Re: FrameMaker to HTML
If the RoboHelp runtime embedded in FrameMaker 12 does not include the CSS customization of full RoboHelp, you could probably customize the generated CSS so it matches your company's design standards, then write a post-processing script to overwrite the generated CSS with your customizations. One low-tech approach to integrating FrameMaker-generated HTML with javadoc output would be to define a directory structure so each would be in a predictable location relative to the other so that you could link between them. This could be something of a pain to maintain since the links will sometimes break, though you could run a link tester such as Xenu Link Sleuth. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
Of course not. Typically, we are overhead, and startups need to focus on selling something first. On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote: > Rober Lauriston wrote: >> The tighter your budget, the worse the effects of false economies. > > Yes, indeed. > >> People who are used to getting great development tools such as Eclipse and >> Git for free commonly make the false assumption that there are similar free >> tools for documentation. It's part of the tech writer's role at a small >> startup to educate management about this. > > Agreed. However, startups - particularly small ones - rarely (ever?) hire > tech writer's early enough to be able to provide that input at a time when it > makes the most sense. > > Most unfortunately! > > Z > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as techwordsm...@gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/techwordsmith%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker to HTML
Rober Lauriston wrote: > The tighter your budget, the worse the effects of false economies. Yes, indeed. > People who are used to getting great development tools such as Eclipse and > Git for free commonly make the false assumption that there are similar free > tools for documentation. It's part of the tech writer's role at a small > startup to educate management about this. Agreed. However, startups - particularly small ones - rarely (ever?) hire tech writer's early enough to be able to provide that input at a time when it makes the most sense. Most unfortunately! Z ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
The tighter your budget, the worse the effects of false economies. People who are used to getting great development tools such as Eclipse and Git for free commonly make the false assumption that there are similar free tools for documentation. It's part of the tech writer's role at a small startup to educate management about this. On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Craig, Alison wrote: > "To evaluate what's cheap, you need to look at total cost of ownership..." In > a perfect world, that's true, but the original post began "I work for a small > startup..." > > My experience in the "small startup" world is that you need to deal with the > attitude that the person the company already pays is cheaper than any tool > you have to go out and buy with *additional* money. This is, of course, a > false economy. But employees don't control the purse strings so they have to > work within the employer's reality. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker to HTML
"To evaluate what's cheap, you need to look at total cost of ownership..." In a perfect world, that's true, but the original post began "I work for a small startup..." My experience in the "small startup" world is that you need to deal with the attitude that the person the company already pays is cheaper than any tool you have to go out and buy with *additional* money. This is, of course, a false economy. But employees don't control the purse strings so they have to work within the employer's reality. Alison --- Three signs a *former* programmer I know always wanted to post in his office: To Marketing: You can tell me what you want or you can tell me when you want it. You can't tell me both! There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it again. Reality always wins. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 12:38 PM To: Joe Malin; Framers List Subject: Re: FrameMaker to HTML To evaluate what's cheap, you need to look at total cost of ownership, not just sticker price. Expensive professional authoring tools can be a good investment if they make you more efficient. I found ePublisher Pro a lot more flexible and easy to use than RoboHelp. However, if your goal is merging authored content with javadoc and the like, I'm not sure that FrameMaker can do that. You might want to take a look at HelpStudio and Document!X. If you're considering moving to DITA, you might be better off dumping FrameMaker in favor of Oxygen XML or AuthorIt. ePublisher Pro at least theoretically allows you to mix and match FrameMaker and DITA source, so that might ease the transition. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Joe Malin wrote: > Hi! > > I work for a small startup that delivers documentation to software > developers. I’m investigating how to continue our strategy of > publishing to HTML so that we can “merge” our reference documentation > (such as Javadoc) with our developer guides, samples, and so forth. > > Our legacy is unstructured FrameMaker 12, which I’d prefer to continue > for the moment. We use FrameMaker’s multi-publishing feature to output > to Responsive HTML5, using the RoboHelp features that come with FM. > However, this approach isn’t customizable, as far as I can tell. I’m > sure to get pressure to make our docs conform to the rest of the > company’s design philosophy. > > How should I proceed? Full RoboHelp would probably give us the > customization we need without a lot of work, but RoboHelp is very > expensive. We could go to structured FM and convert XML to HTML5 using > XSLT (I was a software engineer in a past life, so I don’t find this > troubling), but it’s a lot of work. Going to a different > content/publishing solution would take some ‘splaining, since we’ve > already invested in FM 12. But, if it were cheap enough, we could consider it. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alison.craig%40ultrasonix.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
Mif2Go might be a good solution. I suggest using a Mif2Go expert such as Steve Wiseman to set it up. After that you just click a button and it creates help that requires very little or no clean-up afterwards. You can contact him at: swise...@context.co.il or +972-2-999-7816. Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 15-Jul-14 9:07 PM, Joe Malin wrote: Hi! I work for a small startup that delivers documentation to software developers. I’m investigating how to continue our strategy of publishing to HTML so that we can “merge” our reference documentation (such as Javadoc) with our developer guides, samples, and so forth. Our legacy is unstructured FrameMaker 12, which I’d prefer to continue for the moment. We use FrameMaker’s multi-publishing feature to output to Responsive HTML5, using the RoboHelp features that come with FM. However, this approach isn’t customizable, as far as I can tell. I’m sure to get pressure to make our docs conform to the rest of the company’s design philosophy. How should I proceed? Full RoboHelp would probably give us the customization we need without a lot of work, but RoboHelp is very expensive. We could go to structured FM and convert XML to HTML5 using XSLT (I was a software engineer in a past life, so I don’t find this troubling), but it’s a lot of work. Going to a different content/publishing solution would take some ‘splaining, since we’ve already invested in FM 12. But, if it were cheap enough, we could consider it. I should add that we use Git for CMS. This approach actually works pretty well, since our goal is to track versions and branches rather than save space or do line-by-line reviews. For reviews, we’re currently using Acrobat XI features based on tagged PDF from FM 12. Thoughts? I would be grateful for any advice! Joe This e-mail and any attached files are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which this mail is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of this e-mail or the attached files by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail or collect call to (650) 388-4111 and delete this e-mail and attached files from your system. Thank you. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker to HTML
Yes, it was based on MIF Doclet, but had to be modified to suit our needs. I remember that there was some manual formatting that had to be done after conversion, but it was a lot easier than trying to convert the raw HTML output from javadoc into something useful. It was a while ago so the details are fuzzy :-). Keith -Original Message- From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 4:19 PM To: Keith Soltys; Framers List Subject: Re: FrameMaker to HTML MIF Doclet used to be a free utility. I used it to go javadoc > MIF > FrameMaker > PDF, automated the whole thing. I think it has not been updated since Oracle assimilated of Sun and is not compatible with JDKs after 1.4. Were you able to include javadoc in your FrameMaker docs in such a way that you could update it automatically? On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Keith Soltys wrote: > You can merge FrameMaker content and javadoc content by taking javadoc > output into FrameMaker via MIF. A couple of jobs back, about 15 years ago, we > did exactly that, by having a developer write an add-in (doclet?) that caused > javadoc to output MIF instead of HTML. We then incorporated that content into > our developers' docs. NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail, including all materials contained in or attached to this e-mail, contains proprietary and confidential information solely for the internal use of the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or otherwise and ensure that it is permanently deleted from your systems, and do not print, copy, distribute or read its contents. AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ Le présent courriel, y compris tous les documents qu'il contient ou qui y sont joints, renferme des renseignements exclusifs et confidentiels destinés uniquement à l'usage interne du destinataire prévu. Si vous avez reçu le présent courriel par erreur, veuillez nous aviser immédiatement, notamment par retour de courriel, et vous assurer qu'il est supprimé de façon permanente de vos systèmes; veuillez également vous abstenir d'imprimer, de copier, de distribuer ou de lire son contenu. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
MIF Doclet used to be a free utility. I used it to go javadoc > MIF > FrameMaker > PDF, automated the whole thing. I think it has not been updated since Oracle assimilated of Sun and is not compatible with JDKs after 1.4. Were you able to include javadoc in your FrameMaker docs in such a way that you could update it automatically? On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Keith Soltys wrote: > You can merge FrameMaker content and javadoc content by taking javadoc > output into FrameMaker via MIF. A couple of jobs back, about 15 years ago, we > did exactly that, by having a developer write an add-in (doclet?) that caused > javadoc to output MIF instead of HTML. We then incorporated that content into > our developers' docs. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker to HTML
You can merge FrameMaker content and javadoc content by taking javadoc output into FrameMaker via MIF. A couple of jobs back, about 15 years ago, we did exactly that, by having a developer write an add-in (doclet?) that caused javadoc to output MIF instead of HTML. We then incorporated that content into our developers' docs. If I remember correctly, javadoc could include content that wasn't created from source code comments. You could probably use HTML created from Frame if you wanted to go in the other direction. Regards Keith -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 3:38 PM To: Joe Malin; Framers List Subject: Re: FrameMaker to HTML To evaluate what's cheap, you need to look at total cost of ownership, not just sticker price. Expensive professional authoring tools can be a good investment if they make you more efficient. I found ePublisher Pro a lot more flexible and easy to use than RoboHelp. However, if your goal is merging authored content with javadoc and the like, I'm not sure that FrameMaker can do that. You might want to take a look at HelpStudio and Document!X. If you're considering moving to DITA, you might be better off dumping FrameMaker in favor of Oxygen XML or AuthorIt. ePublisher Pro at least theoretically allows you to mix and match FrameMaker and DITA source, so that might ease the transition. for more resources and info. NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail, including all materials contained in or attached to this e-mail, contains proprietary and confidential information solely for the internal use of the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or otherwise and ensure that it is permanently deleted from your systems, and do not print, copy, distribute or read its contents. AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ Le présent courriel, y compris tous les documents qu'il contient ou qui y sont joints, renferme des renseignements exclusifs et confidentiels destinés uniquement à l'usage interne du destinataire prévu. Si vous avez reçu le présent courriel par erreur, veuillez nous aviser immédiatement, notamment par retour de courriel, et vous assurer qu'il est supprimé de façon permanente de vos systèmes; veuillez également vous abstenir d'imprimer, de copier, de distribuer ou de lire son contenu. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
To evaluate what's cheap, you need to look at total cost of ownership, not just sticker price. Expensive professional authoring tools can be a good investment if they make you more efficient. I found ePublisher Pro a lot more flexible and easy to use than RoboHelp. However, if your goal is merging authored content with javadoc and the like, I'm not sure that FrameMaker can do that. You might want to take a look at HelpStudio and Document!X. If you're considering moving to DITA, you might be better off dumping FrameMaker in favor of Oxygen XML or AuthorIt. ePublisher Pro at least theoretically allows you to mix and match FrameMaker and DITA source, so that might ease the transition. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Joe Malin wrote: > Hi! > > I work for a small startup that delivers documentation to software > developers. I’m investigating how to continue our strategy of publishing to > HTML so that we can “merge” our reference documentation (such as Javadoc) > with our developer guides, samples, and so forth. > > Our legacy is unstructured FrameMaker 12, which I’d prefer to continue for > the moment. We use FrameMaker’s multi-publishing feature to output to > Responsive HTML5, using the RoboHelp features that come with FM. However, > this approach isn’t customizable, as far as I can tell. I’m sure to get > pressure to make our docs conform to the rest of the company’s design > philosophy. > > How should I proceed? Full RoboHelp would probably give us the customization > we need without a lot of work, but RoboHelp is very expensive. We could go > to structured FM and convert XML to HTML5 using XSLT (I was a software > engineer in a past life, so I don’t find this troubling), but it’s a lot of > work. Going to a different content/publishing solution would take some > ‘splaining, since we’ve already invested in FM 12. But, if it were cheap > enough, we could consider it. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
Or WebWorks Publisher. Consider, how many hours to create your non-RoboHelp or non-WWP solution? Then, how many hours needed each project to maintain your custom solution. And, what is the cost per hour of that time. Versus, buying software that automates that output for you? I assume you would be managing the source FM files in GIT and not necessarily the output HTML and PDF files, but either way, managing HTML output from RH or WWP would really be no different than managing HTML straight from FM. Cheers, Sean On Jul 15, 2014, at 2:07 PM, Joe Malin wrote: > Hi! > > I work for a small startup that delivers documentation to software > developers. I’m investigating how to continue our strategy of publishing to > HTML so that we can “merge” our reference documentation (such as Javadoc) > with our developer guides, samples, and so forth. > > Our legacy is unstructured FrameMaker 12, which I’d prefer to continue for > the moment. We use FrameMaker’s multi-publishing feature to output to > Responsive HTML5, using the RoboHelp features that come with FM. However, > this approach isn’t customizable, as far as I can tell. I’m sure to get > pressure to make our docs conform to the rest of the company’s design > philosophy. > > How should I proceed? Full RoboHelp would probably give us the customization > we need without a lot of work, but RoboHelp is very expensive. We could go to > structured FM and convert XML to HTML5 using XSLT (I was a software engineer > in a past life, so I don’t find this troubling), but it’s a lot of work. > Going to a different content/publishing solution would take some ‘splaining, > since we’ve already invested in FM 12. But, if it were cheap enough, we could > consider it. > > I should add that we use Git for CMS. This approach actually works pretty > well, since our goal is to track versions and branches rather than save space > or do line-by-line reviews. For reviews, we’re currently using Acrobat XI > features based on tagged PDF from FM 12. > > Thoughts? I would be grateful for any advice! > > Joe ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
Hi, Richard: Perhaps I missed it, but I don't believe you described what, if any, work you did with customizing the output of FM's HTML export, nor what specifically you found unacceptable in the conversion. There is some information in the Help system and documentation. If you haven't tried customizing the HTML, it's worth a bit of experimentation to see if it could serve your needs. Many users find it easy to ignore this free tool, because the free WWP SE did do things somewhat better from the beginning with little special attention. However, all the HTML conversion tools require that you invest some learning effort, to control the output. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
I'd second Charle's and John's tool analysis, but come more heavily on the MIF2Go side because support is MUCH better. And for what you want, I think it'd be easier to generate what you need. Art On 7/25/07, Charles Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Richard, The only two reasonable ways I know to accomplish this are with the use of third-party tools: * Mif2Go by Omni Systems (http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm) - Less expensive but more challenging to master. * WebWorks ePublisher by Quadralay (http://www.quadralay.com/) - More expensive but-you guessed it-a bit easier to learn and use. HTH, Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FrameMaker to HTML I am running FrameMaker 6.0p405 on Windows XP. Normally, I supply PDFs of manuals (made from FrameMaker books). I've got a request to supply a manual in HTML format. I've never looked at HTML before, so I am clueless. In FrameMaker 6.0p405, saving the book at HTML results in quite a mess. Saving the Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 PDF as HTML results in a similar mess. How do I convert my FrameMaker files into HTML? Can you give me an outline of the steps that I should follow, or point me at some written instruction? Thanks for you help, Richard ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/charles.beck%40infor.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker to HTML
Hi Richard, The only two reasonable ways I know to accomplish this are with the use of third-party tools: * Mif2Go by Omni Systems (http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm) - Less expensive but more challenging to master. * WebWorks ePublisher by Quadralay (http://www.quadralay.com/) - More expensive but-you guessed it-a bit easier to learn and use. HTH, Chuck Beck Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FrameMaker to HTML I am running FrameMaker 6.0p405 on Windows XP. Normally, I supply PDFs of manuals (made from FrameMaker books). I've got a request to supply a manual in HTML format. I've never looked at HTML before, so I am clueless. In FrameMaker 6.0p405, saving the book at HTML results in quite a mess. Saving the Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 PDF as HTML results in a similar mess. How do I convert my FrameMaker files into HTML? Can you give me an outline of the steps that I should follow, or point me at some written instruction? Thanks for you help, Richard ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/charles.beck%40infor.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker to HTML
>How do I convert my FrameMaker files into HTML? Can you > give me an outline of the steps that I should follow, or point me > at some written instruction? You have two options and both involve buying/learning some software. Before you say "but how 'bout free!", remember, you've tried it and you didn't like it. - ePublisher from Quadralay (gui and expensive, http://www.quadralay.com/) - Mif2Go from Omsys (no gui, INI driven, mucho power, less expensive, http://www.omsys.com/dcl/mif2go_main.htm) John Posada Senior Technical Writer "They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever. So far, so good." ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
