Frame/InDesign

[Philip Odell]

Hi Martin,

Just to clarify following on from Steve's email below, InDesign (both CS4
and CS5) does now have conditional text, cross-referencing, text variables
and has had table editing for quite some time. Also, by changing a program
preference it can import by reference Word and Excel files much like
FrameMaker's text insets. It can also place (import) other InDesign files
too.

Also Chris Kitchener now works in Seattle not the UK. He was replaced by
Jonathan Ferman who I believe has also just moved on by I've no idea where
and I don't know who his replacement is yet.

Kind regards,
Philip Odell
www.philipodell.co.uk



It can import by reference Word, Excel, and other InDesign files. 

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
Sent: 13 January 2011 16:43
To: Martin Ley; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Frame/InDesign

At 14:56 +0000 11/1/11, Martin Ley wrote:

>The InDesign route: I would have to spend a lot of time getting fairly
complicated Frame book files working in InDesign. Conditional builds, text
insets, variables, markers, tables, etc etc.

Martin: I use both too. Many of the features you list above (conditionality,
insets, variables, markers) are not implemented, or are implemented
differently, in InDesign, afaik.

You have a difficult problem; for me the above might well be the killer
issue. InD will do you lovely typography, but for my money it's still not
quite a player in the tech book world. Also afaik, it still doesn't even
support cross-references, or at least CS3 didn't. I use it, happily, for
non-technical books, but I'd not like to work with it for link-rich long-doc
material.

As both products are from Adobe, as as there might be license fees for them
whichever way you go, why not try and rope in an Adobe product specialist to
advise you? In the UK Chris Kitchener used to be the main man, certainly for
InD, but I don't know whether he's still with Adobe. Or possibly one of
their added-value vendors, like Mekon (Sutton)?

<mailto:chris.kitchener at adobe.com>

HTH; just my view.

--
Steve
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