RE: Is FrameMaker dead?

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

trish -dot- robertson -at- comcast -dot- net wrote:
 
> Thanks for your responses. The consensus seems to be that 
> FrameMaker is very much alive and will be supported in the 
> future. Given that, is Madcap Flare the best online help tool 
> so that there is some degree of single sourcing? I've heard 
> that Flare is better than Adobe's new version of RoboHelp. 

No. Apparently, someone is repeatedly giving you bad information, so
maybe you should stop listening to rumors that you hear (the "FrameMaker
is dead" rumor has come around about every 6 months for at least 6
years). 

Instead, visit the Adobe site and learn about the Adobe Technical
Communication Suite. Adobe says that the suite versions of FrameMaker
and RoboHelp are completely integrated into a single-sourcing solution,
so that updates made in either program are reflected in the output of
the other. 

> Also, has anyone come across some tools so that content could 
> be generated once and then reused in PDF, XML, online help, 
> and e-learning? Thanks for your help.
 
How about the Adobe Technical Communication Suite? :-)

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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