Framemaker Uses

[Scott White]

We are creating 1000+-page catalogs of industrial supplies (hammers,  
gloves, ladders, mig welders, etc.). Both color and grayscale.



Scott White
Media Production Manager
Implementation Coordinator
210-704-8239
swhite at alamark.com



On May 7, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Pat Christenson wrote:

> I can't speak for fiction or magazines but I do layout of technical
> books for a couple of commercial publishers. They both have the
> authors writing in Word using a very simple template. (The thinking
> is: The books are written by subject matter experts who are not
> necessarily technical writers. "Almost everyone" has Word; very few
> have FrameMaker or other layout applications, nor would they be
> willing to purchase anything as pricey as Frame. In any case, the
> publishers prefer the writers not to focus on design.)
>
> Once the content is final, it's turned over to a compositor (me or
> someone like me) who then lays it out for press. In my experience,
> more of these books are laid out in Quark or InDesign than in
> FrameMaker.
>
> FrameMaker is widely used by corporate pubs or tech pubs groups to
> produce manuals such as you describe (Maintenance Manuals, Aircraft
> Maintenance Manuals, Wiring Diagram Manuals, and Illustrated Parts
> Catalogs).
>
> Hope that helps -
>
> Pat Christenson
>
>
>
>
> On May 7, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Deirdre Reagan wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity, what kinds of documents are people producing  
>> in
>> Framemaker?
>>
>> Our department produces aeronautial documents, such as Component
>> Maintenance Manuals, Aircraft Maintenance Manuals, Wiring Diagram
>> Manuals, and Illustrated Parts Catalogs.
>>
>> Do people produce books and magazines with Framemaker?  Is Stephen
>> King writing his next masterpiece on Framemaker?  Does Anna Wintour
>> use Framemaker to kick the next issue of Vogue to the curb? Are there
>> websites that have been created in a Framemaker environment?
>>
>> I'm curious to know how widely used this product is and for what
>> applications.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Deirdre
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