Add call to animation in Fm 7.2 document

[Maxwell Hoffmann]

I don't believe that FrameMaker 7.2 supports this format, but you will be able to do this with the next release of FrameMaker, to be released soon. The announcement of FrameMaker 8 (posted Monday) mentions the ability to import animations created with Captivate.

Go to the following URL:
http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/

... and find this text:

     Support for rich media (New)

     Create more engaging online documentation by incorporating 3D
     models, rich Adobe Flash® Player compatible animations, and
     simulations created with Adobe Captivate™ software. Generate
     Adobe PDF files with live 3D models.

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  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: framers-bounces+mhoffmann=translate.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+mhoffmann=translate.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stephen O'Brien
  >Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:30 PM
  >To: framers at frameusers.com
  >Subject: Add call to animation in Fm 7.2 document
  >
  >Hi,
  >
  >Our Tech Support staff has made several animations in Adobe
  >Captivate as the main tool to teach our users certain
  >functionalities. Captivate generates output in .SWF + .HTML or
  >.EXE (FlashPlayer wrapped with the .SWF file) format) but not
  >.AVI or other common formats.
  >
  >I will make a prodecural document in FM to give the user the work
  >context and convert it to PDF. I cannot add the animations to the
  >FM file because File > Import > Object does not accept those
  >formats. And the hypertext command that can launch an applicatio
  >in FrameMaker does not work once PDFed.
  >
  >I know I can simply add buttons to the FM document and convert to
  >PDF, and then link the button areas to the .SWF, .HTML, or > EXE
  >files. But each time I redo the PDF I will lose the links made to
  >the external files. Our goal is to send our document out to
  >specific users and have them test it - there will be several
  >iterations of this tool and many new PDF documents generated. i
  >will go lonk crazy!
  >
  >Do you  have any suggestions? is there a better way to do this?
  >
  >Many thanks for your ideas!
  >
  >Stephen O'Brien
  >Technical Writer / Rédacteur technique
  >InnovMetric Software Inc. / InnovMetric Logiciels inc.
  >2014, Cyrille-Duquet, suite 310
  >Québec (Québec) Canada G1N 4N6