RE: FrameMaker Feature Requests
Hi Everyone, I am the product manager for FrameMaker. I just wanted to let you know that I am in fact monitoring the framers list discussion as well. So, feel free to post your requests either here or on the FrameMaker users forums. Thanks for the features suggestion so far and keep them coming! Regards, Kapil Verma Sr. Product Manager - FrameMaker and FrameMaker Server -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:46 AM To: meg miranda Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests You should probably post that to the FrameMaker forum topic, I don't get the impression that anyone from Adobe reads this list: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4377975 On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:32 AM, meg miranda megmira...@yahoo.com wrote: My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the original poster of this request. I would have a few feature requests, but first some info on how we use Frame: We've got Frame set up with unstructured templates (even though we all have had DITA experience) and we use RoboHelp to convert 8 books into one single online help system. Some of the larger issues I run into all the time: Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a struggle to work with. Individual writers (over time with writers coming and going) set up variables for their book, because, hey, it sounds like a logical and good idea. But when we bring multiple books together, I have no good way to manage the variables. My advice to several writers has been to not use variables at all in favor of using the global search and replace functionality. So I'd say either remove variables from Frame or put some effort into making them worth using. Interleaf used to do such a stand up job with variables. Other features that would be excellent to me would be things that focus on being able to globally manage paragraphs, characters, master pages, variables, table types, conditional values, graphics settings, anchored frame settings, and markers. Seems like every release I end up having to troll through 10-20 different books making macro-level changes through each of the supporting files. Let's see and another pain in the backside has been finding and removing paragraph or character styles that are applied but no longer used. We did extensive template clean-up 3 releases ago, but are still finding interesting settings that deviate from the current template. Even after we believe we have applied the paragraph style, the old thing still hangs on. I've had to apply paragraph styles, then apply default character style, then re-apply paragraph style before things stick. Integration with RoboHelp is a whole other set of grumblings. Thanks and I hope this might help in some small way. -meg ** ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as rob...@lauriston.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/robert%40lauriston .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 kve...@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/kverma%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 Feature Requests
At 10:32 -0700 3/5/12, meg miranda wrote: Some of the larger issues I run into all the time: Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a struggle to work with. ... Interleaf used to do such a stand up job with variables. There speaks a true... Other features that would be excellent to me would be things that focus on being able to globally manage paragraphs, characters, master pages, variables, table types, conditional values, graphics settings, anchored frame settings, and markers. ...Interleaf user ;-) Who could forget the sight of an entire room of tech writers shouting 'What the f***!' in unison when the Interleaf Admin slipped up with a format change. What do we want? We want *live formats*... ;-) Let's see and another pain in the backside has been finding and removing paragraph or character styles that are applied but no longer used. Look at SiliconPrairie's (very modestly priced) plug-ins: they offer commands to clean up all that kind of dirt, for character, para and table styles. We did extensive template clean-up 3 releases ago, but are still finding interesting ... How about 300+ unused color definitions in one document? ;-) ...settings that deviate from the current template. Even after we believe we have applied the paragraph style, the old thing still hangs on. I've had to apply paragraph styles, then apply default character style, then re-apply paragraph style before things stick. See above: look forward to Happy Days. -- Steve ___ 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 Feature Requests
On 2012-05-04 01:15, Robert Lauriston wrote: You should probably post that to the FrameMaker forum topic, I don't get the impression that anyone from Adobe reads this list: While I second the suggestion to put the request on the Adobe forum, I'd like to point out that I have a couple of times been contacted by FrameMaker Technical Support, both times within 24 hours, after having complained about problems with FrameMaker on this list, so there are definitely Adobe FrameMaker people monitoring this list. But perhaps not the people who want the feature requests. -j -- Johan Anglemark, Technical Communicator Localization Manager. IAR Systems AB Box 23051, Strandbodgatan 1 SE-750 23 Uppsala, SWEDEN Mobile: +46 708 651088, Phone: +46 18 167894, Fax: +46 18 167838 E-mail: johan.anglem...@iar.com Website: www.iar.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/iarsystems ___ 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 Feature Requests
The two aren't exactly integrated, but I've found that RoboHelp 9 works well with FrameMaker 10 source. What problems have you encountered? On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Jenny Hecker jenny.hec...@infor.com wrote: I would love to see a good integration from RoboHelp - FrameMaker in TCS. .. ___ 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 Feature Requests] Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker
I've found RoboHelp 9 surprisingly painless for publishing Web help from FrameMaker 10 source. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:09 PM, jaloren28 for...@adobe.com wrote: As long as one stays strictly within book-to-PDF only paradigm, FrameMaker is awesome. The moment you go outside of that FrameMaker becomes very, very clunky, where you need to either use special tools (like Mif2Go) or use RoboHelp as a publishing engine (which has its own pain let me tell you). ___ 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 Feature Requests
Some people are looking for a RH to FM workflow (which doesn't exist - it's strictly FM to RH now) -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: May-07-12 12:22 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests The two aren't exactly integrated, but I've found that RoboHelp 9 works well with FrameMaker 10 source. What problems have you encountered? On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Jenny Hecker jenny.hec...@infor.com wrote: I would love to see a good integration from RoboHelp - FrameMaker in TCS. .. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.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/jeff.coatsworth%40jonassoftware.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 Feature Requests
Dov Isaaks of Adobe used to be a frequent contributor and clearly monitored the list closely. That is probably still true. He has posted in the last month. Craig -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 6:16 PM To: meg miranda Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests You should probably post that to the FrameMaker forum topic, I don't get the impression that anyone from Adobe reads this list: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4377975 ___ 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 Feature Requests
But as Dov has always reminded us, he is *not* part of the FrameMaker product team and has neither responsibility nor authority when it comes to issues related to FrameMaker. He participates on this list as a fellow FrameMaker user. -Fred Ridder From: craig...@hotmail.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker Feature Requests Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 11:29:53 -0500 Dov Isaaks of Adobe used to be a frequent contributor and clearly monitored the list closely. That is probably still true. He has posted in the last month. Craig -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 6:16 PM To: meg miranda Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests You should probably post that to the FrameMaker forum topic, I don't get the impression that anyone from Adobe reads this list: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4377975 ___ 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 Feature Requests
Dov Isaaks never monitored this forum. :) From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 9:30 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker Feature Requests Dov Isaaks of Adobe used to be a frequent contributor and clearly monitored the list closely. That is probably still true. He has posted in the last month. 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.
Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests
You should probably post that to the FrameMaker forum topic, I don't get the impression that anyone from Adobe reads this list: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4377975 On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:32 AM, meg miranda megmira...@yahoo.com wrote: My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the original poster of this request. I would have a few feature requests, but first some info on how we use Frame: We've got Frame set up with unstructured templates (even though we all have had DITA experience) and we use RoboHelp to convert 8 books into one single online help system. Some of the larger issues I run into all the time: Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a struggle to work with. Individual writers (over time with writers coming and going) set up variables for their book, because, hey, it sounds like a logical and good idea. But when we bring multiple books together, I have no good way to manage the variables. My advice to several writers has been to not use variables at all in favor of using the global search and replace functionality. So I'd say either remove variables from Frame or put some effort into making them worth using. Interleaf used to do such a stand up job with variables. Other features that would be excellent to me would be things that focus on being able to globally manage paragraphs, characters, master pages, variables, table types, conditional values, graphics settings, anchored frame settings, and markers. Seems like every release I end up having to troll through 10-20 different books making macro-level changes through each of the supporting files. Let's see and another pain in the backside has been finding and removing paragraph or character styles that are applied but no longer used. We did extensive template clean-up 3 releases ago, but are still finding interesting settings that deviate from the current template. Even after we believe we have applied the paragraph style, the old thing still hangs on. I've had to apply paragraph styles, then apply default character style, then re-apply paragraph style before things stick. Integration with RoboHelp is a whole other set of grumblings. Thanks and I hope this might help in some small way. -meg ** ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as rob...@lauriston.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/robert%40lauriston.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 Feature Requests
I would love to see a good integration from RoboHelp - FrameMaker in TCS. There are things in our online help that we would like to move to a structured format such as FM DITA. Jenny Hecker Infor Columbus, Ohio ___ 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 Feature Requests
The fact that the focus is random also drives me crazy because I like to use AutoIt to simulate keystrokes to automate things. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson On 30-Apr-12 9:32 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Shmuel Wolfsonshmue...@gmail.com wrote: - In the Find/Change dialog box: I would like the search text to be highlighted when I press CTRL+F, so that instead of having to click in the text box, erase the previous text and type new text, I could simply press CTRL+F, type the text and press ENTER. I call that a bug. It's a constant annoyance that the focus when you press Ctrl-F seems to be random and you have to look at it and tab around to get to the search field Actually, the UI focus in FM10 is often random or wrong. That produces all kinds of problems if you drive it from the keyboard. I'd prefer that Adobe postpone all new features and focus on bug fixes for six months. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@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/shmuelw1%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.
Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests
My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the original poster of this request. I would have a few feature requests, but first some info on how we use Frame: We've got Frame set up with unstructured templates (even though we all have had DITA experience) and we use RoboHelp to convert 8 books into one single online help system. Some of the larger issues I run into all the time: Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a struggle to work with. Individual writers (over time with writers coming and going) set up variables for their book, because, hey, it sounds like a logical and good idea. But when we bring multiple books together, I have no good way to manage the variables. My advice to several writers has been to not use variables at all in favor of using the global search and replace functionality. So I'd say either remove variables from Frame or put some effort into making them worth using. Interleaf used to do such a stand up job with variables. Other features that would be excellent to me would be things that focus on being able to globally manage paragraphs, characters, master pages, variables, table types, conditional values, graphics settings, anchored frame settings, and markers. Seems like every release I end up having to troll through 10-20 different books making macro-level changes through each of the supporting files. Let's see and another pain in the backside has been finding and removing paragraph or character styles that are applied but no longer used. We did extensive template clean-up 3 releases ago, but are still finding interesting settings that deviate from the current template. Even after we believe we have applied the paragraph style, the old thing still hangs on. I've had to apply paragraph styles, then apply default character style, then re-apply paragraph style before things stick. Integration with RoboHelp is a whole other set of grumblings. Thanks and I hope this might help in some small way. -meg **___ 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 Feature Requests
Check out Error7103's handling of variables on the Adobe forum - he's got it down to a science. From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of meg miranda Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 1:33 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker Feature Requests My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the original poster of this request. I would have a few feature requests, but first some info on how we use Frame: We've got Frame set up with unstructured templates (even though we all have had DITA experience) and we use RoboHelp to convert 8 books into one single online help system. Some of the larger issues I run into all the time: Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a struggle to work with. Individual writers (over time with writers coming and going) set up variables for their book, because, hey, it sounds like a logical and good idea. But when we bring multiple books together, I have no good way to manage the variables. My advice to several writers has been to not use variables at all in favor of using the global search and replace functionality. So I'd say either remove variables from Frame or put some effort into making them worth using. Interleaf used to do such a stand up job with variables. Other features that would be excellent to me would be things that focus on being able to globally manage paragraphs, characters, master pages, variables, table types, conditional values, graphics settings, anchored frame settings, and markers. Seems like every release I end up having to troll through 10-20 different books making macro-level changes through each of the supporting files. Let's see and another pain in the backside has been finding and removing paragraph or character styles that are applied but no longer used. We did extensive template clean-up 3 releases ago, but are still finding interesting settings that deviate from the current template. Even after we believe we have applied the paragraph style, the old thing still hangs on. I've had to apply paragraph styles, then apply default character style, then re-apply paragraph style before things stick. Integration with RoboHelp is a whole other set of grumblings. Thanks and I hope this might help in some small way. -meg ** ___ 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 Feature Requests
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Shmuel Wolfson shmue...@gmail.com wrote: - In the Find/Change dialog box: I would like the search text to be highlighted when I press CTRL+F, so that instead of having to click in the text box, erase the previous text and type new text, I could simply press CTRL+F, type the text and press ENTER. I call that a bug. It's a constant annoyance that the focus when you press Ctrl-F seems to be random and you have to look at it and tab around to get to the search field Actually, the UI focus in FM10 is often random or wrong. That produces all kinds of problems if you drive it from the keyboard. I'd prefer that Adobe postpone all new features and focus on bug fixes for six months. ___ 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.
