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[Closed] FrameMaker 7.x/8 Feature Requests

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August 19, 2002
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Time to start entering these. If you are unsure about whether FM has the feature yet, please do some research and figure it out before posting.

Please don't post requests for assistance in here, either.

Cheers,

Sean

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peter minneapolis

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Have you considered using several watched folders? After printing a PostScript file to one watched folder whose settings create the print/press version, you can move the the file to the In folder of a watched folder that's set to distill a user-viewable version. It's possible to create a Windows/DOS batch file that could check the Out folder of a watched folder for the presence of the .ps file, then move it to the next In folder in the workflow.

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Peter Gold
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_sherman_watstein_

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After a book is completed and saved, there are times that a PDF needs to be generated, say for a commercial printer or one for a CD without registration marks, to do this one must reopen the book and its files. Since this book is saved in SourceSafe, it these files are date coded, however, if one generates a PDF using "Save Book As" and then exits the book he is forced to either "Save" or to close each file down one at a time then the book. Although one may consider this a minor request, when you have 60 or more files in a book, closing one at a times is an issue. It's enough that Adobe forces you to decide to either save all open files or close each one sepaeately when you open "all files", one should not have to save again when creating a PDF. Nice to change the way the Save Book As to PDF works.

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_Raman_Pfaff_

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Mike-

Several of the new programs that Adobe is coming out with (at least on labs) are Intel only. Talking with some of the developers at MAX a few months ago it seems a lot of the windows library stuff they use (I'm not much of a low level coder) can be quickly compiled to run on the MacIntels, but not PPC.

In any event, InDesign will continue to evolve, and once the canned FM for the Mac I stopped writing long documents :)

MichaelKazlow

Legend

Raman wrote:

> I stopped writing long documents

I wish I could. I just made the mistake of creating multiple versions
of a document in Word hoping that other people would take over the
documents. It would have been perfect for the Conditional Text feature
in Frame. Now I'm stuck with 8 versions of the same basic document,
that will be a b*tch to maintain.

Frame is just too handy at what it does. Nothing comes close. However,
I do wish they would look at our feature requests seriously when it
comes to one of the next versions. I'm patient. I'll be happy if they
give us a serious look by Frame 10.

Mike

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_Rebecca_Officer_

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Linux desktops have come a looooooong way in the years since that beta flopped. I don't know if there'd be a market for a Linux version - given that OpenOffice is free - but it's certainly a different market now, so here's hoping.

In the meanwhile, I echo the request for reading and writing to ODF!

Cheers, Rebecca

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Seanb_usAuthor

Inspiring

Raman: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.2cd0cc9a. In case you missed it (sorry).

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_Raman_Pfaff_

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I'm still waiting for my OSX version. With Intel Macs you would think it wouldn't be that hard to port it now.

MichaelKazlow

Legend

Raman,

I don't think changing the processor's makes a big difference. In fact
when OS X came along it was possible to write a Carbonized version of
Frame 7, now with the intel macs, I don't think that is possible, a
whole new version would need to be written from the ground up. Which
is not exactly a bad idea even under Windows :-Q

I'm using Frame 7.2 under parallels running Windows XP. Its not that
much different than running under Classic, except that I don't have
the Mac version of Frame with all of the keyboard shortcuts and other
Mac advantages that I prefer.

It is not a bad setup, I get to run Frame and Agent (NewReader) on my
Mac and nearly everything else on the Macside. I have MSIE for Windows
when I REALLY need it, Authorware 7, and soon Captivate 2.

Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer to have a true Mac version of Frame,
but at this stage I'd settle for getting all of the features and bug
fixes we have been asking for since Frame 3.0.2 on the Mac. It appears
that Adobe has XML/SGML blinders on where Frame is concerrned.

Mike

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Anonymous

I haven't tracked it closely for a while now, but have encountered multiple reports that some FrameMaker users are happily using the Wine open source emulator (http://www.winehq.com/) to run FrameMaker under Linux...

Cheers,
RBV

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Seanb_usAuthor

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Remember the Linux port was beta tested for FrameMaker 5.5.6 and Adobe concluded there was no marketing reason to develop the product. And, since, the Macintosh version of FrameMaker has been discontinued. I would wager there are more people on Macintosh computers willing to pay for FrameMaker than there are on Linux.

Cheers,

Sean

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Anonymous

I like Todd's ideas -- add my name to that request...

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_Todd_ACL_

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- Linux port
- Saved workspaces between sessions
- "Save As..." OpenDocument Format
- Import ODF documents

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