online FrameMaker 12 Documentation totally revamped; in PDF and HTML5

Robert Lauriston robert at lauriston.com
Fri Dec 12 13:25:44 PST 2014


The new version has larger type, more white space, more headings, and
lower dpi for screen shots, so, for example, the content on page 347
of the new version takes only about 3/4 of page 230 in the old
version.

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:18 PM, David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From the size of the "New" version, compared to the "Old" version, I would
> expect a lot of good stuff.
> Old has just shy of 700 pages. New has just shy of 1000 pages.
> That's 300 pages of information that wasn't available in the "Old".
> I have to ask, why are there items missing from the "New"?
>
>
> On Friday, December 12, 2014 2:10 PM, David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Robert,
> Comparing the TOC of the "New" Using Framemaker 12 against the TOC of the
> one you referenced this morning (see below) concerning endnotes, there are
> several sections missing in the "New" version.
> Maybe keeping both links available would be a temporary fix.
> Just like I keep a copy of the Framemaker 5 User Guide because the index in
> the pre-Adobe Framemaker was more robust in what it covered.
>
> This is covered in the FM manual topic "Create and maintain endnotes":
>
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f7561e-7f49.html
>
>
>
> On Friday, December 12, 2014 2:03 PM, Robert Lauriston
> <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
>
>
> The search seems to be broken, e.g. the results for "footnote" do not
> include this "Create and edit footnotes" topic:
>
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WS6C3D24E6-2965-48bb-B6CF-50D1439AEB01.html
>
> Or maybe you just cut some content. Searching for "endnote" finds nothing.
>
> Something's wrong with the word spacing, compare old and new to see what I
> mean:
>
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/using/WSd817046a44e105e21e63e3d11ab7f7561e-7fff.html
>
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/12.0/Help/Using/index.html#t=using-framemaker-12%2Ffrm_books_bk%2Ffrm_books_bk-4.htm
>
> I prefer the smaller text in the old CSS.
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