Hi Theresa,
although this will not help you at the moment: Structured authoring is
not like loading a new and maybe a little bit strange template from
somewhere and thats it.
It is a completely different approach of thinking.
There are tons of books about this and all of them say: Take
I think Rick is correct. Think of building small xml docs
with a particular need in mind to get an idea of what structure is about. The
infrastructure behind supporting a small xml doc is the same as for a large
document (only with fewer of each of the parts that have to be
On 8/12/2014 3:11 PM, Scott Prentice wrote:
Don't open any of them from the file system. You have two choices ..
from the Structure Tools menu choose Edit Application Definitions to
edit your local structapps file (this is most likely what you should
be using) .. OR .. from the Structure Tools
On 8/13/14 8:33 AM, Theresa de Valence wrote:
On 8/12/2014 3:11 PM, Scott Prentice wrote:
Don't open any of them from the file system. You have two choices ..
from the Structure Tools menu choose Edit Application Definitions to
edit your local structapps file (this is most likely what you
Theresa,
To learn all this stuff more efficiently you should buy Kay Ethier's book XML
and FrameMaker and work through it. This book is slightly out of date and
things are now more streamlined in the newer versions of Framemaker, but it
gives a very clear idea of what is necessary to set up a
On 8/13/2014 11:21 AM, Scott Prentice wrote:
XML for sure, and personally I'd use DITA. DITA for 3 reasons .. 1) the
implementation of DocBook support has problems, and that may cause you
trouble down the line, 2) you'll likely find more options for DITA
support in the techcomm space, and 3) I
It sounds like you need to read up on the fundamentals of DITA. Would be
more informative than what you'll likely get from this list. This is a
good place to start ..
http://dita.xml.org/book/dita-wiki-knowledgebase
Fundamentally, DITA is all about organizing your content in modular
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On 8/13/2014 11:21 AM, Scott Prentice wrote:
XML for sure, and personally I'd use DITA. DITA for 3 reasons .. 1)
the implementation of DocBook
Valence
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On 8/13/2014 11:21 AM, Scott Prentice wrote:
XML for sure, and personally I'd use DITA. DITA for 3 reasons .. 1)
the implementation of DocBook
Theresa
Going back to your original posting...
Also, my project involves converting two novellas into one ebook.
... it does not sound as if the documents you are working on are structurally
complex. Before you give yourself a lot of pain, it might be worth revisiting
the issue of whether you
Sorry you fell down the rabbit-hole, but I'm pretty sure that you don't need to
be running structured FM to create an ePUB. See
http://www.mattrsullivan.com/ebooks-with-fm-rh/
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This is one of the more common and frustrating mis-conceptions I see in
the FrameMaker community that publishing to ePub and other newer
output formats requires structured FrameMaker. In fact, even when
working with structured source files, FrameMaker's style mappings are
based on
Hi Theresa
As others have said, it doesn't have to be structured to become an eBook.
As an aside, be aware that ePub processes can make a mess of your formatting,
whether you are using structure or not: imho they are a work in progress. I
know this for a fact, having seen the mess that the
This is what I've tried with our unstructured documents and had good success
with EPub output.
We are so busy, I've only dabbled.
So, I'd say this is very good advice from Alan.
Bruce
On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:37 PM, Alan Houser a...@groupwellesley.com
wrote:
This is one of the
On 8/12/2014 12:31 PM, Jeff Coatsworth wrote:
Sorry you fell down the rabbit-hole, but I'm pretty sure that you
don't need to be running structured FM to create an ePUB.
Using the unstructured book file, the epub comes out with the chapters
in the wrong order.
See
BTW...
At 11:08 -0500 12/8/14, Theresa de Valence wrote:
I now have ~50 files which are components of my unstructured book file. How
would you recommend that I take the contents of those 50 files and move them
into the structured book?
It doesn't work quite like that: you can't just move from
On 8/12/2014 12:57 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
Let me know if you'd like a copy of my beginner's guide. At the very
least it will give you an idea of the complexity of structure and
whether it's worthwhile for you.
Steve, you can't imagine how many times I have read through those articles!
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Subject: Re: Getting a handle on structured Frame
On 8/12/2014 12:31 PM, Jeff Coatsworth wrote:
Sorry you fell down the rabbit-hole, but I'm pretty sure that you
don't need to be running structured FM to create an ePUB.
Using the unstructured book file, the epub comes out
At 13:28 -0500 12/8/14, Theresa de Valence wrote:
On 8/12/2014 12:57 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
Let me know if you'd like a copy of my beginner's guide. At the very
least it will give you an idea of the complexity of structure and
whether it's worthwhile for you.
Steve, you can't imagine how many
On 8/12/2014 11:08 AM, Theresa de Valence wrote:
Frame 12 installed 13 versions of structapps.fm on my system, either
dated 12/5/2013 or the date I installed the program. There are 6 files
which are 282KB. How do I choose which file to open?
Please answer?
The structapps.fm file which I did
On 8/12/14 1:00 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote:
On 8/12/2014 11:08 AM, Theresa de Valence wrote:
Frame 12 installed 13 versions of structapps.fm on my system, either
dated 12/5/2013 or the date I installed the program. There are 6 files
which are 282KB. How do I choose which file to open?
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