RE: Frame/InDesign

2011-01-14 Thread Philip Odell
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Frame/InDesign At 14:56 + 11/1/11, Martin Ley wrote: The InDesign route: I would have to spend a lot of time getting fairly complicated Frame book files working in InDesign. Conditional builds, text insets, variables, markers, tables, etc etc. Martin: I use both

Frame/InDesign

2011-01-14 Thread Philip Odell
at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Frame/InDesign At 14:56 + 11/1/11, Martin Ley wrote: >The InDesign route: I would have to spend a lot of time getting fairly complicated Frame book files working in InDesign. Conditional builds, text insets, variables, markers, tables, etc etc. Martin

Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Martin Ley
Fellow Framers, I have a conundrum... I have a huge body of work for one client done in FrameMaker. They want me to do more work than I can handle alone. I have two colleagues who work with InDesign, who might be able to help out. Would it be easier to migrate all my FrameMaker files to

Re: Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Bill Swallow
Which program makes the most sense for the content? And, if you migrate, is that a good use of your time to do so given it's both a quick fix AND you're already overloaded? Consider a content strategy going forward. Yes, it's a client and not your own managed content, but if a repeat client,

Re: Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Art Campbell
If you're billing by the hour and your client is loaded down with too much cash, I'd move to InDesign. It'll take a lot longer both for the conversion and on-going maintenance, assuming you started with Frame for it's long document / documentation / book-handling tools. ;- ) Art Campbell      

RE: Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Martin, Since you already have a huge body of work in FrameMaker, you are probably best to stay with FrameMaker. Can any of the workload be reduced through automation? Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at

Re: Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 14:56 + 11/1/11, Martin Ley wrote: The InDesign route: I would have to spend a lot of time getting fairly complicated Frame book files working in InDesign. Conditional builds, text insets, variables, markers, tables, etc etc. Martin: I use both too. Many of the features you list above

Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Bill Swallow
Which program makes the most sense for the content? And, if you migrate, is that a good use of your time to do so given it's both a quick fix AND you're already overloaded? Consider a content strategy going forward. Yes, it's a client and not your own managed content, but if a repeat client,

Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Art Campbell
If you're billing by the hour and your client is loaded down with too much cash, I'd move to InDesign. It'll take a lot longer both for the conversion and on-going maintenance, assuming you started with Frame for it's long document / documentation / book-handling tools. ;- ) Art Campbell ? ? ?

Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Martin, Since you already have a huge body of work in FrameMaker, you are probably best to stay with FrameMaker. Can any of the workload be reduced through automation? Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 rick at frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at

Frame/InDesign

2011-01-13 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 14:56 + 11/1/11, Martin Ley wrote: >The InDesign route: I would have to spend a lot of time getting fairly >complicated Frame book files working in InDesign. Conditional builds, text >insets, variables, markers, tables, etc etc. Martin: I use both too. Many of the features you list

Frame/InDesign

2011-01-11 Thread Martin Ley
Fellow Framers, I have a conundrum... I have a huge body of work for one client done in FrameMaker. They want me to do more work than I can handle alone. I have two colleagues who work with InDesign, who might be able to help out. Would it be easier to migrate all my FrameMaker files to