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Subject:Indexing in FrameMaker From:Ray Bruman <rbruman -at- RND -dot- RAYNET -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 20 Dec 1994 11:28:31 PST
Richard Lippincott <rlippinc -at- BEV -dot- ETN -dot- COM> writes:
> It's also worth noting that the index for FrameMaker manuals were apparently
> -not- prepared using Frame's auto indexing system.
You're right, they were done with Macrex.
My company did some work with a contract indexer who did some of the
indexes for Frame, and we went to some effort to convert Macrex
file output to Frame index entries for our books.
The irony *is* worth noting. Even more astounding was the way
Frame published the manuals for Version 3. The new features
were sequestered into a separate book, and weren't even
mentioned in the "User's Guide." Sorta made you want to
recommend that they find some modern publishing software.
Frame drives me crazy, but I still recommend it.
As Winston Churchill said about democracy, "It's the worst
system, except for all the others."
Ray Bruman In this establishment,
Raynet Corp. we DO NOT DISCUSS
rbruman -at- raynet -dot- com race, religion, politics,
415-688-2325 or nutrition.
