Adobe FrameMaker Workshop TC Camp 2015

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Maxwell Hoffmann | Tech Comm Product Evangelist

Introduction to Adobe TCS and FrameMaker


What is usually created using FrameMaker?

User guides

Maintenance handbooks

Reference manuals

Product manuals

Training materials

Policies and Procedures

Catalogs

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There are 2 ways to use FRAMEMAKER

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Structured: DITA & XML “Unstructured” but with sturdy,

format-driven (implied) structure



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“Unstructured” but with

sturdy, format-driven

(implied) structure



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Structured: DITA & XML

author and edit in native XML format

DITA 1.2 compliant


FrameMaker 12 has been transformed into a standalone multi

channel, multi device publishing solution

FRAMEMAKER 11

FRAMEMAKER 12

ONLY…

MULTIPLE OUTPUTS FOR MULTIPLE DEVICES


What can you create in FrameMaker?

PDF

ePub

Kindle books

Responsive HTML5

WebHelp

Microsoft HTML Help

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Why FrameMaker vs. InDesign?

InDesign

Multi-flow documents such as magazines

Marketing materials

Flyers

FrameMaker

Long documents (can be 1,000’s of pages)

Single flow

Automatic generation of Table of Contents, Index, Glossary,

etc.

XML content creation

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Why FrameMaker vs. Word?

Stability when working with long documents

Graphics can be referenced rather than

imported, which keeps the source document

smaller

Document can be saved as separate files

(Table of Contents, Chapter files, Glossary,

Index)

XML content creation that separates content

creation from formatting

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Cleaner and more consistent user interface

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Colored icons

Large icons

Large + Colored icons


There is a brand new pod now to enable you to work

easily with multiple files

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Shows all open files in

one easy to use pod

(incl. full file path)

Save and Close

multiple files in one go

Navigate to any

file you want

Easily see which

are the unsaved

files

*


Introducing regular expression based searching in FM12

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•Support 3 flavors –

PERL, EGREP and GREP

•WYSIWYG and Author

view

•Searches body text,

footnotes, markers,

variables, etc.

•Find and replace

supported


New authoring capabilities like generating QR codes

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Easily work with QR codes

• Seamlessly insert and manage QR

codes

• Create various types of QR code

(e.g. URL, SMS, call phone)

Background color enhancements

• Uniform height background color

• Option to specify paragraph box


One click to restore your last session

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Opens all files

from last session

Workspace,

pods, panels and

palettes

Last document

and pages in

focus

Restore view and

structured

application read


Introducing MathML support in FM12

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Work with MathML equations

Import, create, edit and publish MathML Equations

Seamless integration with Design Science MathFlowTM Editor (Structure and

Style) *

30-day trial license of MathFlow included with FM12**Requires separate purchase


Now, you can easily resolve your topicrefs and preview your

DITAMAP content without leaving doc view or generating any files

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•Quickly preview your

DITAMAP content

•Resolve and collapse

one or all topicrefs in

one go

•Open, modify and

update topics easily

from this view


Introducing structured element toolbar to ease the authoring for

casual authors and SMEs

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Lists Table

Inline elements (bold/italics)

Para

SectionImage

QUICK ELMENT INSERTION TOOLBAR

• DITA toolbar provided out-of-the-box

• BYOT (Build your own toolbar ) for your own custom

application

• Can assign different elements to the same icon e.g. different

handling for DITA topic and tasks


Lastly, making FM a more powerful XML editor!

Enhanced XML support

FM12 honors the xml:space setting when the user does

pretty printing

E.g. FM12 won’t pretty print <codeblock> element xml:space to be

preserved, unlike FM11

Enhanced XSLT support

Upgrade processor of pre and post XSLT to XSL 2.0.

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Introducing FrameMaker XML Author

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FrameMaker

XML Author

FrameMaker XML Author is a fully standards-compliant XML

editor which lets you author XML content based on a standard

such as DITA or any custom structure with an easy-to-use and

a familiar interface


FM XML Author will be targeted at the structured XML market only

and FM “Full” will continue to serve the needs of the other segments

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FM XML Author

FrameMaker

.XML

.FM

FrameMaker

Authoring

Unstructured

Structured

FM XML

Author is a

subset of

FrameMake

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New and improved PDF based review

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PDF Reader

PDF Based

commenting

and import into

the FM source

*Enhanced

• Change your FM source while the review is ongoing and still

import comments (removes an earlier constraint)

• Can change the relative position of the paragraph OR change

the text around the commented portion


SMEs will be able to do reviews on the go

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REVIEW CONTENT ON-THE-GO!


Resources

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On-demand eSeminars = http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J

Upcoming eSeminars = http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xI

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Contact Information

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Information

Maxwell Hoffmann

Adobe Systems, Inc.

Product Evangelist

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Adobe FrameMaker Workshop TC Camp 2015