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Re: Absence of FrameMaker from your skill set -- what does it say?
Subject:Re: Absence of FrameMaker from your skill set -- what does it say? From:beelia <beelia -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:54:16 -0700
"In spite of the drawbacks of XMetal, it is one tool that outputs in many
formats, not two."
I'm confused. Is that what you meant to say?
Bee
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
> I prefer MadCap Flare for DITA, actually. It's a much better tool than
> XMetal for writing, and has more features. But we won't go there :-) XMetal
> is what my employer has, so I use that. In spite of the drawbacks of
> XMetal, it is one tool that outputs in many formats, not two. That in
> itself
> is a good value.
>
> PT
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com
> >wrote:
>
> > FrameMaker paired with MIF2Go is a great tool for single-sourcing
> > online help and PDF, though if I were starting from scratch I'd
> > probably use XMetal.
> >
> > XMetal felt like a step backwards to me, since the tag-display UI was
> > scavenged from WordPerfect, and I never expected to see that again.
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Pro TechWriter<pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
> > wrote:
> > > ... honestly, most of the documentation I have
> > > done in the last 10 years has been for online help. So, online help
> tools
> > > have been what I used, from RoboHelp to MadCap Flare to AuthorIT. Now,
> my
> > > tools are used to create XML output, so I am using XMetal. So, for me,
> > Frame
> > > would seem like a step backwards for online use. ...
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2009 tips, tricks, and best practices. http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/
Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
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