[Closed] FrameMaker 7.x/8 Feature Requests

Just wanted to mention that the "Frame Wishlist" is still up www.techknowledgecorp.com/help (bottom of left column).

1. An easier way to add new FrameMath experessions.

2. FrameMath should properly format Math expressions with any font family.

3. Proper Association of Math MML (1.0 or 2.0) to any FrameMath Expression
for inclusion in html/xml/pdf documents.

4. Ability to import MathMML to the appropriate FrameMath expression.

5. Addition of user created FrameMath pallettes.

6. Ability to import or export TeX, TROFF.

7. Heck why not just integrate Mathtype/WebEq or purchase said technology
from Design Science.

8. Fix how Frame handles tabs.

9. Revival of FrameLite project to compete against Word WP arena.


...Mike

I keep getting my memory jogged.

I'd like to see a way to align "Run Into Paragraph" anchored frames with something other than the top line of the paragraph. At a minimum, I'd like the choice to align with the bottom of the paragraph; better yet, the ability to specify an offset from the top line (in either lines or absolute units) would be really useful.

-Bill

I'd like to see the word "Footnote" become something like "Bibliographic Citation>" in the Special menu with a choice of Footnote or Endnote. Format... Document... would also need a place to define properties for endnotes.

I could endure all the levels of undo the marketing department wanted to throw at me if FrameMaker--The Next Generation included a reasonable means of using endnotes.

I'd like to be able to position a table at the top of the first page text frame without having to employ a workaround every time.

puig

Ran into another one this morning: I'd like the ability to print out the Book file. (Yeah, I know I can do a screen shot, but it'd be so much nicer to just go File>Print Book File.)

-Bill

A @#%#T#$$G#HG^%$ easier way to track down missing fonts.

Not ignore them.

To positively and absolutely root-out the buggers and fix them; especially Times.

Enough space after a sentence that has associated index or other marks to see that you really do have a punctuation mark there.

Symbol insertion from a table, like Word. Typing ASCII numbers is so 20th century.

Cursor movement by arrow keys from one table cell to another.

How about associating a text flow with a master page or pages?

Maybe 3 or 4 levels of undo would be nice; I doubt I'd use more (I rarely use more than one level in Word). OTOH, I *KNOW* I'd use drag-and-drop text editing.

The acid test for any new feature, though, is whether it can be implemented without making the basic application either slower or less stable.

JOOC, what's "the runaround bug"?

-Bill