Automatic ligatures

[Matanya Ophee]

to all,

I am not exactly a newbie, been using FrameMaker since version 4. I am 
currently on version 8.

The program, working in a Windows XP environment, does everything I need 
it to do, with the exception of one irritation: It does not do automatic 
ligatures the way QuarkExpress and InDesign do. As one who is devoted to 
traditional typography, this is important to me, and the way I get 
around, is by using Expert font sets and manually replacing every fi and 
fl pairs with Upper case letters that then need to be assigned character 
styles.

In a 400 page book, this is a time consuming process that is liable for 
introducing silly misprints.


So the questions are these:

1. Does version 10 do automatic ligatures?

I don't seem to find an answer on the Frame web site and downloading a 
trial just to find this out is not a good ideas.


2. Is version 8 compatible with Windows XP?

This is important to me because I need to be able to run DOS programs 
for my business, and I do not wish to mess with DosBox emulators.

Thanks you for your assistance.

Matanya Ophee
Editions Orphée Inc.,
1240 Clubview Blvd. N.
Columbus, OH 43235-1226
Phone: 614-846-9517
Fax:     614-846-9794
mailto:m.ophee at orphee.com
http://www.editionsorphee.com
http://matanya.livejournal.com/
http://www.matanyaophee.com