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Subject:Re: Plugins, Framescripts, etc. From:"Lin Sims" <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:34:04 -0400
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Robert Rogge <robertwrogge -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi Framers,
>
> I currently use Framemaker 8 to create unstructured pdf manuals.
>
> I do not have any of the cool plugins for chapter TOCs, indexes, wicked
> find/replace utilities, and I am not sure about what is available, so I
> thought I would ask the Framers!
>
> What plugins do you use and recommend? I imagine this thread being a
> discussion of what is available and what is recommended.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Robert Rogge
> 93-423-1784
Well, Leximation (http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/) has a pretty
comprehensive list of tools; so much so that I probably won't go back
and update my years-out-of-date FrameMaker Plugins document.
I'm using Frame 8 on Windows XP both at home and at work. I've
discovered that many of the plugins work ok with Frame8 even though
they don't necessarily include it in their list of applicable
programs. That said, these are the ones I currently USE:
I also have Sourcerer installed, because I'm hoping to move into
structured/DITA at some point in the future. Once I learn how. If/when
I have time.
Lin
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