Fwd: Re: FM 11 somewhat disappointing. Am I alone?

[Roger Shuttleworth]

Hi Rob

I love the XML features of FM11, which was the real reason why I bought 
it for use at home. At work I have a subscription for TCS4. I've 
experienced some problems too:

FM11 takes forever to print to PDF, whatever method I use. Book files 
that used to print in less than 10 minutes in FM9 now take 90 minutes; 
but no crashes when printing to PDF. The performance is simply not 
acceptable. I have experienced a couple of crashes; the most recent was 
when comparing two documents (File > Utilities). FM just spun for two 
hours, then quit without so much as a message box.

The other frustration is with Acrobat X Pro. My Adobe PDF printer 
disappeared completely, and then Acrobat just stopped working altogether 
- wouldn't start. After a reinstall it works OK, but the printer has 
disappeared again since.

I'm hoping these issues will be addressed in a patch or two

Roger
London, Canada

  On 17/09/2012 6:46 PM, Rob Shell wrote: > Dear Framers: > I felt so 
bad about my previous criticisms re FM 9 that I went out and > splurged 
on TCS4. > Let me start by saying there are some nice features and a 
marginal > improvement in stability in FM11. > The pods for example, 
seem better behaved. The PGF does not get tired and > hide. The margins 
can now safely be changed using the slider. > However, I have not seen 
anything really moving FM towards that crystal > clarity and total 
stability we all so need. > The print to .ps protocol seems to have 
changed. I cannot print a book to > postscript without a sudden crash. 
It does not even start printing. > I have adjusted the printer 
properties in nearly every configuration I can > think of. One issue is 
the printer or pdf converter keeps reverting to > letter when I want A4. 
 > The strange thing is FM11 saves to pdf with no trouble at all. > I 
have tried with various good (FM9) book files: they all cras > h with 
FM11. I > have stripped all graphics elements in a test book file. That 
did not help. > > Individual files print perfectly to .ps > > Here is 
the windows crash message: > FrameMaker.exe > 11.0.0.380 > 4ff4018d > 
FrameMaker.exe > 11.0.0.380 > 4ff4018d > c0000005 > 000a0ed2 > 10a4 > 
01cd9511f95a084e > C:\Program 
Files\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker11\FrameMaker.exe > C:\Program 
Files\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker11\FrameMaker.exe > 
b176c7f9-0109-11e2-b3df-001fc60d0248 > > Please, I want to be an 
agreeable house companion . I notice that other > people are also 
complaining on the web. > I cannot even find the new pdf manual but am 
working through some FM videos > searching for a hint of what to do. > > 
 > Rob Shell > Windows Seven > FrameMaker 11 UNpatched > 4 GB RAM > 3 TB 
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