Re: [Framers] Arbortext v Frame

2018-11-19 Thread ROSS, Chris
Structured frame and S1000D sometimes. Chris Ross Senior Technical Writer Sustainment and Engineering Solutions BAE Systems Australia T: 0884807884 | M: 0425288631 | E: chris.ro...@baesystems.com BAE Systems Australia Registered Office: Taranaki Road, Edinburgh Parks, EDINBURGH SA 5111 Registere

Re: [Framers] Arbortext v Frame

2018-11-19 Thread ROSS, Chris
Just Structured FM files, no DITA. Chris Ross Senior Technical Writer Sustainment and Engineering Solutions BAE Systems Australia T: 0884807884 | M: 0425288631 | E: chris.ro...@baesystems.com BAE Systems Australia Registered Office: Taranaki Road, Edinburgh Parks, EDINBURGH SA 5111 Registered in

Re: [Framers] Arbortext v Frame

2018-11-19 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't know much about Arbortext, but iin addition to an XML editor they also have a CMS and a single-source publishing system. It seems kind of weird to be considering only Arbortext rather than evaluating all the options. What flavor of structured FrameMaker are you using? DITA? SD1000? On Mon

Re: [Framers] Arbortext v Frame

2018-11-19 Thread Scott Prentice
Are you working with XML files in FM or structured FM files? Arbortext is an XML editor, FM can edit XML directly or it can work with structured FM files .. it's not clear which you're using. If you're using XML, you could, in theory author those files in Arbortext, without much effort. If you'

[Framers] Arbortext v Frame

2018-11-19 Thread ROSS, Chris
My company is thinking of changing from Framemaker to Arbortext. I have been asked to attend a meeting, consisting mainly of managers and accountants, to represent the Tech writing population. I have never used Arbortext before and am finding it very difficult to download a trial version to make