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ksoltys
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March 17, 2014
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Suggestions for FrameMaker 13

  • March 17, 2014
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I missed the deadline for participating in the feature survey that Adobe sent me recently, so I put up a post on my blog about things I'd like to see in FrameMaker 13. Some of them are extensions of what I wanted to see in FrameMaker 12 (only a few of which were taken care of).

The post is on the long side so I'm just going to link to it here:

http://www.soltys.ca/blog/2014/03/suggestions-for-framemaker-13.html

I will summarize my three major requests:

  • Seamless import and export of Microsoft Word files and content. Word is dominant in offices today and has been for years, but using content provided in Word format is a nightmare.
  • Better marker handling. Marker handling in FrameMaker is primitive. We need exapndable/collapsibe markers, editable in place, and a proper marker editing dialog.
  • A snapshot feature akin to that in Thirty Six Software's SmartDocs Word addin. Set variable values, conditional text settings, input and output directories and output formats and save them as a single object so we can switch between multiple views of a book with a single click.

As much as I love FrameMaker, and I've been using it for 20 years, it's getting harder to justify it, especially because of my first point.

Regards

Keith

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Robert_^_W
Robert_^_W
Inspiring
October 10, 2014

What I would like is the ability to use book level attributes to set running H/F values in TOC, LOT, LOF, IX etc.

It's annoying to have to manually change the generated files when the rest can be set from attributes at the book level.

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Eric_Bleak
Participating Frequently
August 12, 2014

May I also add putting a switch into the PASTE function so that you can set the default Paste as "Paste as Plain Text".

95% of all PASTE operations I do require this,and going through the inane choice box is a constant irritant.

Yes, a Frame user for 14 years, I really like using Frame, but wow, let's catch up with the times, shall we...

Thanks for listening.

Eric

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    August 12, 2014

    The paste hierarchy is controlled by the setting in the maker.ini file for:

    ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, MIFW, MIF, RTF, OLE 2, META, EMF,  DIB, BMP, UNICODE TEXT, TEXT

    just move the "TEXT" component to the start of the list, i.e.

    ClipboardFormatsPriorities=TEXT, UNICODE TEXT, FILE, MIFW, MIF, RTF, OLE 2, META, EMF,  DIB, BMP

    and you';ll get what you want. FM's always worked like that.

      Arnis Gubins
      Arnis Gubins
      Inspiring
      August 13, 2014

      Yes, and making that change (exactly as specified) in the maker.ini file did not change the default ctrl+v operation....It still pastes as formatted text, no matter what the source.

      However..

      ."ctrl_shift + v", then "t"

      THIS is very, very, VERY helpful. Thank you!

      Too bad there isn't an updated, printable version of the old Quick Reference Card available online. (The last one I have was Publication # 9003 7318.)


      Hmm..., works for me (except for internal FM content, which always is in MIF format on FM's own internal clipboard). I can copy and paste from Word and all formatting is stripped when pasting using ctrl+v.

      Check the user-specific maker.ini in the C:\Users\<login name>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\12 folder to see if there is a different specification there (as this maker.ini is read last and overrides the master one in the FM install location).

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