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FrameMaker in the Press
- Knowledge@Wharton, January 20, 2010 -- Adobe Co-founder John
Warnock on the Competitive Advantages of Aesthetics and the 'Right'
Technology
"…Knowledge@Wharton:
Shortly afterwards, you made a couple of major acquisitions with
Aldus and later FrameMaker. What drove those?
Warnock: In the case of Aldus, it was just getting a jumpstart
into document production. In the case with FrameMaker, the FrameMaker
architecture was infinitely better -- infinitely better -- than
the Aldus architecture. I could never get anybody except the
ex-Frame employees at Adobe to understand that the architecture
was fundamentally more sound in FrameMaker than in Aldus. The
Aldus side won, essentially, with [the development of Adobe's
page layout product] InDesign. We're still trying to catch up
to FrameMaker. …" [interview]
- Communicator,
December 2009 -- CMS integration for FrameMaker by Andy
Lewis and Alex Masycheff
"... However, as
the adoption rate of FrameMaker as a DITA authoring tool grows,
more CCMS vendors are beginning to consider integration with
FrameMaker. They have good reason to do so: a survey conducted
by Scriptorium Publishing found that over 60% of DITA implementers
are using FrameMaker as a DITA authoring tool, while over 62%
are planning to use FrameMaker in the future. ..." [Review]
- Technical Communication Suite blog, December 4, 2009 -- FrameMaker Server 9 by Mahesh
Kumar Gupta
"...Although both
Adobe FrameMaker 9 and FrameMaker Server 9 software share the
same technology and even the same installation CD, they differ
in the permitted use for which they are licensed. …"
[blog post]
- Technical Communication Suite blog, October 14, 2009 -- FrameMaker 9.0.3 available
now! by Mahesh Kumar Gupta
"FrameMaker 9.0.3
patch is live now and it is available through Adobe Update Manager
(AUM). This patch (9.0p250) must be applied on top of 9.0.2 (9.0p237)
only. You can check for updates through Help->Updates Menu
in FrameMaker…" [blog post]
- The Content Wrangler, October 6, 2009 -- Linked2 Connects Adobe
FrameMaker to Documentum: Interview with Jim Fettes, Millennium
Consultants
"Linked2 is a plug-in
for Adobe FrameMaker that allows users to access documents in
the EMC Documentum repository. It has complete support for the
Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), the topic-based
XML standard…" [interview]
- The RoboColum(n),
September 8, 2009 -- Entering unicode characters in FrameMaker
by Colum McAndrew
"The character
map functionality has been improved in FrameMaker version 9 over
previous versions. You can now use UTF-32-as well as UTF-16 and
UTF-8 enabled character palettes and Hex Input palettes to enter
Unicode characters in a document." [blog post]
- Technical Communication Suite blog, June 9, 2009 -- Numbering in Hierarchical
Books by Mayank Gupta
"Adobe FrameMaker
9 has introduced hierarchy in books. Two new logical entities
Folders and Groups have been added in books to support hierarchy.…"
[blog post]
- Ivan's Technical Writing Tips, May 31, 2009 -- Mapping of PDF Annotations
to FrameMaker 9 Comments
"Use this table
if you want to map annotations and comments from an Adobe PDF
to FrameMaker…" [blog post]
- Technical Communication Suite blog, May 26, 2009 -- Workspaces in FrameMaker
9 by Amit Agarwal
"Tired of loading
the modeless dialogs every time you start your FrameMaker? --
The long awaited feature of Workspaces comes to your rescue…"
[blog post]
- Technical Communication Suite blog, May 6, 2009 -- DITA specialization using
FrameMaker by Ankur Singla
". . . FrameMaker
provides special handling for many objects in DITA like Table,
Image, Title, Indexterm, Xref etc. so when we specialize any
such element which have some special handling, same handling
should be available for it…" [blog post]
- EB Arts Creative Industries, May 4, 2009 -- Review: Adobe Technical Communications
Suite 2 by Eric Brown
"... While other
solutions are available for creating various technical media,
one will be hard pressed to find a comprehensive set of applications
that does not end up as a disparate mess of incompatibility and
headaches. The Technical Communications Suite 2 creates an inviting
working environment free of complications, snags, and the need
for additional applications outside the suite allowing users
to focus on creating media for an ever shrinking world on a time
scale to please their boss.." ... [review]
- Technical Communication Suite blog, April 23, 2009 -- How to integrate FrameMaker
9 with a WebDAV based CMS by Jatin Sanghvi
"With FrameMaker
9 comes a new way to work with files on a CMS (Content Management
Server) that supports HTTP/WebDAV protocol.…" [blog post]
- Technical Communication Suite blog, April 6, 2009 -- Quicker Review Cycles with
FM9 by Samartha Vashishtha
"... FrameMaker
9 lets you import PDF comments directly into your documents.
It's a simple three-step workflow that you can now follow for
reviews: …" [blog post]
- edmarsh.com,
March 5, 2009 -- What Adobe Should Put in Framemaker 10
"If you’re
fortunate enough not to use Word, it seems the only other decent
choice for technical writing is Adobe’s Framemaker. However,
some of Frame’s quirks make Word look almost welcoming.
Here’s a running list of the things I’d like to see
in the next release of Frame, in no particular order: ... "
[blog post]
- YourStory,
March 4, 2009 -- Adobe Licenses SDL AuthorAssistant for FrameMaker
and Technical Communication Suite
"SDL, the leading
provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today
announced that Adobe Systems Incorporated is providing all its
Adobe FrameMaker 9 users with SDL AuthorAssistant, the client
component of SDL Global Authoring Management System, the market-leading
software for improving the quality, consistency and translatability
of technical authoring content... " [press release]
See also:
SDL
Author Assistant now free plugin for FrameMaker (by Bill
Swallow, TechCommDood)
SDL Author Assistant free for FrameMaker 9
(by Terry Smith, Scriptorium)
- Fastware Project, February 21, 2009 -- FrameMaker. Again.
"... My sense is
that, overall, the ratio of time spent writing to time spent
fighting with the authoring technology is likely to be best with
FrameMaker. The more things change, the more they stay the same,
the saying goes, and certainly that's been the case for me and
book-writing. For at least the last 10 years, each time I've
finished a book using FM, I've vowed not to use it again. The
next time I got ready to start a book, I investigated the alternatives
and talked to authors for recommendations. Each time I came away
with the impression that there was no choice I was likely to
find less unpleasant than Frame. " ... [blog post]
- Missing Monkey Head, February 18, 2009 -- FrameMaker on Mac: Pay
Attention, Adobe!
"... So here’s
what I propose, Adobe. Offer a “Mac Upgrade” option
to customers like me who undoubtedly continue to faithfully shell
out cash for Photoshop & Illustrator upgrades. Offer FrameMaker
9 for $800 to those with valid Mac FM serial numbers, thus subsidizing
the purchase of the extra software required to make it work on
my Mac." ... [blog post]
- PC Pro,
February 9, 2009 -- Adobe FrameMaker 9 -- Product Review
by Tom Arah
"... There's still
a long way to go before FrameMaker fully recovers from its years
in the wilderness, but version 9 is the major overhaul that the
program was crying out for. This brings its own problems in terms
of foibles and bugs, and users would do well to wait for a 9.1
release for the most obvious of these to be ironed out. Step
back, though, and the launch of version 9 is great news: FrameMaker
can now look forward to a future as illustrious as its past."
[Review]
- Scriptorium,
February 2, 2009 -- FrameMaker 9 Review by Sheila
Loring
"... FrameMaker
9 is certainly a significant upgrade for FrameMaker users. The
CMS integration, CMYK support, DITA 1.1 support, and the PDF
comments are compelling. What concerns me is the buggy features
and inconsistent, inefficient interface. These issues add up
to a lot of hassle for FrameMaker users. I recommend evaluating
FrameMaker 9 to see if the features are compelling enough for
you to upgrade and then wait for patch releases before using
it for production." ... [review: PDF, 1.75MB]
- Scriptorium,
January 27, 2009 -- Importing comments into FrameMaker 9 documents
by Sheila Loring
"FrameMaker 9 boasts
this handy feature: you can import notes and comments from PDFs
into FrameMaker docs. … This is all great, thank you Adobe,
and so on, but I'm having a problem with the sticky notes. …" ...
[blog post]
- edmarsh.com,
January 23, 2009 -- On Adobe Framemaker 9, DITA, and XML
"... I was excited
to see the interface was updated to look like their flagship
products... I am a big fan of change, and usually upgrade the
software I use as quickly as possible, but I’m probably
not going to ask my employer to pay $399 for this upgrade. "
[blog post]
- Adobe Technical Communication team
blog, January 21, 2009 -- Adobe
FrameMaker 9 is here! by Mahesh Kumar Gupta
"... FrameMaker
9 has a host of features which you have been asking for. The
UI is considerably enhanced, there is support for hierarchical
books, PDF import comments and so on…" ... [blog post]
See also:
FrameMaker 9 Reviewer's Guide [PDF, 16.8MB;
click Download in the top-right area of the window to save a
local copy; Acrobat/Reader 9 required to view the embedded FLV
"Show Me" movies]; sample files
- Adobe Technical Communication team
blog, January 20, 2009 -- Adobe
Technical Communication Suite 2, FrameMaker 9 and RoboHelp 8
Announced
"Today is clearly
an important day for us. Earlier today, Adobe announced the availability
of Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2, FrameMaker 9, RoboHelp
8 and Captivate 4. In addition, a new Adobe eLearning Suite has
been introduced." ... [blog post]
See also:
Adobe Technical Communication v.2 Boosts PDF,
Online Documentation (PDF Zone, January 20, 2009,
by Don Fluckinger)
Adobe Technical Communications Suite 2 (DITA
XML.ORG, January 20, 2009, by Bob Doyle)
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