[Framers] FrameMaker vs InDesign

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Mikey,

The first question I always ask is "Why?" Is it because of InDesign's superior color handling and typography, and those are required for this publication? Is it because content providers or primary authors already have InDesign? Is it because IT supports Creative Cloud apps but doesn't want to support FrameMaker? Is it because somebody in the company thinks FrameMaker is dead? Without answers to questions like this, it is difficult to provide you with pros/cons.

I have done several of these conversions over the years. I have also convinced others to stay with FrameMaker because (based on the answers to the questions above) it didn't make sense to switch. I would be glad to meet with you off list to get more details and give you some suggestions. Thanks.

Rick

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
rick at frameexpert.com
585-366-4017



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From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mikey Shine
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 11:23 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: [Framers] FrameMaker vs InDesign

My company has informed me that they’d like to switch one of our major publications over from FrameMaker to InDesign. If conversion is not an option, they wouldn’t be opposed to rebuilding the entire publication from scratch as an InDesign document.

Has anyone gone through this process before? What were some hurdles that were faced?

Outside of that can anyone enlighten me with pros/cons for having this publication remain a FrameMaker document vs moving it to InDesign? 

Thanks in advance for your help!
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