Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version

[Keith Soltys]

It's been so long since I have been using Frame 7.2 that it's hard to comment about a learning curve. Certainly, some of the basic stuff hasn't changed much (sigh) but there have been a lot of interface changes and some usability improvements.

I think you will have to convert to MIF. You may want to get a copy of MIF2GO, which is now open source and free. That will speed up the process.

I'd stick with WebWorks. It's fast and stable and you're familiar with the workflow. You have some template rebuilding to do, but it would be easier than trying to learn RoboHelp. (The publishing features in Frame 12 are fairly basic and you will need RoboHelp to do any serious customization).

Regards
Keith

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Keith Soltys
Senior Technical Writer
Architecture
TMX Group
(416) 947-4397
http://www.tmx.com/

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Caroline Tabach
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:53 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Help Creation Flow and Upgrading from version 7.2 to the latest version


Hi,


At the moment we are using FrameMaker 7.2 and ePublisher Pro version 9.2 to  create PDF files, and a collections of help files which are mostly html,  with 2 or 3 .chm files

The applications mostly run on Internet Explorer (and the .chm files are for the 2 that are not over IE).

I would like to upgrade our applications as they do not really run on my current operating system and because I want to also produce more modern output.


I need to make PDF, ePub, Responsive html and .chm.

What do you all recommend?
Is FrameMaker 12 enough to use stand alone?

Do I need ePublisher Pro or RoboHelp?

How would I go about importing my Frame 7.2 files into Frame 12.
Does it support them or would I need to save as MIF and then open the MIF files.
I have quite a lot of user guides.

 To what extent will FrameMaker let me change the design?

What is the learning curve from 7.2 to 12?

thanks


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Caroline Tabach
Technical/Marcom Writer
e-mail: caroline at radcom.com
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