What end product should I give them? or thinking of moving help application, but to what???

[Jeff Coatsworth]

If you’re already happy with authoring in FM, I’d stick with it. Then I would get the Tech Comm Suite to produce your EPUB output and/or HTML5 responsive help that would work for tablets too (& look much better than an EPUB). Don’t get too suckered in by FM12’s claims that you can publish straight out of FM – the level of control over output is still being worked on. Try the trial version first on a non-production machine to test it out.

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Carrie Baker
Sent: June-11-14 5:40 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: What end product should i give them? or thinking of moving help application, but to what???

As I mentioned some time ago, I am finally moving to a new computer.

I tried to install on Windows 7, but the patch for Frame 7 wouldn't install, so I am working with virtual XP.

I have Frame 7,
and ePublisher pro version 9 build 5737  (maybe I have a patch for that too, as I thought I have version 9.2....)
As well as the PDF user guides which they want, I also create for them .chm files for one sort of application (which runs on C++)

and html files in the format of WebWorks Help 5.

These html files have a security message when you try to open them and only open in IE.

The company has 2 applications which run on the person's computer, and all the others run in a web browser integrated with IBM Cognos.

They are talking about soon making their applications available on a Tablet.

I would like to request new versions of the software, but I would also like to make the ROI for this.

i.e. I need to tell them that with the new software I can give them something better.

I think that I would like to give ePub for when they use a tablet.

For the html files, which application will be easy for me to move to, and what will the advantages be in the end result.

Should I still give .chm?

Or is something else used now?

I am looking for something that is truly single sourcing (Today I just press a button...... once everything was set up).

Any more insights etc will be helpful.




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Carrie Baker
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