On May 10th, we had an extremely informative webinar with guest John Smart, “Text Mining from Adobe FrameMaker: How to find lost Terminology in seconds.” (Note: free Adobe account registration required to view this or any other on-demand webinar.) This webinar focused on how one of Smart Software’s tools (Text Miner)can be used to “mine” terminology read more…
We recently had two webinars by Simplified English thought leader, John Smart of SMART SOFTWARE. John’s company has created several products that enhance FrameMaker by simplifying content and making it consistent. Here are some highlights of useful guidelines for achieving readable, “unambiguous” English that is only open to one interpretation, be it via translation or read more…
Adobe Tech Comm recently hosted an eSeminar with a guest speaker from the Branham Group, Christian Gravelle, Senior Technical Analyst, who authored a detailed White Paper on the “Top 10 Trends Driving the Technical Communication Industry.” Details on how to download the White Paper or view the recorded eSeminar are listed at the end of read more…
Register for our upcoming webinars: http://adobe.ly/w3b1nars Watch our past webinar recordings on-demand: http://adobe.ly/0nd3mand ——————————————————————————————– Upcoming webinars: All webinars start at 10 AM PST Going global and mobile with Adobe FrameMaker, April 26 - John Smart of Smart Communications, Inc, New York Enterprise Productivity Series by Tom Aldous: Enterprise Productivity Enhancements in RoboHelp 9 and RoboHelp read more…
Amongst the many compelling reasons for upgrading from FrameMaker 7.x to FrameMaker 10, real “out-of-the-box” DITA support would surely be near the top of the list. Although FrameMaker 7.x was a competent and potent structured editor in its day, it was developed before most major milestones in DITA development and approval were achieved. A timeline read more…
Book building capabilities for managing multiple project assets (chapters, document content) were one of the prime drivers for many users moving to FrameMaker 7.x ten years ago. Ironically, the powers associated with this feature have increased exponentially with recent releases. For anyone who has to manage multiple chapters in various stages of approval, enhanced hierarchical read more…
This is Part 6 in our 10-part series of blogs on why users should upgrade from FrameMaker 7.x to FrameMaker 10, which summarizes all blogs in the series. Please click on the titles below to go to any individual blog, in order, or per your areas of interest. You will find a call to action read more…
Hello Framers, Thank you for your feedback on the survey shared along with the last post that we made around “How to run FrameMaker on Mac“. We have got ample responses that would help us take the decision going forward. Today, I’m going to share with you an ExtendScript utility that would help the DITA read more…
Global infrastructure software provider uses Adobe FrameMaker to streamline the documentation process and deliver information to global audiences faster. (Detailed PDF available here) In a recent conversation with Evelyn Sealander, senior documentation manager for Novell, Evelyn discussed how the global infrastructure software provider uses Adobe FrameMaker 10 to accelerate authoring and disseminating documentation to audiences read more…
Midway through our series of blogs on reasons to upgrade from FrameMaker 7.x, we take a quick trip back to the year of that software’s birth: 2002. A lot can change in 10 years. Not just styles, fads, fashions, but the fundamental way that we communicate. Despite the almost nostalgic communication methods of 10 years read more…
