I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to
ePub/eBook formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to offer
a FrameMaker - ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.
--
Steve
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Hi, Steve:
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub
2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here:
http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can generate
both outputs at the same time.
Nadine
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At 05:55 -0700 5/4/13, Writer wrote:
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub
2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here:
http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can generate
both outputs at the same time.
Nadine, thanks.
Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the
EPubFm2 plugin:
http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
And the Adobe Tech Comm Suite also produces EPUB.
Mike Wickham
On 4/5/2013 6:49 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
I am wondering if there is any simple route from a
Along with the usual suspects (MIF2GO, WW, RH) to output EPUB, RoboHelp also generates Kindle-compatible files using the same interface (Single Source Layouts) as its other outputs.Thus linking a FrameMaker project to RoboHelp (or importing, if you don't have the integrated TCS) gives you HTML5,
At 09:45 -0500 5/4/13, Mike Wickham wrote:
Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the
EPubFm2 plugin:
http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub - Kindle converter, that seems a
viable route, although I don't know how
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On Apr 5, 2013,
Steve...
It looks like you've probably got more info than you need, but let me
thrown in one more. I maintain this website (below) and try to keep the
Resources page up to date with all of the EPUB tools that I'm aware of.
There's a section on tools that export to EPUB that will list many
At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:
While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found viewing
a PDF on them a very satisfactory experience.
Maybe so, but I've seen good FrameMaker books wrecked in Kindle-native form.
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Steve
Thanks Scott: this is most useful. I'm just in outline planning at present, but
the advice to 'plainify' a book first is very helpful.
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A year or so ago, I wrote some articles for TechWhirl about this subject.
E-Books: A Tool Overview for Technical Writers
http://techwhirl.com/building-e-books-a-tool-overview-for-technical-writers/
E-Book Formats
http://techwhirl.com/e-book-formats/
The articles haven't dated too much since I
That's a good overview, except that it doesn't discuss automatically
generating an API reference using javadoc and similar tools.
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Bowes, Rebecca rebecca-bo...@idexx.com wrote:
Here's a link to a very basic summary of writing APIs:
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann mhoff...@adobe.com wrote:
FrameMaker is a very powerful, feature-rich product that addresses the needs
of very diverse users in many different vertical markets. As a result, it is
impossible to please all of us, regarding UI, and other issues.
iPad displays are 1024x768 (or twice that at twice the ppi for the
Retina models). Standard three-pane web help displays fine. So do
PDFs. There's no need to use a special layout.
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Robert,
Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. I will ensure
that this is sent to the appropriate internal parties.
Regarding my intent in it's impossible to please everyone, what I was
referring to is that various feature requests and UI enhancements requested in
this
Formatting for ebooks is very different for formatting for fixed layout like
print or PDF. It's more akin to formatting for an online help format like CHM
or webhelp. Your reader has a little 4x6 window into which you have to shoehorn
your text, and you don't know what font size or possibly
I don't announce most of my webinars in this forum, but thought this one may be
of interest since it focuses on the new UI, how to customize workspaces, and
how to deal with docking menus, and when to use pods as a timesaver. NOTE: this
webinar will be approached from a newcomer's or beginner's
At 16:53 -0700 4/4/13, Matt Sullivan wrote:
>For anyone who has access to Macintosh software, PDF creation is native on the
>last few Mac OS.
This is true, but by Apple's own admission the Quartz PDF renderer (or whatever
they call it) doesn't product publication-quality PDF. If you need PDFX
If any of you guys use Live Cycle Designer like I do to make dynamic forms, you
won't get that with any PDF Creator, only with Acrobat Pro. (Just sayin')
-Gillian
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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
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I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to
ePub/eBook formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to offer
a FrameMaker -> ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.
--
Steve
Hi, Steve:
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub
2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output
here:?http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can
generate both outputs at the same time.
Nadine
- Original Message -
>
At 05:55 -0700 5/4/13, Writer wrote:
>I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub
>2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here:
>http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can generate
>both outputs at the same time.
Nadine,
Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the
EPubFm2 plugin:
http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
And the Adobe Tech Comm Suite also produces EPUB.
Mike Wickham
On 4/5/2013 6:49 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
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>Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the
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Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub -> Kindle converter, that seems a
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>While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found viewing
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Maybe so, but I've seen good FrameMaker books wrecked in Kindle-native form.
--
Steve
Thanks Scott: this is most useful. I'm just in outline planning at present, but
the advice to 'plainify' a book first is very helpful.
--
Steve
Depending on one's needs, I would look at:
A Creative Cloud Subscription @ $50 per month, and/or
A Technical Communication Suite @ $70 per month.
I have both--and yes, it costs me $1440 US per year, but I was spending
close to that on upgrades each year anyway.
(I need to say up-to-date as a
Sign up for a free LinkedIn account if you don't have one already, and join
the tech writer groups.
I see a number of tech writer jobs advertisers. I have no idea what they
pay, however.
David Creamer
IDEAS Training
http://www.ideastraining.com
Adobe Authorized Instructor & Certified Expert since
Maxwell,
Thanks very much for your reply. It is good to know that someone is
listening. :-)
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A year or so ago, I wrote some articles for TechWhirl about this subject.
E-Books: A Tool Overview for Technical Writers
http://techwhirl.com/building-e-books-a-tool-overview-for-technical-writers/
E-Book Formats
http://techwhirl.com/e-book-formats/
The articles haven't dated too much since I
That's a good overview, except that it doesn't discuss automatically
generating an API reference using javadoc and similar tools.
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Bowes, Rebecca
wrote:
> Here's a link to a very basic summary of writing APIs:
>
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Maxwell Hoffmann wrote:
> FrameMaker is a very powerful, feature-rich product that addresses the needs
> of very diverse users in many different vertical markets. As a result, it is
> impossible to please all of us, regarding UI, and other issues.
It's impossible
iPad displays are 1024x768 (or twice that at twice the ppi for the
Retina models). Standard three-pane web help displays fine. So do
PDFs. There's no need to use a special layout.
Robert,
Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. I will ensure
that this is sent to the appropriate internal parties.
Regarding my intent in "it's impossible to please everyone," what I was
referring to is that various feature requests and UI enhancements requested in
Formatting for ebooks is very different for formatting for fixed layout like
print or PDF. It's more akin to formatting for an online help format like CHM
or webhelp. Your reader has a little 4x6 window into which you have to shoehorn
your text, and you don't know what font size or possibly
I don't announce most of my webinars in this forum, but thought this one may be
of interest since it focuses on the "new" UI, how to customize workspaces, and
how to deal with docking menus, and when to use pods as a timesaver. NOTE: this
webinar will be approached from a newcomer's or
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