[Framers] FrameMaker vs InDesign

[Jeff Coatsworth]

Hi Mikey - just a reminder that if you reply to one of us on the list, you're replying to all, so there's no need to duplicate your response back to each person ;>)

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From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=jonasclub.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mikey Shine
Sent: June-22-17 9:39 PM
To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker vs InDesign

Why?

Well I think the easy answer is that I hear most often from my employer is that I am the ONLY one who can work on this publication and this one publication is a huge part of the contract. Should something either happen to me or my employment with the company, they feel they'd find themselves between the proverbial rock and a hard place fast. The obvious question is why not hire someone else with the necessary experience in Frame to back me upright? I have no idea what their answer would be to that question.

I guess if I'm being totally honest here, what I'm actually looking for is for more pros than cons as to why this document should remain in Frame. In today's workplace, I've found there's nothing quite like the job security of this publication being a native FrameMaker file and I'd really rather not give that up if I don't have to ;-)


> On Jun 22, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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