Frame to eBook

[Alan Litchfield]

I ran my tests using VirtualBox running Win7 that is installed on a bootcamp partitiion, on a Macbook Pro on OS X 10.6.8. Worked fine.

As it stands, most of my files are 7 (Mac) to 7.2 with a large number from 5.5 and 6.

Alan

On 11/02/2012, at 7:17 AM, Karen Robbins wrote:

> Hello Framers,
> 
> And if you use FrameMaker 9 (or even 10) for legacy Frame documents under Parallels because you are a Mac shop? What better options might we have?
> 
> Thanks,
> Karen
> 
>> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:45 +1300 (NZDT)
>> From: "Alan Litchfield" <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>
>> To: "Kapil Verma" <kverma at adobe.com>
>> Cc: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>,
>> 	James Monaco <jmonaco at unet2.net>
>> Subject: RE: Frame to eBook
>> Message-ID:
>> 	<45962.156.62.3.23.1328827545.squirrel at webmail.ak.planet.gen.nz>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> I have recently done this investigation on behalf of a client. Of the methods
>> I explored (both published and home cooked), the approach described below is
>> by far the easiest I have found. It also provides for sufficient flexibility
>> and tweaking to provide for known device peculiarities, such as documents
>> intended for off-site technicians, etc.
>> 
>> I am one who does not like long and complex processes in which there are
>> potential fail points built in when a short and simple approach is available.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Alan Litchfield
>> 
>> Kapil Verma wrote:
>>> Vendor post: from Adobe Systems Incorporated
>>> 
>>> Hi James
>>> 
>>> I am the Product Manager of FrameMaker. There is currently a easy way to
>>> generate EPUB from your FrameMaker source, if you have Technical Communication
>>> Suite (TCS) (version 3 & above) OR FrameMaker Server (version 10 & above). See
>>> my recent blog post on this topic (along with some EPUB samples that we
>>> generated with this route)
>>> 
>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2011/12/publish-your-framemaker-content-to-mobile-devices.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> You can download a trial of these products by visiting the homepage at
>>> 
>>> TCS: http://www.adobe.com/products/technicalcommunicationsuite.html
>>> 
>>> FrameMaker Server: http://www.adobe.com/products/framemakerserver.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It would be great if you can try it and let us know your feedback.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kapil
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS
>> AlphaByte
>> PO Box 1941, 1140, Auckland, New Zealand
>> http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
> http://www.alphabyte.co.nz/beatrice
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