogs, Conditional Tags with nested parentheses, Regex support, and QR codes Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server 12: Can an enterprise remotely and automatically schedule, manage and publish content to multiple channels, formats and screens? Find out for yourselves! Publish from anywhere - Publishing as a web service, multiple users can access publishing services simultaneously using their web browser * Increase enterprise productivity - Schedule publishing tasks to be automatically executed, easy-to-use dashboard based monitoring, publishing task templates and reusable publishing presets, scripting support, shared APIs, and integration with Windows Task Scheduler * Publish to multiple screens and formats - Generate responsive HTML5 output for a wide range of screens with a single click or differentiate content for various devices with responsive HTML5 publishing. Deliver content to mobiles devices, tablets, and eBook readers in EPUB 3, KF8, and MOBI formats. Preview and optimize content for a better user experience * Integrate with your Content Management System (CMS) - New web APIs to set up integrated publishing workflows between FrameMaker Publishing Server 12 and your CMS using third-party plug-ins. Out-of-the-box support for leading CMSs like Adobe Experience Manager, EMC Documentum, and Microsoft(r) SharePoint Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20140122/91ec93c0/attachment.html>
FM12 single-source integration?
Robert, To answer several people's questions, this new output is accomplished with only a FrameMaker license. You do not need to have either RoboHelp 11 nor Tech Comm Suite 5 to achieve the 5 new online outputs, including HTML5 responsive layout. This has been a major feature request for several year. Here it is! 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:33 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM12 single-source integration? The "Don't intend to use structured authoring?" page of Adobe's FM12 promo says, "Publish to popular output formats like EPUB 3, KF8, MOBI, WebHelp, CHM, and HTML5." How do they accomplish that? Have they integrated a subset of RoboHelp the way they have been integrating a subset of Acrobat for years? ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoffman at adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)
Robert, For another viewpoint, Adobe was just named in the top 100 companies to work for by Fortune. Our 2013 revenues considerably exceeded projections. So "somebody" out there is happy with Adobe. ;-) 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:57 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released) It may seem like contempt, but I think they're just clueless. They have a lot of products that have been mature for a long time, so they have little to offer users to justify upgrading. They have a lot of employees with stale skill sets and it's not a company where someone with top skills would want to work. I overheard a conversation in a restaurant in which an Adobe employee was talking about how it was a great place to be while she figured out what to do next in her career because they were paying her $150K and she didn't really have to do anything. Maybe they're not even clueless. In 2013, per SEC filings, Adobe insiders sold 9 million shares and bought 5,000. On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 10:38 AM, D L Reynolds wrote: > Adobe now seems contemptuous of its users. It's all about what works for > them, users be damned. Very disappointing. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoffman at adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker 12 released
FYI -- some misunderstandings have occurred because the website uses the word upgrade next to FM7: it is full product price, because there is no real upgrade from SW that was released 12 years ago. Adobe did have an aggressive discount to upgrade from FM7 to FM11 over a year ago. We promoted it with a multi-part blog series that included videos to show FM7 methods vs. FM11. It was advertised as your last chance to upgrade. Not trying to shake any trees. Just being realistic about the options available to any of us on any SW that we purchased more than 5 years ago. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:11 AM To: Framers Subject: Re: FrameMaker 12 released If you buy a subscription and don't renew at the end of the year, the license is invalid and FrameMaker stops working. If you buy the $1000 full version or a $400 or $600 upgrade, the license is perpetual. The only thing that expires is the support agreement. I don't see why anyone would abandon FrameMaker just because the upgrades are a bad value. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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: FrameMaker 12 released
Here, I used 2 years as a duration model. Although it would probably be longer and more expensive, since upgrades for FrameMaker don't seem to occur every year now. Else I would have gotten at least one - sigh - during my 2 years license upgrade contract that expired before FM 12 was released. Syed, Syed, FYI -- FrameMaker 12 is the third release to come out in approximately an 18 month cycle. For those who are regular users of FrameMaker and who are considering the subscription, take into account that you get a new full point release at no extra charge, and with no SW maintenance fees. Overall, for many people it does come out more economical. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:22 PM To: Robert Lauriston; Framers Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released I don't plan to do the subscription model for FrameMaker 12 either. It does not make sense for me - even if I were continuing with FrameMaker. It only makes _some_ sense for new users of FrameMaker, or folks still on versions _prior_ to version 10, where the upgrade cost of $999 is the same as full price. For example, after two years, the cost (24 * $29.99 = $719.76) is _much_ higher than the cost of a single upgrade to FM 12 from FM 11. And, after three years, it would be more than the list price of a full license. Here, I used 2 years as a duration model. Although it would probably be longer and more expensive, since upgrades for FrameMaker don't seem to occur every year now. Else I would have gotten at least one - sigh - during my 2 years license upgrade contract that expired before FM 12 was released. Z ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
FrameMaker 12 Launch: Early reviews of Tech Comm Suite 5 and FM 12
The link in Tweet below has link to some of the first reviews collected by TechWhirl: Early Reviews for #Adobe Tech Comm Suite 5 and FrameMaker 12 from TechWhirl - http://bit.ly/1cy87qc Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
FrameMaker 12 released
FYI -- some misunderstandings have occurred because the website uses the word "upgrade" next to FM7: it is full product price, because there is no real "upgrade" from SW that was released 12 years ago. Adobe did have an aggressive discount to upgrade from FM7 to FM11 over a year ago. We promoted it with a multi-part blog series that included videos to show FM7 methods vs. FM11. It was advertised as "your last chance" to upgrade. Not trying to shake any trees. Just being realistic about the options available to any of us on any SW that we purchased more than 5 years ago. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:11 AM To: Framers Subject: Re: FrameMaker 12 released If you buy a subscription and don't renew at the end of the year, the license is invalid and FrameMaker stops working. If you buy the $1000 full version or a $400 or $600 upgrade, the license is perpetual. The only thing that expires is the support agreement. I don't see why anyone would abandon FrameMaker just because the upgrades are a bad value. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoffman at adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameMaker 12 released
>Here, I used 2 years as a duration model. Although it would probably be longer >and more expensive, since upgrades for FrameMaker don't >seem to occur every year now. Else I would have gotten at least one - sigh - >during my 2 years "license upgrade" contract that expired before >FM 12 was released. >Syed, Syed, FYI -- FrameMaker 12 is the third release to come out in approximately an 18 month cycle. For those who are regular users of FrameMaker and who are considering the subscription, take into account that you get a new full point release at no extra charge, and with no SW maintenance fees. Overall, for many people it does come out more economical. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:22 PM To: Robert Lauriston; Framers Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released I don't plan to do the subscription model for FrameMaker 12 either. It does not make sense for me - even if I were continuing with FrameMaker. It only makes _some_ sense for new users of FrameMaker, or folks still on versions _prior_ to version 10, where the "upgrade" cost of $999 is the same as full price. For example, after two years, the cost (24 * $29.99 = $719.76) is _much_ higher than the cost of a single upgrade to FM 12 from FM 11. And, after three years, it would be more than the list price of a full license. Here, I used 2 years as a duration model. Although it would probably be longer and more expensive, since upgrades for FrameMaker don't seem to occur every year now. Else I would have gotten at least one - sigh - during my 2 years "license upgrade" contract that expired before FM 12 was released. Z ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoffman at adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameMaker 12 Launch: Early reviews of Tech Comm Suite 5 and FM 12
The link in Tweet below has link to some of the first reviews collected by TechWhirl: Early Reviews for #Adobe Tech Comm Suite 5 and FrameMaker 12 from TechWhirl - http://bit.ly/1cy87qc Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20140117/9017c1ab/attachment.html>
RE: Saving back from FM v11 to FM v9
Karen, A few years ago while I was working for translation agencies, this would happen with Russian fonts, due to lack of Unicode support in FrameMaker 7. As I recall, our linguistic engineers had some utilities for converting Cyrillic characters back to non-Unicode font layouts. The main problem is FM 7's lack of Unicode support. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Mann Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:15 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Saving back from FM v11 to FM v9 Thank you for responding. The files were in 8 different languages and the Russian files were all in question marks. We had a situation where our SDL (translation software) version had to be put to a FM ver 7 mif (which does not recognize Unicode) because SDL did not recognize FM11 mif. A while ago SDL advanced to recognize FM 11 mif. I didn't know and one of the Framers informed me to save file to FM11 mif, open mif in FM ver9 and save to .fm. It worked! Caution...make sure you either distinctively name the different versions or put them in differently named folders/directories. I would like to add, you have to delete the FM 11 book file and create a new book file in FM9, and always open the file from within the proper FM version. Love our Framers... Thanks everyone. Job done on time. Karen Mann km...@i-t-tech.commailto:km...@i-t-tech.com 262-251-9702 Ext. 111 IT Technologies N96W15504 County Line Rd. Germantown, WI 53022 ___ 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.
ANN: FrameMaker 12 Product Launch Webinar Jan 28
Adobe launched its most significant upgrade to FrameMaker in 12 years this week. Join our product launch webinar on "What's New in FrameMaker 12? What is FrameMaker XML Author 12?" at 8:00 AM Pacific on Tues January 28th. You may register at: http://adobe.ly/1cqZL3D FrameMaker 12: publish to 5 online formats (including HTML5 responsive layout) in addition to PDF, sans Suite or plug-ins; revamped UI with choice of icons; visual quick element toolbar for XML; MathML equations; Dropbox support, RegEx in FIND/CHANGE, generate QR codes, colored text boxes and much, much more. NEW PRODUCT = FrameMaker XML Author 12: Effortlessly author XML/DITA content with an intuitive customizable user interface, role-based modes and multiviews, quick insertion and viewing of content, Smart Paste, and support for MathML equations, DTD, XSLT 2.0, and XPath2.0. We hope that you can join us for the live webinar. Register and get the recording link if you are unable to attend. This venue, which includes live demos by Adobe Sr. Product Mgr Kapil Verma, will be the perfect place for you to ask questions. ____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20140116/2f7758c8/attachment.html>
FrameMaker 12 released
Dr. Reng, Thank you for bringing our product launch to the group's attention. Both the product manager, Kapil Verma, and I have submitted product announcements and webinar details to the list, but it appears that they aren't visible yet. (I am awaiting my confirmation email.) For those who would like information on the 40% off promotion for FrameMaker 9 users, you may get full details at this website: http://www.adobe.com/products/technicalcommunicationsuite/promotions.html Please note that you can only take advantage of the 40% promotion from the webpage listed above. Another alternative that may alleviate any frustrations with upgrade costs is to migrate to a FrameMaker 12 subscription. Although you commit to one year with this subscription, the monthly rate is only $29. Any updates (including major releases) automatically become available to you during your active subscription. In the long run, this is possibly the most economical choice. By the way, you may recall that with the last release (FrameMaker 11), only Tech Comm Suite 4 was available for subscription; not the point products. I don't know if there has been discussion about FrameMaker XML Author 12 yet. This is a new product: a fully functional, end-to-end XML authoring solution that is fully compliant with DITA OT. It costs 40% of the price for a full perpetual FrameMaker 12 license and is only $19.99 per month for a year's subscription. Find out more at: http://www.adobe.com/products/framemakerxmlauthor.html For those of you not yet familiar with the new product features, here are 3 new AdobeTV channels that give quick, mini video demos, and will quickly let you know about just a few of the areas with major improvements: FrameMaker 12 Features: http://tv.adobe.com/show/framemaker-12-features FrameMaker XML Author 12 Features: http://tv.adobe.com/show/framemaker-xml-author-12 FrameMaker Publishing Server 12 Features: http://tv.adobe.com/show/framemaker-publishing-server-12 Enjoy! Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net<mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 12:00 AM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried; framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released Thanks for the links. Some links on the FAQ page for FM 12 are broken ... notably one that takes you to the subscription pricing (including a "promotional" pricing discount). Also, sorry to beat on this drum still, but the upgrade price of $399 from FrameMaker 11 is still too high to be justifiable (for *my* needs ... YMMV). Particularly after having spent many dollars on upgrading from version 9 to 10 to 11 for no real benefit for my needs - these should all have been treated as bug fixes. *And* my final two years of paying for license "upgrades" saw NO benefit at all, since there were no upgrades during that period (I paid for the FM 11 upgrade separately!) ... I kinda feel like I should receive FrameMaker 12 without any more "upgrade" payments, but I suspect this will not happen. BTW, the upgrade price from FM 10 is $599. And from earlier versions: $999 ... which is same as full cost, so not really an upgrade! Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Reng, Dr. Winfried Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 11:57 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: FrameMaker 12 released Hi, FrameMaker 12 is released now. There are many links with information. See below. Best regards Winfried -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20140116/6348d5b3/attachment.html>
Saving back from FM v11 to FM v9
Karen, A few years ago while I was working for translation agencies, this would happen with Russian fonts, due to lack of Unicode support in FrameMaker 7. As I recall, our linguistic engineers had some utilities for converting Cyrillic characters back to non-Unicode font layouts. The main problem is FM 7's lack of Unicode support. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Mann Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:15 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Saving back from FM v11 to FM v9 Thank you for responding. The files were in 8 different languages and the Russian files were all in question marks. We had a situation where our SDL (translation software) version had to be put to a FM ver 7 mif (which does not recognize Unicode) because SDL did not recognize FM11 mif. A while ago SDL advanced to recognize FM 11 mif. I didn't know and one of the Framers informed me to save file to FM11 mif, open mif in FM ver9 and save to .fm. It worked! Caution...make sure you either distinctively name the different versions or put them in differently named folders/directories. I would like to add, you have to delete the FM 11 book file and create a new book file in FM9, and always open the file from within the proper FM version. Love our Framers... Thanks everyone. Job done on time. Karen Mann kmann at i-t-tech.com<mailto:kmann at i-t-tech.com> 262-251-9702 Ext. 111 IT Technologies N96W15504 County Line Rd. Germantown, WI 53022 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20140116/2c77e73d/attachment.html>
FrameMaker 12 released
I wanted to add some clarification to points raised in this discussion. [1] Regarding how people behind firewalls can deal with monthly ping on subscription, I got some solutions from an internal source at Adobe: "In case a user has subscription, then they would need internet access and be online when they install and license the software and at least once every 30 days thereafter. However, Government or Defense customers would most likely be using Volume Licensing and hence, they could either use the offline activation mechanism (http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/acrobat-offline-activation.html) for activating the product on a machine that does not has internet. Alternatively, they could also create a pre-activated deployment package for these products on a machine that has internet access and then deploy them on the offline machines. The second option I provided above is usually preferred in scenarios where the user has multiple machines." [2] Regarding the current upgrade costs and the 40% discount, and discontinuation of TCS month-to-month subscription, I just posted a blog that summarizes the issues and resources: "Tech Comm Suite 5: Month-to-Month Subscription Discontinued, Only Annual Subscription Plan Available" = http://adobe.ly/1fCaPTD I hope you find this helpful. ________ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:02 AM To: Simon BUCH; 'Framers' Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released Simon Buch wrote: > c. In Kapil VERMA's blog entry, there's a section about "Licensing options": 'Furthermore, we are providing both perpetual and subscription licensing options on all our products. We do realize that the licensing needs of our customers vary and hence, we are offering both the options for you. There is also special upgrade pricing available as well as limited time promotional price for some customers. Please refer to the product homepages for exact pricing information (links below).' Really? To help summarize what I read ... as far as I can tell from the various pages (I am only showing the US costs). The promotional pricing is for the subscription model of TCS 5: 1. Subscription of TCS 5:$29.99 per month for the first year (at a discount of 40%) - goes up after 1 year. For licensees with both FM 9 and Robohelp 8 (as I read it), there is a promotion discount to the full license price for each product (separately, as I read it): 1. FM 12 $ 599 (at a discount of 40%) 2. Robohelp 11 $ 599 (at a discount of 40%) Presumably, each license cost above is separate(?) And, there is fine print that I am not sure how it would be applied: this promotion is "only available to eligible commercial and volume licensing customers worldwide" and "eligible retain commercial customers who purchase directly from the Adobe.com Store". What is the definition of "commercial" in this context? Are free-lance writers who use FrameMaker and Robohelp not eligible? For the new subscription model of FM 12, there is no discount: 1. Subscription of FM 12: $29.99 per month. For perpetual license upgrades to FM, there is no discount: 1. From FM 11 to FM 12:$ 399 2. From FM 11 to TCS 5: $ 1199 3. From FM 10 to FM 12:$ 599 4. From FM 10 to TCS 5: $ 1199 5. From FM 7.x, 8, 9 to FM 12: $ 999 (no discount from list price) 6. From FM 7.x, 8, 9 to TCS 5: $ 1199 Z -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20140116/61c71312/attachment.html>
ANN: FrameMaker 12 Product Launch Webinar Jan 28
Adobe launched its most significant upgrade to FrameMaker in 12 years this week. Join our product launch webinar on What's New in FrameMaker 12? What is FrameMaker XML Author 12? at 8:00 AM Pacific on Tues January 28th. You may register at: http://adobe.ly/1cqZL3D FrameMaker 12: publish to 5 online formats (including HTML5 responsive layout) in addition to PDF, sans Suite or plug-ins; revamped UI with choice of icons; visual quick element toolbar for XML; MathML equations; Dropbox support, RegEx in FIND/CHANGE, generate QR codes, colored text boxes and much, much more. NEW PRODUCT = FrameMaker XML Author 12: Effortlessly author XML/DITA content with an intuitive customizable user interface, role-based modes and multiviews, quick insertion and viewing of content, Smart Paste, and support for MathML equations, DTD, XSLT 2.0, and XPath2.0. We hope that you can join us for the live webinar. Register and get the recording link if you are unable to attend. This venue, which includes live demos by Adobe Sr. Product Mgr Kapil Verma, will be the perfect place for you to ask questions. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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: FrameMaker 12 released
Dr. Reng, Thank you for bringing our product launch to the group's attention. Both the product manager, Kapil Verma, and I have submitted product announcements and webinar details to the list, but it appears that they aren't visible yet. (I am awaiting my confirmation email.) For those who would like information on the 40% off promotion for FrameMaker 9 users, you may get full details at this website: http://www.adobe.com/products/technicalcommunicationsuite/promotions.html Please note that you can only take advantage of the 40% promotion from the webpage listed above. Another alternative that may alleviate any frustrations with upgrade costs is to migrate to a FrameMaker 12 subscription. Although you commit to one year with this subscription, the monthly rate is only $29. Any updates (including major releases) automatically become available to you during your active subscription. In the long run, this is possibly the most economical choice. By the way, you may recall that with the last release (FrameMaker 11), only Tech Comm Suite 4 was available for subscription; not the point products. I don't know if there has been discussion about FrameMaker XML Author 12 yet. This is a new product: a fully functional, end-to-end XML authoring solution that is fully compliant with DITA OT. It costs 40% of the price for a full perpetual FrameMaker 12 license and is only $19.99 per month for a year's subscription. Find out more at: http://www.adobe.com/products/framemakerxmlauthor.html For those of you not yet familiar with the new product features, here are 3 new AdobeTV channels that give quick, mini video demos, and will quickly let you know about just a few of the areas with major improvements: FrameMaker 12 Features: http://tv.adobe.com/show/framemaker-12-features FrameMaker XML Author 12 Features: http://tv.adobe.com/show/framemaker-xml-author-12 FrameMaker Publishing Server 12 Features: http://tv.adobe.com/show/framemaker-publishing-server-12 Enjoy! Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.netmailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net) Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 12:00 AM To: Reng, Dr. Winfried; framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker 12 released Thanks for the links. Some links on the FAQ page for FM 12 are broken ... notably one that takes you to the subscription pricing (including a promotional pricing discount). Also, sorry to beat on this drum still, but the upgrade price of $399 from FrameMaker 11 is still too high to be justifiable (for *my* needs ... YMMV). Particularly after having spent many dollars on upgrading from version 9 to 10 to 11 for no real benefit for my needs - these should all have been treated as bug fixes. *And* my final two years of paying for license upgrades saw NO benefit at all, since there were no upgrades during that period (I paid for the FM 11 upgrade separately!) ... I kinda feel like I should receive FrameMaker 12 without any more upgrade payments, but I suspect this will not happen. BTW, the upgrade price from FM 10 is $599. And from earlier versions: $999 ... which is same as full cost, so not really an upgrade! Z -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Reng, Dr. Winfried Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 11:57 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker 12 released Hi, FrameMaker 12 is released now. There are many links with information. See below. Best regards Winfried ___ 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: Word and Frame comparisons
I can think of at least one thing FrameMaker can do with paragraph updates that I don't think is possible in Word; you can globally update multiple paragraph styles in one step: (1) Create Heading1 Heading 2 Heading3 next to each other (2) Drag select through these 3 paragraphs, and Control-M to open Paragraph Designers (3) Go to font level. Notice that there is no name displayed for the paragraph style and that some of the values are set to As Is (probably font size) (4) Change the color to Blue and click on Update All (5) FrameMaker will ask you if you'd like to apply only font changes to paragraphs in selected area (6) Click OK, and you have just changed the catalog definition for 3 paragraphs in one step. You can see a brief video demo of this at: http://adobe.ly/18ddZqI 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:10 AM To: Theresa de Valence Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons Here's a nice solution for that: http://www.elharo.com/blog/word/2005/12/28/word-tip-1-reapplying-styles/ On 17-Sep-13 6:04 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: Hi, this is possibly not the right place to ask this question, but ... I have a lot of experience with Frame and very little experience with MS Word. In Frame I can overwrite all paragraph format overrides with a click. Can this be done in Word? Thanks, Theresa ___ 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.
Word and Frame comparisons
I can think of at least one thing FrameMaker can do with paragraph updates that I don't think is possible in Word; you can globally update multiple paragraph styles in one step: (1) Create "Heading1" "Heading 2" "Heading3" next to each other (2) Drag select through these 3 paragraphs, and Control-M to open Paragraph Designers (3) Go to font level. Notice that there is no name displayed for the paragraph style and that some of the values are set to "As Is" (probably font size) (4) Change the color to Blue and click on Update All (5) FrameMaker will ask you if you'd like to apply only font changes to paragraphs in selected area (6) Click OK, and you have just changed the catalog definition for 3 paragraphs in one step. You can see a brief video demo of this at: http://adobe.ly/18ddZqI 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:10 AM To: Theresa de Valence Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Word and Frame comparisons Here's a nice solution for that: http://www.elharo.com/blog/word/2005/12/28/word-tip-1-reapplying-styles/ On 17-Sep-13 6:04 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: > Hi, this is possibly not the right place to ask this question, but ... > I have a lot of experience with Frame and very little experience with > MS Word. > > In Frame I can overwrite all paragraph format overrides with a click. > > Can this be done in Word? > > Thanks, > Theresa
ANN: 13Sept Webinar 9AM PAC Optimizing the Word to FrameMaker Workflow
9:00AM PAC Fri September 13, Register at: http://adobe.ly/16OF6Fw Migration from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker is a very common path for content creators whose workflow outgrows Word's limitations with high volume or document complexity. Watch FrameMaker expert Barb Binder share her tips on how to manage a migration workflow from Word to FrameMaker, including: == Optimizing styles and catalogs in Word before conversion to reduce document touch up == Word document artifacts to eliminate or avoid == How to grasp fundamentals of FrameMaker publishing in terms that Word users can appreciate and understand == How to automate publishing tasks in FrameMaker via intelligent styles that required more manual effort in Word After this session you will have a good foundation on how to work with Word and FrameMaker, and when it makes sense to migrate your project content into FrameMaker. About our Presenter: Barb Binder is an Adobe Certified Instructor and the owner of Rocky Mountain Training. When she’s not teaching grown-ups how to use Adobe software, she’s at Winter Park teaching kids how to ski. -- She has been an Adobe Certified Instructor since 1997, and is currently certified on FrameMaker, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InCopy and the Digital Publishing Suite. Her company, Rocky Mountain Training was one of the early adopters of online, interactive training delivery. Students attend classes from locations in North America, South America, Europe and even Australia. _ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | mhoff...@adobe.com @maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
ANN: Adobe share's licensing plan for next release Tech Comm Suite
I am sure many of you would have come across the announcement made by Adobe in May of this year, about the change to licensing for Creative products. Since this announcement was made, there has been plenty of lively discussion in the Tech Comm user community as well about the strategy of Adobe Tech Comm products. Our Sr. Product Manager – Adobe Technical Communication Products, Kapil Verma, outlines Adobe's strategy for licensing with Tech Comm Suite products in the next release in a blog, Adobe Technical Communication Products Next Release Plan. You may read the blog at: http://adobe.ly/17PFgz6 If you wish to share this message with others, here is a TWEET: Adobe Techn Comm Products – Next release plan [cloud or perpetual licenses?] - http://adobe.ly/17PFgz6 #FrameMaker #RoboHelp ___ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe |mhoff...@adobe.commailto:%7cmhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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: ANN: 13Sept Webinar 9AM PAC Optimizing the Word to FrameMaker Workflow
Yes, the session will be recorded, and found later that day at: Recorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J I recommend registering anyway, as I usually send a summary email to attendees not only with the specific link, but also links to relevant, recommended resources. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: Böðvar Björgvinsson [mailto:bod...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:58 AM To: Maxwell Hoffmann Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: ANN: 13Sept Webinar 9AM PAC Optimizing the Word to FrameMaker Workflow Hi Maxwell, It would have been great to be able to attend, but sadly I am otherwise engaged. Will this be recorded and available on Adobe website? Thank you, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Maxwell Hoffmann mhoff...@adobe.com wrote: 9:00AM PAC Fri September 13, Register at: http://adobe.ly/16OF6Fw Migration from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker is a very common path for content creators whose workflow outgrows Word's limitations with high volume or document complexity. Watch FrameMaker expert Barb Binder share her tips on how to manage a migration workflow from Word to FrameMaker, including: [snip] You are currently subscribed to framers as bod...@gmail.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/bodvar%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
ANN: Adobe share's licensing plan for next release Tech Comm Suite
I am sure many of you would have come across the announcement made by Adobe in May of this year, about the change to licensing for Creative products. Since this announcement was made, there has been plenty of lively discussion in the Tech Comm user community as well about the strategy of Adobe Tech Comm products. Our Sr. Product Manager ? Adobe Technical Communication Products, Kapil Verma, outlines Adobe's strategy for licensing with Tech Comm Suite products in the next release in a blog, "Adobe Technical Communication Products Next Release Plan." You may read the blog at: http://adobe.ly/17PFgz6 If you wish to share this message with others, here is a TWEET: Adobe Techn Comm Products ? Next release plan [cloud or perpetual licenses?] - http://adobe.ly/17PFgz6 #FrameMaker #RoboHelp _______ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe |mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:%7Cmhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130911/2961f7ab/attachment.html>
ANN: 13Sept Webinar 9AM PAC "Optimizing the Word to FrameMaker Workflow"
Yes, the session will be recorded, and found later that day at: Recorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J I recommend registering anyway, as I usually send a summary email to attendees not only with the specific link, but also links to relevant, recommended resources. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: B??var Bj?rgvinsson [mailto:bod...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:58 AM To: Maxwell Hoffmann Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: ANN: 13Sept Webinar 9AM PAC "Optimizing the Word to FrameMaker Workflow" Hi Maxwell, It would have been great to be able to attend, but sadly I am otherwise engaged. Will this be recorded and available on Adobe website? Thank you, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Maxwell Hoffmann wrote: 9:00AM PAC Fri September 13, Register at: http://adobe.ly/16OF6Fw ? Migration from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker is a very common path for content creators whose workflow outgrows Word's limitations with high volume or document complexity. Watch FrameMaker expert Barb Binder share her tips on how to manage a migration workflow from Word to FrameMaker, including: ?[snip] You are currently subscribed to framers as bodvar 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/bodvar%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
ANN: 13Sept Webinar 9AM PAC "Optimizing the Word to FrameMaker Workflow"
9:00AM PAC Fri September 13, Register at: http://adobe.ly/16OF6Fw Migration from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker is a very common path for content creators whose workflow outgrows Word's limitations with high volume or document complexity. Watch FrameMaker expert Barb Binder share her tips on how to manage a migration workflow from Word to FrameMaker, including: == Optimizing styles and catalogs in Word before conversion to reduce document touch up == Word document artifacts to eliminate or avoid == How to grasp fundamentals of FrameMaker publishing in terms that Word users can appreciate and understand == How to automate publishing tasks in FrameMaker via intelligent styles that required more manual effort in Word After this session you will have a good foundation on how to work with Word and FrameMaker, and when it makes sense to migrate your project content into FrameMaker. About our Presenter: Barb Binder is an Adobe Certified Instructor and the owner of Rocky Mountain Training. When she?s not teaching grown-ups how to use Adobe software, she?s at Winter Park teaching kids how to ski. -- She has been an Adobe Certified Instructor since 1997, and is currently certified on FrameMaker, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InCopy and the Digital Publishing Suite. Her company, Rocky Mountain Training was one of the early adopters of online, interactive training delivery. Students attend classes from locations in North America, South America, Europe and even Australia. _ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | mhoffman at adobe.com @maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130910/82647839/attachment.html>
RE: Disappearing Palette Items
I have not had any menus disappear in the past 18 months, but while working with FM9 and FM10 while in the translation industry, I did determine one possible cause of problems. I worked on two screens at home, and had some saved/named workspaces that had catalogs or palette on my laptop screen, with main work areas and common menus on my Cinerama external monitor. When I went on the road and used my laptop, I would usually find all floating palettes and menus would appear over the workspace. If I didn't revise and save the workspace, when I returned home to two screen, occasionally a pallet would be in outer space ... not visible. The best cure that I found was to toggle the FrameMaker window from full screen to smaller, resizable; that always made everything reappear. For what it's worth, I haven't had any workspace items disappear since I came to work for Adobe 19 months ago, when I was granted a new Lenovo laptop and Windows 7. Personally, (we all experience different things), I had more problems with my older, 2008 laptop running WinXP with all the latest security updates. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:29 PM To: 'Karen Robbins'; 'Framer's List' Subject: RE: Disappearing Palette Items Reading the manual might help here. The workspace menu doesn't read Authoring unless you have chosen the Authoring workspace environment. That button name just shows what you current workspace environment is set to. Mine can be Craig's Custom, Authoring, Design, Review, Structured Authoring, or others. Your palette items are disappearing because you are closing them. Docking them will retain them, but if you undock them and then close them, they have to reopened to reappear. Reading the manual will help you understand how they work and what logic drives their functioning. Craig From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]mailto:[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:45 PM To: Stuart Rogers; framers@lists.frameusers.commailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Disappearing Palette Items Actually, they disappear IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING on a single document/book or multiple documents, not just on close! What a sad state of user interface affairs FM has fallen into. :-) I now realize that the workspace menu everyone keeps referring to is actually the button that reads Authoring! And while I can restore most of what I want to be in there, for some reason I can't get Object Properties back there, it only wants to exist as a free-standing window/part of the designer (which also won't move into the docked set). Sigh. Thanks all, Karen ___ 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.
Disappearing Palette Items
I have not had any menus disappear in the past 18 months, but while working with FM9 and FM10 while in the translation industry, I did determine one possible cause of problems. I worked on two screens at home, and had some saved/named workspaces that had catalogs or palette on my laptop screen, with main work areas and common menus on my "Cinerama" external monitor. When I went on the road and used my laptop, I would usually find all floating palettes and menus would appear over the workspace. If I didn't revise and save the workspace, when I returned home to two screen, occasionally a pallet would be in "outer space" ... not visible. The best cure that I found was to toggle the FrameMaker window from full screen to smaller, resizable; that always made everything reappear. For what it's worth, I haven't had any workspace items disappear since I came to work for Adobe 19 months ago, when I was granted a new Lenovo laptop and Windows 7. Personally, (we all experience different things), I had more problems with my older, 2008 laptop running WinXP with all the latest security updates. ________ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:29 PM To: 'Karen Robbins'; 'Framer's List' Subject: RE: Disappearing Palette Items Reading the manual might help here. The workspace menu doesn't read "Authoring" unless you have chosen the Authoring workspace environment. That button "name" just shows what you current workspace environment is set to. Mine can be Craig's Custom, Authoring, Design, Review, Structured Authoring, or others. Your palette items are disappearing because you are closing them. Docking them will retain them, but if you undock them and then close them, they have to reopened to reappear. Reading the manual will help you understand how they work and what logic drives their functioning. Craig From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]<mailto:[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]> On Behalf Of Karen Robbins Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:45 PM To: Stuart Rogers; framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: Disappearing Palette Items Actually, they disappear IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING on a single document/book or multiple documents, not just on close! What a sad state of user interface affairs FM has fallen into. :-) I now realize that the "workspace menu" everyone keeps referring to is actually the button that reads "Authoring"! And while I can restore most of what I want to be in there, for some reason I can't get Object Properties back there, it only wants to exist as a free-standing window/part of the designer (which also won't move into the docked set). Sigh. Thanks all, Karen -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130829/05d1b379/attachment.html>
VENDOR ANN: Recording link to 8/14 Webinar "Why Structure is a Necessity..."
We had a record turn-out today for a very dynamic webinar from Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler, on "Why Structure is No Longer an Option, but Increasingly Becoming a Necessity." The answers are not all about documentation, manuals, UA, etc. You may be surprised at some of the statistics revealed from Scott's recent research. Many forces driving the use of structure do happen to intersect nicely with FrameMaker, although this webinar has no product demo. You will find the link to the webinar recording in the TWEET below: Missed our @scottabel guest webinar "Why structured content is a necessity, not an option"? RECORDING = http://adobe.ly/16Q6RQa #techcomm Note: the link will take you to what looks like a webinar registration page. Just use your free Adobe.com credentials (ID and password) to view this, or any of our other recordings. Enjoy! _________ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | mhoffman at adobe.com @maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130814/efbd8ed8/attachment.html>
vendor ANN July 25 webinar Designing Templates in FrameMaker with Barb Binder
Designing Templates in FrameMaker 11 25July 10AM Pacific Time, Register at: http://adobe.ly/131zIx0 Template design in FrameMaker is intuitive, easy-to-grasp, yet produces potent results, even in the early stages of a project. Whether you are working with unstructured FrameMaker, or you plan to use existing paragraph and character styles to incorporate into a structured DITA project, you can benefit from this session. Watch seasoned FrameMaker maven Barb Binder explain concepts like: == Planning for logical paragraph, character, table and graphic object styles == Time-saving steps in page layout (replicating and modifying master pages) == Internal document content re-use from Reference Pages == Advanced template extras like user variables, cross-references and more == Tips for managing externally referenced graphics for logos and similar data After this session you will have a good grounding in the fundamentals for planning a template, and also borrowing design elements from existing documents. About our Presenter: Barb Binder is an Adobe Certified Instructor and the owner of Rocky Mountain Training. When she's not teaching grown-ups how to use Adobe software, she's at Winter Park teaching kids how to ski. -- She has been an Adobe Certified Instructor since 1997, and is currently certified on FrameMaker, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InCopy and the Digital Publishing Suite. Her company, Rocky Mountain Training was one of the early adopters of online, interactive training delivery. Students attend classes from locations in North America, South America, Europe and even Australia. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
July 25 webinar "Designing Templates in FrameMaker" with Barb Binder
Designing Templates in FrameMaker 11 25July 10AM Pacific Time, Register at: http://adobe.ly/131zIx0 Template design in FrameMaker is intuitive, easy-to-grasp, yet produces potent results, even in the early stages of a project. Whether you are working with unstructured FrameMaker, or you plan to use existing paragraph and character styles to incorporate into a structured DITA project, you can benefit from this session. Watch seasoned FrameMaker maven Barb Binder explain concepts like: == Planning for logical paragraph, character, table and graphic object styles == Time-saving steps in page layout (replicating and modifying master pages) == Internal document content re-use from Reference Pages == Advanced template "extras" like user variables, cross-references and more == Tips for managing externally referenced graphics for logos and similar data After this session you will have a good grounding in the fundamentals for planning a template, and also "borrowing" design elements from existing documents. About our Presenter: Barb Binder is an Adobe Certified Instructor and the owner of Rocky Mountain Training. When she's not teaching grown-ups how to use Adobe software, she's at Winter Park teaching kids how to ski. -- She has been an Adobe Certified Instructor since 1997, and is currently certified on FrameMaker, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InCopy and the Digital Publishing Suite. Her company, Rocky Mountain Training was one of the early adopters of online, interactive training delivery. Students attend classes from locations in North America, South America, Europe and even Australia. ________ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130721/8bdf1d7b/attachment.html>
vendor ANN 18 July 9AM webinar on Tech Comm Suite integration FrameMaker RoboHelp
9AM Pacific Friday July 18 - register at: http://adobe.ly/14ZzI3E July 18: FrameMaker RoboHelp Integration Need to publish your FrameMaker content to online and mobile formats? FrameMaker 11, as part of the Technical Communication Suite 4 is your ideal choice. Join us as veteran online trainer and Adobe Certified Instructor Matt Sullivan shows you how to rapidly link and map your FrameMaker content into RoboHelp 10, and then output to nearly any online format. Once your initial setup is complete, Matt will show you how to keep your content in sync, and manage your workflow. You will learn to: * Link FrameMaker content to RoboHelp * Make use of FrameMaker generated files (TOC, IX, Glossary) in your RoboHelp output * Map FrameMaker content into appropriate RoboHelp structures, including * Tables * Lists * Headings * Cross-references * Graphics * Process FrameMaker conditional text as RoboHelp Conditional Build Tags for better control of online content * Manually adjust your conversion CSS to control and customize your conversion. * At the end of this session you will be able to create a working FrameMaker to RoboHelp conversion project, which can then be modified per your organization's HTML formatting requirements. About our presenter: Matt Sullivan is an Adobe Certified Instructor and Adobe Certified Expert in ten different Adobe publishing and e-learning applications, including everything in the Technical Communication Suite 4. He teaches online and in-person classes as well as helping companies improve their publishing workflow. Matt spent years setting up electronic prepress departments for commercial printers prior to the start of his training career. After that, Matt ran his own Adobe Authorized Training Centers (GRAFIX Training, in southern California), managed the training arm of roundpeg, Inc., and co-wrote the definitive FrameMaker 11 reference book, Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11. He has represented Adobe in countless conferences, trained FrameMaker support personnel, presented webinars, and assisted in Adobe pre- and post-sale engagements. To learn more about Matt, and what he does, you can perform a web search on his social media id, mattrsullivan. Here is a tweet you can share: 18July webinar 2) Exploring TCS4: FrameMaker ROBOHELP Integration @mattrsullivan adobe.ly/14ZzI3Ehttp://adobe.ly/14ZzI3E #RoboHelp Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
18 July 9AM webinar on Tech Comm Suite integration FrameMaker > RoboHelp
9AM Pacific Friday July 18 - register at: http://adobe.ly/14ZzI3E July 18: FrameMaker > RoboHelp Integration Need to publish your FrameMaker content to online and mobile formats? FrameMaker 11, as part of the Technical Communication Suite 4 is your ideal choice. Join us as veteran online trainer and Adobe Certified Instructor Matt Sullivan shows you how to rapidly link and map your FrameMaker content into RoboHelp 10, and then output to nearly any online format. Once your initial setup is complete, Matt will show you how to keep your content in sync, and manage your workflow. You will learn to: * Link FrameMaker content to RoboHelp * Make use of FrameMaker generated files (TOC, IX, Glossary) in your RoboHelp output * Map FrameMaker content into appropriate RoboHelp structures, including * Tables * Lists * Headings * Cross-references * Graphics * Process FrameMaker conditional text as RoboHelp Conditional Build Tags for better control of online content * Manually adjust your conversion CSS to control and customize your conversion. * At the end of this session you will be able to create a working FrameMaker to RoboHelp conversion project, which can then be modified per your organization's HTML formatting requirements. About our presenter: Matt Sullivan is an Adobe Certified Instructor and Adobe Certified Expert in ten different Adobe publishing and e-learning applications, including everything in the Technical Communication Suite 4. He teaches online and in-person classes as well as helping companies improve their publishing workflow. Matt spent years setting up electronic prepress departments for commercial printers prior to the start of his training career. After that, Matt ran his own Adobe Authorized Training Centers (GRAFIX Training, in southern California), managed the training arm of roundpeg, Inc., and co-wrote the definitive FrameMaker 11 reference book, Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11. He has represented Adobe in countless conferences, trained FrameMaker support personnel, presented webinars, and assisted in Adobe pre- and post-sale engagements. To learn more about Matt, and what he does, you can perform a web search on his social media id, mattrsullivan. Here is a tweet you can share: 18July webinar "2) Exploring TCS4: FrameMaker > ROBOHELP Integration" @mattrsullivan adobe.ly/14ZzI3E<http://adobe.ly/14ZzI3E> #RoboHelp ____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130717/512de83f/attachment.html>
ANN: 16July FM4Word webinar Sess 9) DITA FOR BEGINNERS adobe.ly/131AWZd
FrameMaker has been a full-fledged DITA authoring/editing solution for quite some time, and is a logical progression for MS Word users. Not only is it easy to convert Word documents to regular FrameMaker files, a relatively painless method can convert such files to DITA/XML files. This session focuses on how DITA or structured editing workspaces can be customized to make the transition easier for Word users. Discover how built-in DITA support creates fill-in-the-blank topics and why there are 3 markedly different ways to view and edit DITA. This session will help you determine if FrameMaker is the right path to DITA for you if you are outgrowing MS Word. About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. You may register at: http://adobe.ly/131AWZd Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
ANN: Crossing Boundaries: 5-part Content Strategy Series starts 17July
THOUGHT LEADER, DEMO FREE WEBINAR SERIES JULY THROUGH OCTOBER: This 5-part series of webinars examines five important phenomena affecting the content industries going forward. They offer a look at where our industries are going and how we can adapt to those trends: Session 1) Transcending space: Ubiquitous knowledge Session 2) Links, dynamic data, multimedia and multiple versions Session 3) Consumers become producers Session 4) Your Most Important Stakeholder: Your customers Session 5) The End of the Job Ethos: Blending professional and private activity About the presenters: Ray Gallon is owner of Culturecom, a consultancy specializing in technical information design, content strategy, and usability. He has over 20 years' experience in the technical content industry, having worked with major companies such as IBM, Alcatel, and General Electric Health Care. Previously, Ray was an award-winning radio producer and journalist, and has worked with with broadcasters such as CBC (Canada), NPR (United States), France Culture, Radio Netherlands International, Deutsche Welle, WDR (Cologne, Germany). In the late 80s, Ray was program manager of WNYC-FM, New York Public Radio. Neus Lorenzo (PhD) heads the Foreign Language Service in the Departament d'Ensenyament, the local Ministry of Education in Catalonia (Spain), and has worked at the Inspectorate of Education in the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan government). She has been a trainer and advisor (Council of Europe, Anna Lindh Foundation) and is currently coordinating the Lifelong Learning Project of the European Union in Catalonia. She has also represented the Spanish autonomies before the education committee of the European Parliament. You may register for any or all of the series episodes at: http://adobe.ly/131z6Hu Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
ANN: 16July FM4Word webinar Sess 9) DITA FOR BEGINNERS adobe.ly/131AWZd
FrameMaker has been a full-fledged DITA authoring/editing solution for quite some time, and is a logical progression for MS Word users. Not only is it easy to convert Word documents to regular FrameMaker files, a relatively painless method can convert such files to DITA/XML files. This session focuses on how DITA or structured editing workspaces can be customized to make the transition easier for Word users. Discover how built-in DITA support creates "fill-in-the-blank" topics and why there are 3 markedly different ways to view and edit DITA. This session will help you determine if FrameMaker is the right path to DITA for you if you are outgrowing MS Word. About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. You may register at: http://adobe.ly/131AWZd ____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130714/aff3c883/attachment.html>
ANN: "Crossing Boundaries: 5-part Content Strategy Series" starts 17July
THOUGHT LEADER, DEMO FREE WEBINAR SERIES JULY THROUGH OCTOBER: This 5-part series of webinars examines five important phenomena affecting the content industries going forward. They offer a look at where our industries are going and how we can adapt to those trends: Session 1) Transcending space: Ubiquitous knowledge Session 2) Links, dynamic data, multimedia and multiple versions Session 3) Consumers become producers Session 4) Your Most Important Stakeholder: Your customers Session 5) The End of the Job Ethos: Blending professional and private activity About the presenters: Ray Gallon is owner of Culturecom, a consultancy specializing in technical information design, content strategy, and usability. He has over 20 years' experience in the technical content industry, having worked with major companies such as IBM, Alcatel, and General Electric Health Care. Previously, Ray was an award-winning radio producer and journalist, and has worked with with broadcasters such as CBC (Canada), NPR (United States), France Culture, Radio Netherlands International, Deutsche Welle, WDR (Cologne, Germany). In the late 80s, Ray was program manager of WNYC-FM, New York Public Radio. Neus Lorenzo (PhD) heads the Foreign Language Service in the Departament d'Ensenyament, the local Ministry of Education in Catalonia (Spain), and has worked at the Inspectorate of Education in the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan government). She has been a trainer and advisor (Council of Europe, Anna Lindh Foundation) and is currently coordinating the Lifelong Learning Project of the European Union in Catalonia. She has also represented the Spanish autonomies before the education committee of the European Parliament. You may register for any or all of the series episodes at: http://adobe.ly/131z6Hu Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130714/71a4f28c/attachment.html>
Adobe vendor post DITA to PDF output webinar Fri July 12
Friday July 12, 10AM Pacific Time: Rich PDF output from DITA via FrameMaker FrameMaker 11 is a complete DITA authoring and publishing solution. With built-in support for DITA 1.2, you can open XML files directly, edit as needed and save back to your DITA .xml source files. In addition, FrameMaker is recognized as one of the easiest and best options for DITA output to PDF. Join us as veteran online trainer and Adobe Certified Instructor Matt Sullivan presents this straightforward walk through of FrameMaker's DITA PDF publishing workflow. Matt will cover topics including: == The differences between ditamap and FrameMaker binary formats == Proper usage of FrameMaker nested books and flat file books == Accessing the default FrameMaker DITA template files to brand your PDF output == A discussion of FrameMaker Publishing Server for scheduling regular builds of your output. At the end of this session you will be comfortable creating basic DITA files, as well as making changes to those files and outputting them to PDF. You may register at: http://adobe.ly/14ZzI3E Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. +01 503.336.5952 | mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
DITA to PDF output webinar Fri July 12
Friday July 12, 10AM Pacific Time: Rich PDF output from DITA via FrameMaker FrameMaker 11 is a complete DITA authoring and publishing solution. With built-in support for DITA 1.2, you can open XML files directly, edit as needed and save back to your DITA .xml source files. In addition, FrameMaker is recognized as one of the easiest and best options for DITA output to PDF. Join us as veteran online trainer and Adobe Certified Instructor Matt Sullivan presents this straightforward walk through of FrameMaker's DITA PDF publishing workflow. Matt will cover topics including: == The differences between ditamap and FrameMaker binary formats == Proper usage of FrameMaker nested books and flat file books == Accessing the default FrameMaker DITA template files to brand your PDF output == A discussion of FrameMaker Publishing Server for scheduling regular builds of your output. At the end of this session you will be comfortable creating basic DITA files, as well as making changes to those files and outputting them to PDF. You may register at: http://adobe.ly/14ZzI3E Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. +01 503.336.5952 | mhoffman at adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J
ANN: Thur June 13 Webinar 10AM PDT on FrameMaker Dynamic links: xrefs hot spots
Sess 8) FrameMaker for Word Users: Dynamic Links; Cross-References in text and Hot Spots in Graphics Thurs. June 13th 10AM PDT (Pacific) Register at: http://adobe.ly/130Ozrm Discover how FrameMaker's long history with hyperlinks, cross-references and dynamic data has been extended even further with reverse cross references from graphics to related text: hot spots. Also discover how a couple clicks of a mouse can generate a table of hyperlinked parts/views/animations derived from imported 3D graphics. Review over traditional cross-references will not only cover how to master xref formats, but how to target only a portion of a numbered paragraph title or heading. About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. ___ 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
ANN: Thur June 13 Webinar 10AM PDT on FrameMaker Dynamic links: xrefs & hot spots
Sess 8) FrameMaker for Word Users: Dynamic Links; Cross-References in text and Hot Spots in Graphics Thurs. June 13th 10AM PDT (Pacific) Register at: http://adobe.ly/130Ozrm Discover how FrameMaker's long history with hyperlinks, cross-references and dynamic data has been extended even further with "reverse" cross references from graphics to related text: "hot spots." Also discover how a couple clicks of a mouse can generate a table of hyperlinked parts/views/animations derived from imported 3D graphics. Review over traditional cross-references will not only cover how to master xref formats, but how to target only a portion of a numbered paragraph title or heading. About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. _______ 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J
Classic Aldous 7-part webinar series on Unstructure to XML for FrameMaker restored
Somehow, the 7-part series that Tom Aldous created in 2011 on all aspects of XML and structured FrameMaker expired. Last night I was able to restore all episodes. They now appear in chronological order near the top of our Recorded webinars list in my signature below. I also created a blog with a brief description of each episode and a visible link to each episode. You can see the blog by using the short URL below: http://adobe.ly/13hoJQ0 Note: this vintage webinar uses FrameMaker 10, but tools and principles are basically the same. Although some menus have been streamlined in FM11, you will have problem following the steps. Several of the webinar episodes have sample files (e.g. scripts, conversion tables and sample scripts) that you can download and try out for yourself. Thanks to the many people who brought this to my team's attention. Here is a TWEET if you wish to share the news: Classic 7-Part Aldous series on Unstructured to XML webinar series republished - #FrameMaker - http://adobe.ly/13hoJQ0 __ 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
[FrameMaker ] FrameMaker 11.0.2 Patch Released
Team, Here is the link to the blog, which gives instructions on how to download the FrameMaker 11.0.2 patch: http://adobe.ly/14llGcs Note: this patch fixes the long awaited "give me back all my pop-up zoom settings", among other things. ____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 10:57 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com List Subject: Fwd: [FrameMaker ] FrameMaker 11.0.2 Patch Released Begin forwarded message: I am working as FrameMaker Product Manager at Adobe. I am pleased to announce the availability of FrameMaker 11.0.2 patch, in which we have fixed several critical issues repor -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130607/6ae03453/attachment.html>
"Classic" Aldous 7-part webinar series on "Unstructure to XML" for FrameMaker restored
Somehow, the 7-part series that Tom Aldous created in 2011 on all aspects of XML and structured FrameMaker expired. Last night I was able to restore all episodes. They now appear in chronological order near the top of our "Recorded webinars" list in my signature below. I also created a blog with a brief description of each episode and a visible link to each episode. You can see the blog by using the short URL below: http://adobe.ly/13hoJQ0 Note: this "vintage" webinar uses FrameMaker 10, but tools and principles are basically the same. Although some menus have been streamlined in FM11, you will have problem following the steps. Several of the webinar episodes have sample files (e.g. scripts, conversion tables and sample scripts) that you can download and try out for yourself. Thanks to the many people who brought this to my team's attention. Here is a TWEET if you wish to share the news: "Classic" 7-Part Aldous series on "Unstructured to XML" webinar series republished - #FrameMaker - http://adobe.ly/13hoJQ0 ______ 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J
RE: Adobe TCS/FrameMaker Survey?
Framers, I posted full information on the survey with the link on May 29th. Evidently it didn't go through. I did get an acknowledgement that the process was complete. Sorry that no one seemed to receive it. Here is the full link: http://adobetechcommsurvey.campaignsandevents.com/ It expires 11:55 pm Pacific Time, today, June 5th. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 1:50 PM To: Alan Litchfield Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com List Subject: Re: Adobe TCS/FrameMaker Survey? Ah, yes...mailing it now ;) -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11http://framemaker11book.com/ P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | m...@mattrsullivan.commailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com [cid:image001.png@01CE6224.F9E65690]http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan@mattrsullivanhttp://twitter.com/mattrsullivan [cid:image002.png@01CE6224.F9E65690] http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan [cid:image003.png@01CE6224.F9E65690] http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan [cid:image004.png@01CE6224.F9E65690] http://mattrsullivan.com/ mattrsullivan.comhttp://mattrsullivan.com/ On May 31, 2013, at 1:42 PM, Alan Litchfield a...@alphabyte.co.nzmailto:a...@alphabyte.co.nz wrote: Thanks. Done Waiting for my prize now. Alan On 1/06/2013, at 8:30 AM, Matt Sullivan m...@mattrsullivan.commailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com wrote: Sorry, I'd seen it so much I didn't realize framers had not gotten it! Here you go: http://adobetechcommsurvey.campaignsandevents.comhttp://adobetechcommsurvey.campaignsandevents.com/ -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11http://framemaker11book.com/ P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | m...@mattrsullivan.commailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com twitter.pnghttp://twitter.com/mattrsullivan@mattrsullivanhttp://twitter.com/mattrsullivan linkedin.pnghttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivanLinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan facebook.pnghttp://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivanfacebookhttp://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan blog.pnghttp://mattrsullivan.com/mattrsullivan.comhttp://mattrsullivan.com/ On May 31, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Alan Litchfield a...@alphabyte.co.nzmailto:a...@alphabyte.co.nz wrote: Then, why not post a link tot he survey here? Alan On 1/06/2013, at 2:45 AM, Matt Sullivan m...@mattrsullivan.commailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com wrote: Yes, a few of us received requests from Adobe marketing and management to forward that invite and promote via other social outlets. I'm happy to see that they're gathering opinions from the TC community at large, as well as from the FM- and TCS-specific communities. They ask some pointed questions, and give a chance for candid responses. I hope anyone with an opinion about interface, bug fixes, and a perceived lack of customer input will participate! Much like voting for political office in the US, regardless of whether you expect the poll to impact the product, if ya don't participate, you shouldn't complain (much!). -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11http://framemaker11book.com/ P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | m...@mattrsullivan.commailto:m...@mattrsullivan.com twitter.pnghttp://twitter.com/mattrsullivan@mattrsullivanhttp://twitter.com/mattrsullivan linkedin.pnghttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivanLinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan facebook.pnghttp://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivanfacebookhttp://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan blog.pnghttp://mattrsullivan.com/mattrsullivan.comhttp://mattrsullivan.com/ On May 31, 2013, at 5:00 AM, Lin Sims ljsims...@gmail.commailto:ljsims...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah. They're running a survey using a third-party. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.commailto:art.campb...@gmail.com wrote: I think so. The development team, and much of the marketing team for FrameMaker are based at Adobe India. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.commailto: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 I support www.TheGrotonLine.comhttp
Adobe TCS/FrameMaker Survey?
Framers, I posted full information on the survey with the link on May 29th. Evidently it didn't go through. I did get an acknowledgement that the process was complete. Sorry that no one seemed to receive it. Here is the full link: http://adobetechcommsurvey.campaignsandevents.com/ It expires 11:55 pm Pacific Time, today, June 5th. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 1:50 PM To: Alan Litchfield Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com List Subject: Re: Adobe TCS/FrameMaker Survey? Ah, yes...mailing it now ;) -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11<http://framemaker11book.com/> P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com<mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com> [cid:image001.png at 01CE6224.F9E65690]<http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan>@mattrsullivan<http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan> [cid:image002.png at 01CE6224.F9E65690] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan> LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan> [cid:image003.png at 01CE6224.F9E65690] <http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan> facebook<http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan> [cid:image004.png at 01CE6224.F9E65690] <http://mattrsullivan.com/> mattrsullivan.com<http://mattrsullivan.com/> On May 31, 2013, at 1:42 PM, Alan Litchfield mailto:alan at alphabyte.co.nz>> wrote: Thanks. Done Waiting for my prize now. Alan On 1/06/2013, at 8:30 AM, Matt Sullivan mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com>> wrote: Sorry, I'd seen it so much I didn't realize framers had not gotten it! Here you go: http://adobetechcommsurvey.campaignsandevents.com<http://adobetechcommsurvey.campaignsandevents.com/> -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11<http://framemaker11book.com/> P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com<mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com> <http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan>@mattrsullivan<http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan>LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan> <http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan>facebook<http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan> <http://mattrsullivan.com/>mattrsullivan.com<http://mattrsullivan.com/> On May 31, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Alan Litchfield mailto:alan at alphabyte.co.nz>> wrote: Then, why not post a link tot he survey here? Alan On 1/06/2013, at 2:45 AM, Matt Sullivan mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com>> wrote: Yes, a few of us received requests from Adobe marketing and management to forward that invite and promote via other social outlets. I'm happy to see that they're gathering opinions from the TC community at large, as well as from the FM- and TCS-specific communities. They ask some pointed questions, and give a chance for candid responses. I hope anyone with an opinion about interface, bug fixes, and a perceived lack of customer input will participate! Much like voting for political office in the US, regardless of whether you expect the poll to impact the product, if ya don't participate, you shouldn't complain (much!). -Matt Matt R. Sullivan co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11<http://framemaker11book.com/> P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com<mailto:matt at mattrsullivan.com> <http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan>@mattrsullivan<http://twitter.com/mattrsullivan> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan>LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrsullivan> <http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan>facebook<http://www.facebook.com/mattrsullivan> <http://mattrsullivan.com/>mattrsullivan.com<http://mattrsullivan.com/> On May 31, 2013, at 5:00 AM, Lin Sims mailto:ljsims.ml at gmail.com>> wrote: Yeah. They're running a survey using a third-party. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Art Campbell mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com>> wrote: I think so. The development team, and much of the marketing team for FrameMaker are based at Adobe India. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com<mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com> "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
[ANN:] May 31 Webinar on dynamic boilerplate in RoboHelp projects
Many FrameMaker users also use RoboHelp with (or w/o) Tech Comm Suite. This brief, 45 minute webinar will focus on how to manage one aspect of boilerplate content you may globally update with ease. May 31st at 10AM Pacific Daylight Time Register at: http://adobe.ly/12CRhmH Reusable content is a huge timesaver with any HAAT or publishing system: discover how RoboHelp employs snippets (subtopics or tracts of text) and UDVs (User Defined Variables) to leverage this technique. Simple drag n' drop allow you to plant globally update-able lists, cautions, warnings. You may also do the reverse by selecting sections of legacy data in your project and moving it into a new snippet. Discover strategies for using UDVs (variables) to cover changeable data like product names, versions, office locations, etc. Again, a simple drag n' drop may be used by beginners or simple keyboard shortcuts for more advanced users. With these techniques you can swiftly customize your RoboHelp project to publish multiple versions for external or internal audiences. About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. TWEET: Fri 31May 10AM PDT New WEBINAR on using dynamic boilerplate content in Help projects; adobe.ly/12CRhmH #AdobeTCS @maxwellhoffmann Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
ANN: online Adobe Tech Comm Survey; also a prize drawing
You have can take a survey (which will be open until Pacific time EOD, June 5th) which measures which Adobe Tech Comm products you have, or have heard of, and also how you feel about them. Anyone who takes the survey will be entered into a drawing for several very nice prizes. You can take the survey at the following microsite: http://bit.ly/12uhcgx Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
[ANN:] May 31 Webinar on dynamic boilerplate in RoboHelp projects
Many FrameMaker users also use RoboHelp with (or w/o) Tech Comm Suite. This brief, 45 minute webinar will focus on how to manage one aspect of boilerplate content you may globally update with ease. May 31st at 10AM Pacific Daylight Time Register at: http://adobe.ly/12CRhmH Reusable content is a huge timesaver with any HAAT or publishing system: discover how RoboHelp employs "snippets" (subtopics or tracts of text) and UDVs (User Defined Variables) to leverage this technique. Simple drag n' drop allow you to plant globally "update-able" lists, cautions, warnings. You may also do the reverse by selecting sections of legacy data in your project and moving it into a new snippet. Discover strategies for using UDVs (variables) to cover changeable data like product names, versions, office locations, etc. Again, a simple drag n' drop may be used by beginners or simple keyboard shortcuts for more advanced users. With these techniques you can swiftly customize your RoboHelp project to publish multiple versions for external or internal audiences. About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. TWEET: Fri 31May 10AM PDT New WEBINAR on using dynamic boilerplate content in Help projects; adobe.ly/12CRhmH #AdobeTCS @maxwellhoffmann ________ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130528/2eec2803/attachment.html>
[ANN:] 22 May webinar: Sess 7) FrameMaker for Word Users: Bullet-proof autonumbered lists and headings
May 22nd, 9:00 AM PDT Webinar (beginner to intermediate level) Register: http://adobe.ly/129Zte0 One long-standing complaint amongst Word users has been fragile auto-numbers. This feature is one of FrameMaker's greatest strengths. Join this webinar to discover how (a) simple building blocks will create bullet-proof numbering schemes, (b) how you can easily borrow existing numbering schemes from existing templates and (c) how you can use the paragraph numbering feature for other purposes (e.g. prefix text for CAUTIONs or WARNINGs.) About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. TWEET: 22May 9AM PDT @maxwellhoffmann WEBINAR: FrameMaker for Word Users: Sess 7) Bullet-proof auto-numbering adobe.ly/129Zte0 #AdobeTCS Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
[ANN:] 22 May webinar: Sess 7) FrameMaker for Word Users: "Bullet-proof" autonumbered lists and headings
May 22nd, 9:00 AM PDT Webinar (beginner to intermediate level) Register: http://adobe.ly/129Zte0 One long-standing complaint amongst Word users has been fragile auto-numbers. This feature is one of FrameMaker's greatest strengths. Join this webinar to discover how (a) simple building blocks will create "bullet-proof" numbering schemes, (b) how you can easily "borrow" existing numbering schemes from existing templates and (c) how you can use the paragraph "numbering" feature for other purposes (e.g. "prefix" text for CAUTIONs or WARNINGs.) About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. TWEET: 22May 9AM PDT @maxwellhoffmann WEBINAR: "FrameMaker for Word Users: Sess 7) "Bullet-proof" auto-numbering" adobe.ly/129Zte0 #AdobeTCS Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130517/1caf522f/attachment.html>
Link to recorded ELLIS PRATT / Adobe webinar on Agile Authoring and LEAN methodology (FrameMaker)
Missed our #AdobeTCS webinar Towards an Agile authoring methodology: learning from the Lean methodology? RECORDING: http://adobe.ly/13xEqF4 -- Guest speaker = Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf @ellispratt __ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.com @maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J for more resources and info. ___ 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: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only
Hello Everybody, For the record, Adobe has made no announcements about Tech Comm Suite, FrameMaker or RoboHelp going to subscription only. The announcements discussed in this thread only involve Creative Suite. The change in future distribution of Creative Cloud was announced at the Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles last week. At this point, anything involving changes in how FrameMaker is distributed is just speculation. I appreciate everyone's feedback, but plans to build a competitive product and business plans for a competitive product may be a bit premature. ;-) I'm glad there is always so much creative energy within this forum. Keeps everyone on their toes. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
[ANN:] May 17 webinar 9AM PDT: FM for Word Users, Bullet-proof autonumbered lists and headings
Friday May 17 Webinar / 9:00 AM PDT (Pacific Time) Register: http://adobe.ly/129Zte0 One long-standing complaint amongst Word users has been fragile auto-numbers. Numbered headings and lists has long been one of FrameMaker's greatest strengths. Join this webinar to discover how (a) simple building blocks will create bullet-proof numbering schemes, (b) how you can easily borrow existing numbering schemes from existing templates and (c) how you can use the paragraph numbering feature for other purposes (e.g. prefix text for CAUTIONs or WARNINGs.) [Webinar is at novice/intermediate level for novices and Word users] About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com @maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only
Hi Robert, Your opinion is appreciated and noted. For anyone who would like a summary of what has changed in FrameMaker since 2002, you can download a PDF document which contains a matrix of which features were introduced in FM7.2, FM8, FM9 and FM11. Interesting reading. Here is the link: http://adobe.ly/PAQS1u ___ 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 1:31 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only Customers value a business based on the goods or services it provides, not on how much money it makes for its stockholders. Adobe hasn't come up with anything new I thought was worth paying for since 2002. On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:19 PM, dave.st...@gdc4s.com wrote: The purpose of business is to make money. The purpose of business is _not_ to produce a valuable good or to deliver a worthwhile service. ___ ___ 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.
Link to recorded ELLIS PRATT / Adobe webinar on Agile Authoring and LEAN methodology (FrameMaker)
Missed our #AdobeTCS webinar "Towards an Agile authoring methodology: learning from the Lean methodology"? RECORDING: http://adobe.ly/13xEqF4 -- Guest speaker = Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf @ellispratt ______ Maxwell Hoffmann |? Product? Evangelist? |? Adobe? |? p. 503.336.5952? |? c. 503.805.3719? |? mhoffman at adobe.com @maxwellhoffmann -? http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann? blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J for more resources and info.
Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only
Hello Everybody, For the record, Adobe has made no announcements about Tech Comm Suite, FrameMaker or RoboHelp going to subscription only. The announcements discussed in this thread only involve Creative Suite. The change in future distribution of Creative Cloud was announced at the Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles last week. At this point, anything involving changes in how FrameMaker is distributed is just speculation. I appreciate everyone's feedback, but plans to build a competitive product and business plans for a competitive product may be a bit premature. ;-) I'm glad there is always so much creative energy within this forum. Keeps everyone on their toes. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J
[ANN:] May 17 webinar 9AM PDT: FM for Word Users, "Bullet-proof" autonumbered lists and headings
Friday May 17 Webinar / 9:00 AM PDT (Pacific Time) Register: http://adobe.ly/129Zte0 One long-standing complaint amongst Word users has been fragile auto-numbers. Numbered headings and lists has long been one of FrameMaker's greatest strengths. Join this webinar to discover how (a) simple building blocks will create "bullet-proof" numbering schemes, (b) how you can easily "borrow" existing numbering schemes from existing templates and (c) how you can use the paragraph "numbering" feature for other purposes (e.g. "prefix" text for CAUTIONs or WARNINGs.) [Webinar is at novice/intermediate level for novices and Word users] About the Presenter: Maxwell Hoffmann, Adobe's Global Product Evangelist for Tech Comm Suite, has extensive tech comm publishing experience, having worked for a variety of publishing vendors and translation agencies before coming on board with Adobe. He is a former FrameMaker product marketing manager with Frame Technology (before Adobe acquired the product), and has trained over 1,200 people in scalable publishing solutions over the years. ____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> @maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130515/7083f1c0/attachment.html>
OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only
Hi Robert, Your opinion is appreciated and noted. For anyone who would like a summary of what has changed in FrameMaker since 2002, you can download a PDF document which contains a matrix of which features were introduced in FM7.2, FM8, FM9 and FM11. Interesting reading. Here is the link: http://adobe.ly/PAQS1u ___ 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 1:31 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only Customers value a business based on the goods or services it provides, not on how much money it makes for its stockholders. Adobe hasn't come up with anything new I thought was worth paying for since 2002. On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:19 PM, wrote: > The purpose of business is to make money. The purpose of business is _not_ > to produce a valuable good or to deliver a worthwhile service. ___
[ANN:] Vendor Agnostic webinar 15May 10AM PDT on Agile Authoring w Ellis Pratt
Wed May 15 10AM Pacific Time Register at: http://adobe.ly/11D6CTS (Will be recorded: link sent to registered attendees, even if you miss it) TWEET: 15May 10AM PDT Ellis Pratt WEBINAR Towards an Agile authoring methodology: learning from Lean methodology http://adobe.ly/11D6CTS #AdobeTCS Agile development is a way of managing IT development teams and projects that was introduced around 2001. It is a set of principles that aims to result in more successful projects by breaking a project down into a series of incremental and iterative stages. As Agile has become increasingly popular, technical communicators have needed to learn how they can work effectively within these projects. In this session, thought leader Ellis Pratt will share key highlights from a White Paper he has written on this topic. The session will cover topics that include: * Features of Agile * Agile's affect on writing * Learning from Lean * Writing in an Agile environment * Load leveling * Minimize the need for rework About the presentor: Ellis is Director and Help Strategist at Cherryleaf, a technical writing services and training company based near London, in the United Kingdom. He has over fifteen years’ experience working in the field of documentation, has a BA in Business Studies, and is an Associate of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Ranked the most influential blogger on technical communication in Europe, Ellis is also an author and editor of two books: ‘How to Write Instructions’ and ‘Trends in Technical Communication’. _ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/mbhoffmannhttp://blogs.adobe.com/mbhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcommhttp://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinar calendar: http://adobe.ly/Pbz6x ___ 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.
[ANN:] Vendor Agnostic webinar 15May 10AM PDT on Agile Authoring w Ellis Pratt
Wed May 15 10AM Pacific Time Register at: http://adobe.ly/11D6CTS (Will be recorded: link sent to registered attendees, even if you miss it) TWEET: 15May 10AM PDT Ellis Pratt WEBINAR "Towards an Agile authoring methodology: learning from Lean methodology" http://adobe.ly/11D6CTS #AdobeTCS Agile development is a way of managing IT development teams and projects that was introduced around 2001. It is a set of principles that aims to result in more successful projects by breaking a project down into a series of incremental and iterative stages. As Agile has become increasingly popular, technical communicators have needed to learn how they can work effectively within these projects. In this session, thought leader Ellis Pratt will share key highlights from a White Paper he has written on this topic. The session will cover topics that include: * Features of Agile * Agile's affect on writing * Learning from Lean * Writing in an Agile environment * Load leveling * Minimize the need for rework About the presentor: Ellis is Director and Help Strategist at Cherryleaf, a technical writing services and training company based near London, in the United Kingdom. He has over fifteen years? experience working in the field of documentation, has a BA in Business Studies, and is an Associate of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Ranked the most influential blogger on technical communication in Europe, Ellis is also an author and editor of two books: ?How to Write Instructions? and ?Trends in Technical Communication?. _____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/mbhoffmann<http://blogs.adobe.com/mbhoffmann> & blogs.adobe.com/techcomm<http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm> Upcoming webinar calendar: http://adobe.ly/Pbz6x -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130514/3b9a9c5d/attachment.html>
[ANN:] Webinar 9May 2PM PDT Sess 3) Separation of Content Form
Fundamental to structured authoring is the concept of the separation of content from presentation and delivery. The way a piece of text looks during authoring is irrelevant. The formatting and presentation are post-authoring considerations, and activities possibly not performed by a technical writer. The more content and form are separated, the greater the opportunity to re-use that content in different forms, such as paper, Web, mobile, synthetic voice, and eBook. You may register at: http://adobe.ly/12Xv3OF Session will be recorded and recording link will be emailed to all who register About the Presenter: Based in Melbourne, Australia, Dr Tony Self (@hyperwrite) 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 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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: importing HTML into FrameMaker?
Robert, If you or an associate have access to RoboHelp, you can open and save the HTML in RoboHelp, which saves it to XHTML. A slight modification to a structured FrameMaker app will open the XHTML as XML. Elements can be mapped to paragraph styles that match your existing unstructured FrameMaker document. Then you save the *.xml file as unstructured FrameMaker. I had a larger project that involved converting 400 Eclipse Help files from Dreamweaver into unstructured FrameMaker and this worked beautifully. You may find a simpler solution if you are not working with very much structure. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 3:24 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: importing HTML into FrameMaker? I occasionally need to take content from a MindTouch wiki and add it to a FrameMaker doc. The wiki source is very basic HTML: h2, h3, p, strong, ul, ol, tables, that's about it. Is there a tool that will convert HTML to FrameMaker or MIF? Sort of the reverse of RoboHelp / WebWorks / MIF2Go? I have FrameScript. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoff...@adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
{ANN:} STC Summit May 6-8; ADOBE booth presentation schedule
For those lucky enough to attend the STC Summit in Atlanta May 5-8x-apple-data-detectors://1, here is a summary of ADOBE booth presentations: MON MAY 6x-apple-data-detectors://2 / Booth Presentations == 11:00 am - 11:30 amx-apple-data-detectors://3: Book launch, DITA Metrics 101 (30 free autographed copies to be distributed), Ann Rockley, Charles Cooper and Mark Lewis == 11:30 am - 12:00 pmx-apple-data-detectors://4: Best Practices for publishing RoboHelp's Multiscreen HTML5 output, John Daigle == 1:00 pm - 1:30 pmx-apple-data-detectors://5: Creating Adobe PDF Reviews for SMEs, John Daigle == 1:30 pm - 2:00 pmx-apple-data-detectors://6: Book launch: Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 (50 free auto-signed copies to be distributed) Sara O'Keefe and Matt Sullivan TUES MAY 7x-apple-data-detectors://7 / Booth Presentations == 11:00 am - 11:30 amx-apple-data-detectors://8: Getting more value from your content using FrameMaker and the Vasont CMS, Suzanne Mescan/Vasont == 11:30 am - 12:00 pmx-apple-data-detectors://9: DITA/XML: More power, fewer steps with structured FrameMaker 11, Maxwell Hoffmann == 12:30 pm - 1:00 pmx-apple-data-detectors://10: FrameMaker 11: power tips on Table Formats, Object Styles Format Overrides, Maxwell Hoffmann Visit our ADOBE booth between 8:00 AM to 5:00 pm on Mon May 6thx-apple-data-detectors://11 and you may have a chance to be interviewed on video by Scott Abel, THE CONTENT WRANGLER. Select soundbites will be online at a future date. We have a number of Conference Presentations to shared under separate email. _ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/mbhoffmannhttp://blogs.adobe.com/mbhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcommhttp://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinar calendar: http://adobe.ly/Pbz6x ___ 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: importing HTML into FrameMaker?
Hi Robert, I don't know what was different with your project, but my project used the same versions of software that you used. I had no problem getting valid XHTML out of RoboHELP 9. I hope you have success with this technique. _ 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/mbhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinar calendar: http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xI On May 4, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com wrote: I'll give that a try. The source is XHTML so I don't need to go through RoboHelp. I tried importing RoboHelp 9-generated XHTML to Structured FrameMaker 10 last year. It failed because RoboHelp generated invalid XHTML: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4450928 On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann mhoff...@adobe.com wrote: Robert, If you or an associate have access to RoboHelp, you can open and save the HTML in RoboHelp, which saves it to XHTML. A slight modification to a structured FrameMaker app will open the XHTML as XML. Elements can be mapped to paragraph styles that match your existing unstructured FrameMaker document. Then you save the *.xml file as unstructured FrameMaker. I had a larger project that involved converting 400 Eclipse Help files from Dreamweaver into unstructured FrameMaker and this worked beautifully. You may find a simpler solution if you are not working with very much structure. ___ 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.
[ANN:] Webinar 9May 2PM PDT "Sess 3) Separation of Content & Form"
Fundamental to structured authoring is the concept of the separation of content from presentation and delivery. The way a piece of text looks during authoring is irrelevant. The formatting and presentation are post-authoring considerations, and activities possibly not performed by a technical writer. The more content and form are separated, the greater the opportunity to re-use that content in different forms, such as paper, Web, mobile, synthetic voice, and eBook. You may register at: http://adobe.ly/12Xv3OF Session will be recorded and recording link will be emailed to all who register About the Presenter: Based in Melbourne, Australia, Dr Tony Self (@hyperwrite) 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<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130506/c0a16416/attachment.html>
{ANN:} STC Summit May 6-8; ADOBE booth presentation schedule
For those lucky enough to attend the STC Summit in Atlanta May 5-8, here is a summary of ADOBE booth presentations: MON MAY 6 / Booth Presentations == 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Book launch, "DITA Metrics 101" (30 free autographed copies to be distributed), Ann Rockley, Charles Cooper and Mark Lewis == 11:30 am - 12:00 pm: "Best Practices for publishing RoboHelp's Multiscreen HTML5 output", John Daigle == 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm: "Creating Adobe PDF Reviews for SMEs", John Daigle == 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Book launch: "Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11" (50 free auto-signed copies to be distributed) Sara O'Keefe and Matt Sullivan TUES MAY 7 / Booth Presentations == 11:00 am - 11:30 am: "Getting more value from your content using FrameMaker and the Vasont CMS", Suzanne Mescan/Vasont == 11:30 am - 12:00 pm: "DITA/XML: More power, fewer steps with structured FrameMaker 11", Maxwell Hoffmann == 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm: "FrameMaker 11: power tips on Table Formats, Object Styles & Format Overrides", Maxwell Hoffmann Visit our ADOBE booth between 8:00 AM to 5:00 pm on Mon May 6th and you may have a chance to be interviewed on video by Scott Abel, THE CONTENT WRANGLER. Select soundbites will be online at a future date. We have a number of Conference Presentations to shared under separate email. _ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/mbhoffmann<http://blogs.adobe.com/mbhoffmann> & blogs.adobe.com/techcomm<http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm> Upcoming webinar calendar: http://adobe.ly/Pbz6x -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130504/1f05d48c/attachment.html>
importing HTML into FrameMaker?
Hi Robert, I don't know what was different with your project, but my project used the same versions of software that you used. I had no problem getting valid XHTML out of RoboHELP 9. I hope you have success with this technique. _ 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/mbhoffmann & blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinar calendar: http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xI On May 4, 2013, at 1:14 PM, "Robert Lauriston" wrote: > I'll give that a try. The source is XHTML so I don't need to go > through RoboHelp. > > I tried importing RoboHelp 9-generated XHTML to Structured FrameMaker > 10 last year. It failed because RoboHelp generated invalid XHTML: > > http://forums.adobe.com/message/4450928 > > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann > wrote: >> Robert, >> >> If you or an associate have access to RoboHelp, you can open and save the >> HTML in RoboHelp, which saves it to XHTML. A slight modification to a >> structured FrameMaker app will open the XHTML as XML. Elements can be mapped >> to paragraph styles that match your existing unstructured FrameMaker >> document. Then you save the *.xml file as unstructured FrameMaker. >> >> I had a larger project that involved converting 400 Eclipse Help files from >> Dreamweaver into unstructured FrameMaker and this worked beautifully. You >> may find a simpler solution if you are not working with very much structure.
importing HTML into FrameMaker?
Robert, If you or an associate have access to RoboHelp, you can open and save the HTML in RoboHelp, which saves it to XHTML. A slight modification to a structured FrameMaker app will open the XHTML as XML. Elements can be mapped to paragraph styles that match your existing unstructured FrameMaker document. Then you save the *.xml file as unstructured FrameMaker. I had a larger project that involved converting 400 Eclipse Help files from Dreamweaver into unstructured FrameMaker and this worked beautifully. You may find a simpler solution if you are not working with very much structure. 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 Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 3:24 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: importing HTML into FrameMaker? I occasionally need to take content from a MindTouch wiki and add it to a FrameMaker doc. The wiki source is very basic HTML: h2, h3, p, strong, ul, ol, tables, that's about it. Is there a tool that will convert HTML to FrameMaker or MIF? Sort of the reverse of RoboHelp / WebWorks / MIF2Go? I have FrameScript. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhoffman at adobe.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/mhoffman%40adobe.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
{ANN:} May 2nd Webinar on DITA CMS solution for FrameMaker
Webinar: FrameMaker and DITAToo DITA CMS on May 2 at 10:00 AM PDT Register at: http://adobe.ly/10sZCZ8 TWEET: 2 May 10AM PDT webinar FrameMaker DITAToo DITA CMS See DITA/CMS integrated in #FrameMaker http://adobe.ly/10sZCZ8 #techcomm #DITA DITAToo is a DITA Content Management System (DITA CMS) that lets you easily and cost-effectively automate and facilitate many DITA-related tasks. Features that DITAToo provides include full text and metadata-based search, automatic conversion from MS Word to DITA, link management, topic reuse tracking, maps assembly, publishing, translation management, version control, and much more. Now DITAToo DITA CMS is tightly integrated with Adobe FrameMaker 11. You can access the DITAToo content repository and work with files from within the FrameMaker user interface. This gives you an out-of-the-box integrated solution where you use FrameMaker for DITA authoring and publishing and DITAToo for managing DITA. In this webinar, among other things, you'll see how to: -Automatically convert an MS Word document to DITA and upload the converted content to the DITAToo content repository -Access the DITAToo content repository from within Adobe FrameMaker -Move and rename files and folders in the DITAToo content repository and let DITAToo automatically update cross-references -Create new DITA topics and update existing topics in the DITAToo content repository using FrameMaker -Publish and manage conditional content variations About the Presenter: Alex Masycheff is a co-founder and CEO of Intuillion Ltd., the developer of DITAToo DITA CMS. Before founding Intuillion Ltd , Alex worked in the technical communication and content management industry for over 17 years as information architect, content management consultant, CMS implementation manager, and product manager. He was leading the implementation of XML-based solutions at many companies, including Kodak, General Electric, Siemens, and RADVision. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
{ANN:} May 1 webinar on Dbase publishing from FrameMaker that includes CYMK catalogs
May 1 at 3:00 PM PDT AdobeTCS webinar: Database Publishing with FrameMaker 11 - When your print color catalogue is too important to give up Register at: http://adobe.ly/WWfS5x A classic customer tale - The company has taken the leap to move their product data into an online stores system, so that their customers can order their products online. Even though customers are ordering online, they still expect to receive their 600 color page, 12,000 product catalogue in print. Marketing Team requirements: == Must re-use content from their proprietary stores system for the print catalogue == Desire to have the print catalogue produced automatically == Must be able to produce high quality color PDF's for print publishing Desktop Publishing Team requirements: == System must be able to be easy for desktop publishing staff to use. == Multiple users (normally four) must be able to work on the catalogue at the same time during catalogue preparation. == User may need to tweak content, styles and advertising randomly, just before they go to print. == Must be able to generate accurate Catalogue and Section level TOC's based on last second changes. == Must be able to generate an accurate Parts Index for the entire Catalogue. Re-using the data that comes out of the stores database, Tammy will demonstrate how by converting database fields into useful well-formed XML that allows Adobe FrameMaker 11 to do what it does best, produce a robust 600 page catalogue ready for print. About the Presenter: Tammy Halter is the founder and sole Director of Absolute Data Group, with over 17 years' experience in the information technology field; including SGML/XML publishing, S1000D Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) and IETP delivery, combined with document 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. Tammy is a winner of numerous awards in the industry and a speaker at several industry programs Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
{ANN:} May 2nd Webinar on DITA CMS solution for FrameMaker
Webinar: FrameMaker and DITAToo DITA CMS on May 2 at 10:00 AM PDT Register at: http://adobe.ly/10sZCZ8 TWEET: 2 May 10AM PDT webinar "FrameMaker & DITAToo DITA CMS" See DITA/CMS integrated in #FrameMaker http://adobe.ly/10sZCZ8 #techcomm #DITA DITAToo is a DITA Content Management System (DITA CMS) that lets you easily and cost-effectively automate and facilitate many DITA-related tasks. Features that DITAToo provides include full text and metadata-based search, automatic conversion from MS Word to DITA, link management, topic reuse tracking, maps assembly, publishing, translation management, version control, and much more. Now DITAToo DITA CMS is tightly integrated with Adobe FrameMaker 11. You can access the DITAToo content repository and work with files from within the FrameMaker user interface. This gives you an out-of-the-box integrated solution where you use FrameMaker for DITA authoring and publishing and DITAToo for managing DITA. In this webinar, among other things, you'll see how to: -Automatically convert an MS Word document to DITA and upload the converted content to the DITAToo content repository -Access the DITAToo content repository from within Adobe FrameMaker -Move and rename files and folders in the DITAToo content repository and let DITAToo automatically update cross-references -Create new DITA topics and update existing topics in the DITAToo content repository using FrameMaker -Publish and manage conditional content variations About the Presenter: Alex Masycheff is a co-founder and CEO of Intuillion Ltd., the developer of DITAToo DITA CMS. Before founding Intuillion Ltd , Alex worked in the technical communication and content management industry for over 17 years as information architect, content management consultant, CMS implementation manager, and product manager. He was leading the implementation of XML-based solutions at many companies, including Kodak, General Electric, Siemens, and RADVision. ____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130429/3a36de6d/attachment.html>
{ANN:} May 1 webinar on Dbase publishing from FrameMaker that includes CYMK catalogs
May 1 at 3:00 PM PDT AdobeTCS webinar: "Database Publishing with FrameMaker 11 - When your print color catalogue is too important to give up" Register at: http://adobe.ly/WWfS5x A classic customer tale - The company has taken the leap to move their product data into an online stores system, so that their customers can order their products online. Even though customers are ordering online, they still expect to receive their 600 color page, 12,000 product catalogue in print. Marketing Team requirements: == Must re-use content from their proprietary stores system for the print catalogue == Desire to have the print catalogue produced automatically == Must be able to produce high quality color PDF's for print publishing Desktop Publishing Team requirements: == System must be able to be easy for desktop publishing staff to use. == Multiple users (normally four) must be able to work on the catalogue at the same time during catalogue preparation. == User may need to tweak content, styles and advertising randomly, just before they go to print. == Must be able to generate accurate Catalogue and Section level TOC's based on last second changes. == Must be able to generate an accurate Parts Index for the entire Catalogue. Re-using the data that comes out of the stores database, Tammy will demonstrate how by converting database fields into useful well-formed XML that allows Adobe FrameMaker 11 to do what it does best, produce a robust 600 page catalogue ready for print. About the Presenter: Tammy Halter is the founder and sole Director of Absolute Data Group, with over 17 years' experience in the information technology field; including SGML/XML publishing, S1000D Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) and IETP delivery, combined with document 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. Tammy is a winner of numerous awards in the industry and a speaker at several industry programs ____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130429/86a936f9/attachment.html>
{ANN:} Webinar 29Apr 2:00 PDT HYPERWRITE Sess 2) The importance of metadata
Monday April 29, 2PM PDT AdobeTCS webinar: HYPERWRITE Sess 2) The importance of metadata Register at:http://adobe.ly/12tRTgx Partly due to the advent of XML, many parts of the documentation process can now be automated. And one of the keys to accurate processing and transforming of text is metadata. Metadata is data about data. Information that describes or classifies information. Even if we've never used the term metadata before, we've actually know it well. An index is metadata. It helps describes the information, but it is not part of the core information itself. When we look deeper, we find metadata in document styling, in semantic mark-up, in SEO, in translation, in content management systems, and even in file names. By improving our knowledge and application of metadata, we can raise the quality of our documents. About the Presenter: Based in Melbourne, Australia, Dr Tony Self (@hyperwrite) 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 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
{ANN:} 2May 3:00PM PDT webinar D'base Publs w. FrameMaker 11 - When a print color catalogue is too important to give up
Thurs May 2 at 3:00 PM PDT AdobeTCS webinar: Database Publishing with FrameMaker 11 - When your print color catalogue is too important to give up Register at: http://adobe.ly/WWfS5x A classic customer tale - The company has taken the leap to move their product data into an online stores system, so that their customers can order their products online. Even though customers are ordering online, they still expect to receive their 600 color page, 12,000 product catalogue in print. Marketing Team requirements: == Must re-use content from their proprietary stores system for the print catalogue == Desire to have the print catalogue produced automatically == Must be able to produce high quality color PDF's for print publishing Desktop Publishing Team requirements: == System must be able to be easy for desktop publishing staff to use. == Multiple users (normally four) must be able to work on the catalogue at the same time during catalogue preparation. == User may need to tweak content, styles and advertising randomly, just before they go to print. == Must be able to generate accurate Catalogue and Section level TOC's based on last second changes. == Must be able to generate an accurate Parts Index for the entire Catalogue. Re-using the data that comes out of the stores database, Tammy will demonstrate how by converting database fields into useful well-formed XML that allows Adobe FrameMaker 11 to do what it does best, produce a robust 600 page catalogue ready for print. About the Presenter: Tammy Halter is the founder and sole Director of Absolute Data Group, with over 17 years' experience in the information technology field; including SGML/XML publishing, S1000D Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) and IETP delivery, combined with document 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. Tammy is a winner of numerous awards in the industry and a speaker at several industry programs Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
{ANN:} Webinar 29Apr 2:00 PDT ""HYPERWRITE Sess 2) The importance of metadata""
Monday April 29, 2PM PDT AdobeTCS webinar: "HYPERWRITE Sess 2) The importance of metadata" Register at:http://adobe.ly/12tRTgx Partly due to the advent of XML, many parts of the documentation process can now be automated. And one of the keys to accurate "processing" and "transforming" of text is metadata. Metadata is data about data. Information that describes or classifies information. Even if we've never used the term "metadata" before, we've actually know it well. An index is metadata. It helps describes the information, but it is not part of the core information itself. When we look deeper, we find metadata in document styling, in semantic mark-up, in SEO, in translation, in content management systems, and even in file names. By improving our knowledge and application of metadata, we can raise the quality of our documents. About the Presenter: Based in Melbourne, Australia, Dr Tony Self (@hyperwrite) 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<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130426/40f5ebb2/attachment.html>
{ANN:} Webinar 30Apr 10:00 PDT "Optimizing your RoboHelp content for best SEO results"
Tues April 30 at 10AM PDT, AdobeTCS webinar: "Optimizing your RoboHelp content for best SEO results" Register at: http://adobe.ly/10tp2WI RoboHelp 10 swiftly creates beautiful WebHelp, HTML5 or other types of web and Help files. In nearly all cases, your users are going to use search to locate desired content. In some cases, your RoboHelp published results may allow search to go outside of your files and bring up results from other website. Obviously, you would not want information from a competitor's website to appear at the top of the list. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a high priority for the success of your projects. Fortunately, RoboHelp 10 provides a number of easy-to-use tools to help refine and control the search experience for your users. In this session you will see live examples on how to use a variety of tools and techniques, including: == Metadata menu to define search keywords == Linguistic synonyms == Stop lists Join our special guest, RoboHelp expert Willam van Weelden, for this dynamic presentation, which will be filled with many short, simple, live examples. Willam van Weelden is from Amsterdam and expert in CSS3 design and the new HTML5 standards. (www.wvanweelden.eu<http://www.wvanweelden.eu>) ________ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130426/0c09bfff/attachment.html>
{ANN:} 2May 3:00PM PDT webinar "D'base Publs w. FrameMaker 11 - When a print color catalogue is too important to give up"
Thurs May 2 at 3:00 PM PDT AdobeTCS webinar: "Database Publishing with FrameMaker 11 - When your print color catalogue is too important to give up" Register at: http://adobe.ly/WWfS5x A classic customer tale - The company has taken the leap to move their product data into an online stores system, so that their customers can order their products online. Even though customers are ordering online, they still expect to receive their 600 color page, 12,000 product catalogue in print. Marketing Team requirements: == Must re-use content from their proprietary stores system for the print catalogue == Desire to have the print catalogue produced automatically == Must be able to produce high quality color PDF's for print publishing Desktop Publishing Team requirements: == System must be able to be easy for desktop publishing staff to use. == Multiple users (normally four) must be able to work on the catalogue at the same time during catalogue preparation. == User may need to tweak content, styles and advertising randomly, just before they go to print. == Must be able to generate accurate Catalogue and Section level TOC's based on last second changes. == Must be able to generate an accurate Parts Index for the entire Catalogue. Re-using the data that comes out of the stores database, Tammy will demonstrate how by converting database fields into useful well-formed XML that allows Adobe FrameMaker 11 to do what it does best, produce a robust 600 page catalogue ready for print. About the Presenter: Tammy Halter is the founder and sole Director of Absolute Data Group, with over 17 years' experience in the information technology field; including SGML/XML publishing, S1000D Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) and IETP delivery, combined with document 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. Tammy is a winner of numerous awards in the industry and a speaker at several industry programs ____ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoffman at adobe.com<mailto:mhoffman at adobe.com> http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130426/7fc3107d/attachment.html>
ANN: 24April Adobe webinar: Ellis Pratt on The changing nature of content
Wed April 24 at 11 AM PDT Register at: http://adobe.ly/115cRj9 In recent years, technical communicators have focused on improving User Assistance through new technologies and systems, with the assumption that the nature of the content, the tone of voice, the writing style should remain the same. In this webinar, thought leader Ellis Pratt will cover highlights of his new white paper on this topic; we'll investigate whether the tried-and-tested writing methods from past decades still make sense today. We'll also look at the reasons why some organizations are breaking the rules with the User Assistance they provide. Topics covered include: = Traditional approach to tech doc and the Tech Writer's relationship with the reader = Why change? The weakness with the current approach = Removing waste from user documentation = Using psychology as well as technology to provide effective User Assistance = The context where content is used = How can software help us make this change About the presentor: Ellis is Director and Help Strategist at Cherryleaf, a technical writing services and training company based near London, in the United Kingdom. He has over fifteen years' experience working in the field of documentation, has a BA in Business Studies, and is an Associate of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Ranked the most influential blogger on technical communication in Europe, Ellis is also an author and editor of two books: 'How to Write Instructions' and 'Trends in Technical Communication'. Maxwell Hoffmann | Product Evangelist | Adobe | p. 503.336.5952 | c. 503.805.3719 | mhoff...@adobe.commailto:mhoff...@adobe.com http://twitter.com/maxwellhoffmann - http://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Upcoming webinars http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xIRecorded webinars: http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J ___ 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.
