RE: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi,

Kapil Verma, the FrameMaker product manager who asked for
feature requests on the Adobe forum, is obviously also a subscriber
of the FrameUsers list. At least he introduced himself in the post below.
Therefore I am sure that he monitors this list and reads the feature
requests which are posted here.

Best regards

Winfried

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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Kapil Verma
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:27 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: FrameMaker10 and FrameMaker Server10 released in the market!!

Hi everyone,



Just a quick introduction. My name is Kapil Verma and I am the product manager 
for FrameMaker. In case you have not heard it yet, we recently launched the new 
versions of FrameMaker and FrameMaker Server (version 10). To read more about 
the release and what's new, please go to my blog posts (links below). I will be 
making these blog posts regularly, so stay tuned and visit the blog page often 
to learn more about the new features in the new version.



What's new in FrameMaker10 and FrameMaker Server 10

http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/01/framemaker10-and-framemaker-se 
rver-10-launched-today.html



DITA 1.2 support in FrameMaker10

http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/01/dita-1-2-support-in-framemaker 
-10.html



Why is FM a "real" XML editor?

http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/01/why-is-framemaker-your-real-xm 
l-editor-read-on-more-details.html



Easily do DITA specialization in FrameMaker10

http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/01/easily-perform-dita-specializa 
tions-in-framemaker10.html





Regards,

Kapil Verma
Product Manager - Adobe FrameMaker and FrameMaker Server

Read more at http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/category/framemaker

Product pages
http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/
http://www.adobe.com/products/framemakerserver
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RE: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker

[Roger Shuttleworth]

Hello Ant

I'm not sure I understand your comment. First, there is no "importance" element 
in DITA. So I presume you mean the importance attribute, which is present on 
many DITA elements. It is designed for the exact purpose that you describe: 
according to the Language Specification, "applications may (but need not) use 
the importance value to highlight elements."

So if you mean that you want text within an element to appear in different 
colours based on the value of its importance attribute, that would have to be 
accomplished by using appropriate context rules in the EDD. Creating those 
rules is a simple matter for anyone who is familiar with EDDs. Once the rules 
are set, an author never needs "easy access to the DITA-related EDDs" - for 
that or any other reason. Only the application developer needs to access the 
EDD, and that is as easy as opening it in FrameMaker.

The only thing an author would do would be to:


* Select the element(s) in Structure View.
* Open the attribute editor.
* Assign the desired attribute value by choosing from a predefined list.


It seems to me that there is no reason why the project "may fall on the 
ability, or not, to alter the appearance (colour, etc.) of DITA output text 
based on the attribute value." That ability is there already, and is easy to 
make use of. It would take an application developer oh, maybe 30 minutes to set 
up the rules for you.

But perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you need...

Roger

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330
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From: a...@ant-davey.com [mailto:a...@ant-davey.com]
To: Alison Craig [mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com], Reng, Dr. Winfried 
[mailto:wr...@tycoint.com], kve...@adobe.com [mailto:kve...@adobe.com]
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Sent: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:50:40 -0400
Subject: RE: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker

   

 May I add another feature request?  It has recently become 
apparent to me that a major UK project, proposing the use of DITA, may fall on 
the ability, or not, to alter the appearance (colour, etc.) of DITA output text 
based on the attribute value for the 'importance' element. 

  

 Easy access to the DITA-related EDDs is important to this project, and 
presumably to anyone else who has different levels of 'bad stuff will happen' 
warnings.

  

 Regards,

 Ant 



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RE: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker

[a...@ant-davey.com]

May I add another feature request?  It has recently become apparent to me
that a major UK project, proposing the use of DITA, may fall on the
ability, or not, to alter the appearance (colour, etc.) of DITA output text
based on the attribute value for the 'importance' element.

Easy access to the DITA-related EDDs is important to this project, and
presumably to anyone else who has different levels of 'bad stuff will
happen' warnings.

Regards,
Ant




On 27 April 2012 at 22:06 Alison Craig  wrote:

> Without going into detail, I would find many of the suggestions
*extremely* useful. There are several issues raised here that I've had to
deal with resulting in a fudged up work-around.
>
> Alison Craig
> Technical Documentation Lead
>
> 604-279-8550 | fax 604-279-8559 | toll-free 1-866-437-9508
> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation | www.ultrasonix.com
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Reng, Dr.
Winfried
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 3:10 AM
> To: kve...@adobe.com
> Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com; frameusers...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker
>
> Hi Kapil,
>
> My wishlist is below. I hope it's not too late.
> I use many scripts for most of the issues below. But FrameMaker should be
able to do this without external help.
>
> Best regards
>
> Winfried
>
> ---
>
> H Stability
> Stability, no crashes, reliability are my highest priority!
>
> H Vertical alignment
> Vertical alignment of paragraphs in text frames (main text frame or text
frames in anchored frames): top, centered, bottom.
> Often needed for labels in anchored frames with graphics.
>
> H Search/replace with regular expressions I want to use regular
expressions not only for search but also for replacement.
> I would often need this for processing old documents.
>
> H Consistent naming of formats in different user interface languages
Consistent naming of formats in different languages of the FrameMaker user
interface. E.g. paragraph formats for table of contents and index,
reference page names, master pages etc. Currently these are different in
different languages of the FrameMaker user interface and cause problems (or
at least work-arounds) when the German or the international FrameMaker is
used.
>
> H Options to scale graphics
> itl offers many good scripts, but this is the best:
> 
http://www.i-frame.itl.info/en/feature-description/i-frame-modules/base-pack/scale-graphics-proportionally.html
>
> H More options to maintain templates in the long run Template maintenance
is very important and gets often ignored. Here options are missing like
importing a single format into other files of a book, replacing single
formats with other formats in all files of a book, deleting single formats
in all files of a book etc. In my oppinion this is very important when
using FrameMaker for years.
>
> H Variables in automatic paragraph numbering I want to use variables in
automatic paragraph numbering. This would make translations and a common
layout much easier.
>
> M Import of formats
> During the import it's not always clear, what gets imported. Rick
Quatro's Format Special plugin should be standard.
>
> M Variables to be used in file info
> The content of file info can be converted to properties in the PDF.
> I want to use variables to populate the dialog. Otherwise this file info
dialog tends to get forgotten. Additionally the fields in this dialog do
not match exactly the corresponding fields in Adobe Reader.
>
> M User dictionary should be language specific The user dictionary holds
the specific spelling of words independant of the language. I want to have
a separate dictionary for each language.
> Additionally I want to be able to store more than 300 entries. (I do not
know, if this is still the current limit.)
>
> M Boolean expressions for conditions
> Often this does not work reliably. Expressions get too complicated very
fast.
> There must be brackets. And this must be explained better in the
documentation.
>
> > ---
> >
> > Hello Framers,
> >
> > Hope you are well. In case you don't know me, I am the product manager
> > for FrameMaker and am reaching out to seek your inputs into FrameMaker
> > product.
> >
> > We do monitor the user forums to seek feedback and make improvements
> > to the product. As part of the product planning process, I would like
> > to request your wishlist for FrameMaker. Please do let us know by
> > submitting (not more than 10 :-)) new features and enhancement
> > requests, that you would like to see in the product. Also, please
> > indicate a short description of the feat

RE: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker

[Alison Craig]

Without going into detail, I would find many of the suggestions *extremely* 
useful. There are several issues raised here that I've had to deal with 
resulting in a fudged up work-around.

Alison Craig 
Technical Documentation Lead

604-279-8550 | fax 604-279-8559 | toll-free 1-866-437-9508
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation | www.ultrasonix.com



-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Reng, Dr. Winfried
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 3:10 AM
To: kve...@adobe.com
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com; frameusers...@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker

Hi Kapil,

My wishlist is below. I hope it's not too late.
I use many scripts for most of the issues below. But FrameMaker should be able 
to do this without external help.

Best regards

Winfried

---

H Stability
Stability, no crashes, reliability are my highest priority!

H Vertical alignment
Vertical alignment of paragraphs in text frames (main text frame or text frames 
in anchored frames): top, centered, bottom.
Often needed for labels in anchored frames with graphics.

H Search/replace with regular expressions I want to use regular expressions not 
only for search but also for replacement.
I would often need this for processing old documents.

H Consistent naming of formats in different user interface languages Consistent 
naming of formats in different languages of the FrameMaker user interface. E.g. 
paragraph formats for table of contents and index, reference page names, master 
pages etc. Currently these are different in different languages of the 
FrameMaker user interface and cause problems (or at least work-arounds) when 
the German or the international FrameMaker is used.

H Options to scale graphics
itl offers many good scripts, but this is the best:
http://www.i-frame.itl.info/en/feature-description/i-frame-modules/base-pack/scale-graphics-proportionally.html

H More options to maintain templates in the long run Template maintenance is 
very important and gets often ignored. Here options are missing like importing 
a single format into other files of a book, replacing single formats with other 
formats in all files of a book, deleting single formats in all files of a book 
etc. In my oppinion this is very important when using FrameMaker for years.

H Variables in automatic paragraph numbering I want to use variables in 
automatic paragraph numbering. This would make translations and a common layout 
much easier.

M Import of formats
During the import it's not always clear, what gets imported. Rick Quatro's 
Format Special plugin should be standard.

M Variables to be used in file info
The content of file info can be converted to properties in the PDF.
I want to use variables to populate the dialog. Otherwise this file info dialog 
tends to get forgotten. Additionally the fields in this dialog do not match 
exactly the corresponding fields in Adobe Reader.

M User dictionary should be language specific The user dictionary holds the 
specific spelling of words independant of the language. I want to have a 
separate dictionary for each language.
Additionally I want to be able to store more than 300 entries. (I do not know, 
if this is still the current limit.)

M Boolean expressions for conditions
Often this does not work reliably. Expressions get too complicated very fast.
There must be brackets. And this must be explained better in the documentation.

> ---
> 
> Hello Framers,
> 
> Hope you are well. In case you don't know me, I am the product manager 
> for FrameMaker and am reaching out to seek your inputs into FrameMaker 
> product.
> 
> We do monitor the user forums to seek feedback and make improvements 
> to the product. As part of the product planning process, I would like 
> to request your wishlist for FrameMaker. Please do let us know by 
> submitting (not more than 10 :-)) new features and enhancement 
> requests, that you would like to see in the product. Also, please 
> indicate a short description of the feature request, the need for it 
> and your priority for each request (H-M-L would be sufficient). 
> Lastly, please include your email address so that we can reach out to you if 
> we have any questions on your requests.
> 
> We would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance for your valuable inputs.
> 
> P.S. I do realize that some of you may have submitted similar feature 
> requests in the past. Although, we would have taken a note of your 
> previous requests, we want to ensure that the feature request is still 
> relevant and important to you and your organization in the current 
> world. So, I would request you to please resubmit your prioritized 
> wishlist. apologies for the extra time, it may result for you.
> 
> Regards,
> Kapil Verma
> Sr. Product Manager - FrameMaker and Frame

RE: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi Kapil,

My wishlist is below. I hope it's not too late.
I use many scripts for most of the issues below. But
FrameMaker should be able to do this without external
help.

Best regards

Winfried

---

H Stability
Stability, no crashes, reliability are my highest priority!

H Vertical alignment
Vertical alignment of paragraphs in text frames (main text frame
or text frames in anchored frames): top, centered, bottom.
Often needed for labels in anchored frames with graphics.

H Search/replace with regular expressions
I want to use regular expressions not only for search but also for replacement.
I would often need this for processing old documents.

H Consistent naming of formats in different user interface languages
Consistent naming of formats in different languages of the FrameMaker
user interface. E.g. paragraph formats for table of contents and index,
reference page names, master pages etc. Currently these are different
in different languages of the FrameMaker user interface and cause
problems (or at least work-arounds) when the German or the international
FrameMaker is used.

H Options to scale graphics
itl offers many good scripts, but this is the best:
http://www.i-frame.itl.info/en/feature-description/i-frame-modules/base-pack/scale-graphics-proportionally.html

H More options to maintain templates in the long run
Template maintenance is very important and gets often ignored. Here options
are missing like importing a single format into other files of a book, replacing
single formats with other formats in all files of a book, deleting single 
formats
in all files of a book etc. In my oppinion this is very important when using
FrameMaker for years.

H Variables in automatic paragraph numbering
I want to use variables in automatic paragraph numbering. This would
make translations and a common layout much easier.

M Import of formats
During the import it's not always clear, what gets imported. Rick Quatro's
Format Special plugin should be standard.

M Variables to be used in file info
The content of file info can be converted to properties in the PDF.
I want to use variables to populate the dialog. Otherwise this file info
dialog tends to get forgotten. Additionally the fields in this dialog do
not match exactly the corresponding fields in Adobe Reader.

M User dictionary should be language specific
The user dictionary holds the specific spelling of words independant of
the language. I want to have a separate dictionary for each language.
Additionally I want to be able to store more than 300 entries. (I do not
know, if this is still the current limit.)

M Boolean expressions for conditions
Often this does not work reliably. Expressions get too complicated very fast.
There must be brackets. And this must be explained better in the documentation.

> ---
> 
> Hello Framers,
> 
> Hope you are well. In case you don't know me, I am the product manager for
> FrameMaker and am reaching out to seek your inputs into FrameMaker
> product.
> 
> We do monitor the user forums to seek feedback and make improvements
> to the product. As part of the product planning process, I would like to
> request your wishlist for FrameMaker. Please do let us know by submitting
> (not more than 10 :-)) new features and enhancement requests, that you
> would like to see in the product. Also, please indicate a short description of
> the feature request, the need for it and your priority for each request (H-M-L
> would be sufficient). Lastly, please include your email address so that we can
> reach out to you if we have any questions on your requests.
> 
> We would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance for your valuable inputs.
> 
> P.S. I do realize that some of you may have submitted similar feature
> requests in the past. Although, we would have taken a note of your previous
> requests, we want to ensure that the feature request is still relevant and
> important to you and your organization in the current world. So, I would
> request you to please resubmit your prioritized wishlist. apologies for the
> extra time, it may result for you.
> 
> Regards,
> Kapil Verma
> Sr. Product Manager - FrameMaker and FrameMaker Server
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Re: Seeking inputs on desired features in FrameMaker

[Robert Lauriston]

Here's the topic:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4307244

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Reng, Dr. Winfried  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the FrameMaker forum on the Adobe web-site Kapil Verma,
> the product manager for Framemaker, asked for feature requests
> (see below).
> If you miss anything, send your requests and suggestions to him:
> kve...@adobe.com
>
> Best regards
>
> Winfried
>
> ---
>
> Hello Framers,
>
> Hope you are well. In case you don't know me, I am the product manager for 
> FrameMaker and am reaching out to seek your inputs into FrameMaker product.
>
> We do monitor the user forums to seek feedback and make improvements to the 
> product. As part of the product planning process, I would like to request 
> your wishlist for FrameMaker. Please do let us know by submitting (not more 
> than 10 :-)) new features and enhancement requests, that you would like to 
> see in the product. Also, please indicate a short description of the feature 
> request, the need for it and your priority for each request (H-M-L would be 
> sufficient). Lastly, please include your email address so that we can reach 
> out to you if we have any questions on your requests.
>
> We would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance for your valuable inputs.
>
> P.S. I do realize that some of you may have submitted similar feature 
> requests in the past. Although, we would have taken a note of your previous 
> requests, we want to ensure that the feature request is still relevant and 
> important to you and your organization in the current world. So, I would 
> request you to please resubmit your prioritized wishlist. apologies for the 
> extra time, it may result for you.
>
> Regards,
> Kapil Verma
> Sr. Product Manager - FrameMaker and FrameMaker Server
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