Part (3) Reasons to upgrade from FM 7.x to FM 11: Track changes and Import PDF comments

February 22, 2013 @ 6:45 AM, By Maxwell Hoffmann

Versions of FrameMaker after FrameMaker 7.2 introduced two potent features that could be reason alone to upgrade to FrameMaker 11: (a) track changes and (b) ability to import PDF review comments and annotations “in place” in the source FrameMaker document. Both of the features streamline the edit and review process substantially. Sample documents used for read more…

douwriteright 3) FrameMaker and Word: Page Layout and Master Pages

February 20, 2013 @ 6:28 AM, By Maxwell Hoffmann

Our third “video blog” on FrameMaker 11 for Word users focuses on the dynamics of page layout. This is possibly one of the areas in “basic” FrameMaker where feature advantages over Word are most pronounced. Since Word was originally developed as a personal, productivity word processor on a platform (PC with DOS) that did not read more…

douwriteright 2) FrameMaker and Word: Page Headers/Footers

February 18, 2013 @ 6:18 AM, By Maxwell Hoffmann

This is the second in our series of blogs that highlight key differences between Microsoft Word and FrameMaker 11. Simple page headers and footers show a dramatic contrast between product capabilities. FrameMaker 11 page headers update in real time A major difference between the two products is the lack of manual updates required to update read more…

douwriteright: 1) FrameMaker and Word: Autonumbered paragraphs and prefixes

February 11, 2013 @ 12:59 PM, By Maxwell Hoffmann

This is the first in a series of several brief blogs that highlight some videos we have created to compliment our #WriteRight compaign. Be sure to visit and register for our new micro site, http://www.douwriteright.com/, for a chance to voice your opinion and also to see a growing collection of “mini-videos.” The first feature comparison read more…

Changing the engine without stopping the car (part 1)

February 11, 2013 @ 12:54 PM, By Parth Mukherjee

Even if it is crystal clear that structured authoring has many advantages, many companies cannot afford to make the jump into the new paradigm. There is too much legacy documentation that cannot be left behind, and there is never time enough to stop all the presses for months while the old content is being converted read more…

Do You #WriteRight?

February 6, 2013 @ 10:44 AM, By Parth Mukherjee

“It’s your Word against…my FrameMaker!”  It’s time to write technical content on the leading technical writing tool. There’s so much we could say. But for now, visit: www.DOUWRITERIGHT.com 

FrameMaker Wins CODiE Award 2013!

February 1, 2013 @ 8:12 AM, By Parth Mukherjee

Hurrah! It’s time to pop the bubbly… It gives us immense pleasure to share this news with our readers: Adobe FrameMaker 11 is the recipient of the 2013 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Solution for Integrating Content into the Workflow. Giving us company in the august list of winners is Adobe CQ which won in read more…

Top 10 viewed webinars of 2012

January 24, 2013 @ 12:19 PM, By Parth Mukherjee

Okay this is the last in the “top 10 of 2012″ series, I promise. The top 10 viewed (live+on-demand views) webinars of 2012 (in no particular order): The FrameMaker 11 launch presentation by Kapil Verma: What’s new in Adobe FrameMaker 11 Future of TechComm series: Designing technical documentation for tablets by Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf read more…

Top 10 most read blogs on TechComm Central

January 24, 2013 @ 11:36 AM, By Parth Mukherjee

In 2012 we rechristened and redesigned our blog. TechComm Central by Adobe drew more than 100K visits by almost 50K unique visitors. Numbers were encouraging and we intend to increase them further based on new and interesting content offerings. The top 10 most read blogs are listed below in no particular order: The list includes read more…

10 Most Downloaded Whitepapers of 2012

January 24, 2013 @ 11:05 AM, By Parth Mukherjee

Hi everyone, 2012 was a busy year, wasn’t it? Busy years often keep us from spending time on learning and self-development. Adobe continues to work with some of the best-know thought leaders in the technical communication space to offer content that matters to the industry and is about trends as well as our products. In read more…

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