Wikis vs FM

2011-01-22 Thread mathieu jacquet
Dear all, I'm reading here and there that a number of companies consider moving their documentation to a Wiki. One of my clients did so a couple of months ago. What are the limitations of a Wiki such as Confluence compared to FM? Can a Wiki be the single source of data, and does it allow

Re: Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

2011-01-22 Thread Reed.Domnik
Alison, Adobe TCS2 works fine on my Dell M6500 Windows 7 laptop. FrameMaker 9 is part of TCS2. I agree, it seems you need to make the dreaded call to Adobe Tech Support. Good luck! Reed Reed Domnik Technical Writer Fluke Networks 2075 Research Parkway, Suite A Colorado Springs, CO 80920

Re: Wikis vs FM

2011-01-22 Thread Steve Johnson
I'm not sure it would be advisable to abandon FrameMaker, and I know it isn't necessary. You can check with Mif2Go but WebWorks ePublisher will single-source from FrameMaker to a variety of Wiki formats, including Confluence. What I liked about Confluence last time I checked was that it has a

RE: Wikis vs FM

2011-01-22 Thread Tim Pann
I don't know if I'm a good data point but my company, a telecom, adopted a wiki (JBoss I think) as essentially our knowledge base and it was a miserable failure. You could attach files but existing content could not be easily ported into the interface, and there were all kinds of things we

FM: Searching for text that appears as a cross-reference

2011-01-22 Thread Roman Banks
Hi folks, As far as I know, Framemaker does not provide a 'conventional' functionality for searching for text enclosed in cross-references. Is there a workaround for this limitation? Of course, it is possible to create a PDF file and search for the relevant text strings there, but there must

Wikis vs FM

2011-01-22 Thread mathieu jacquet
Dear all, I'm reading here and there that a number of companies consider moving their documentation to a Wiki. One of my clients did so a couple of months ago. What are the limitations of a Wiki such as Confluence compared to FM? Can a Wiki be the single source of data, and does it allow

Wikis vs FM

2011-01-22 Thread Steve Johnson
I'm not sure it would be advisable to abandon FrameMaker, and I know it isn't necessary. You can check with Mif2Go but WebWorks ePublisher will single-source from FrameMaker to a variety of Wiki formats, including Confluence. What I liked about Confluence last time I checked was that it has a

Wikis vs FM

2011-01-22 Thread Tim Pann
I don't know if I'm a good data point but my company, a telecom, adopted a wiki (JBoss I think) as essentially our knowledge base and it was a miserable failure. You could attach files but existing content could not be easily "ported" into the interface, and there were all kinds of things we

FM: Searching for text that appears as a cross-reference

2011-01-22 Thread Roman Banks
Hi folks, As far as I know, Framemaker does not provide a 'conventional' functionality for searching for text enclosed in cross-references. Is there a workaround for this limitation? Of course, it is possible to create a PDF file and search for the relevant text strings there, but there must