FrameMaker Feature Requests

[Robert Lauriston]

You should probably post that to the FrameMaker forum topic, I don't
get the impression that anyone from Adobe reads this list:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4377975

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:32 AM, meg miranda <megmiranda at yahoo.com> wrote:
> My appologies, I didn't take the time to find the original poster of this
> request.
>
> I would have a few feature requests, but first some info on how we use
> Frame:
>
> We've got Frame set up with unstructured templates (even though we all have
> had DITA experience) and we use RoboHelp to convert 8 books into one single
> online help system.
>
> Some of the larger issues I run into all the time:
>
> Big irritation that I have, is that the variables are and have been a
> struggle to work with.  Individual writers (over time with writers coming
> and going) set up variables for their book, because, hey, it sounds like a
> logical and good idea. But when we bring multiple books together, I have no
> good way to manage the variables.  My advice to several writers has been to
> not use variables at all in favor of using the global search and replace
> functionality.  So I'd say either remove variables from Frame or put some
> effort into making them worth using. Interleaf used to do such a stand up
> job with variables.
>
> Other features that would be excellent to me would be things that focus on
> being able to globally manage paragraphs, characters, master pages,
> variables, table types, conditional values, graphics settings, anchored
> frame settings, and markers.  Seems like every release I end up having to
> troll through 10-20 different books making macro-level changes through each
> of the supporting files.
>
> Let's see and another pain in the backside has been finding and removing
> paragraph or character styles that are applied but no longer used.  We did
> extensive template clean-up 3 releases ago, but are still finding
> interesting settings that deviate from the current template.  Even after we
> believe we have applied the paragraph style, the old thing still hangs on.
> I've had to apply paragraph styles, then apply default character style, then
> re-apply paragraph style before things stick.
>
> Integration with RoboHelp is a whole other set of grumblings.
>
> Thanks and I hope this might help in some small way.
>
> -meg
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