[Framers] FrameMaker/TCS 2015 Update 5 - which package? cumulative?

Monique Semp monique.semp at earthlink.net
Tue Apr 10 16:53:30 PDT 2018


   Hello, Framers,
   First, my apologies. I did try to search both the Adobe site and the
   [framers] archives, but although plenty of similar questions, seemingly
   no definitive, likely-still-valid answers. So... I'm wanting to check
   on some FrameMaker files that I haven't used since I got a new Windows
   10 machine (actually, a Parallels VM on my Mac, but I think that fact
   irrelevant). So now I'm trying to figure out which updates I need.
   And why do I need updates? The dreaded tiny fonts, unmanageable
   windows/docking, and the like. I already tried setting the program's
   shortcut properties to Override high DPI scaling behavior. Scaling
   performed by System, which helped enormously, but not sufficiently.
   I believe that I initially installed Tech Comm Suite Update 1, based on
   what's showing in FrameMaker's Help > About FrameMaker: version
   13.0.1.385. (I simply copied my install files from my old PC to my new
   PC, so I'm not positive which version. But I am pretty sure that the
   "1" in 13.0.1.385 means Update 1, based on the convention apparent in
   the chart at
   [1]https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/product.jsp?product=22&platform=W
   indows, where the third dot number seems to correspond to the updates.
   So here're the questions:
   1. Is there a separate Tech Comm Suite Update package or is the correct
   update just the individual FrameMaker Update
   ([2]https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/product.jsp?product=22&platform=
   Windows)? I actually don't care at the moment about any of the TCS
   components other than FrameMaker.
   I'm using a totally separately licensed Acrobat DC Pro, and I've never
   used RoboHelp, Captivate, etc. (I thought I would when I purchased TCS
   originally, but just never did.) I don't know if I'll want to use other
   TCS components sometime in the future, but it's not seeming all that
   likely (given my shift to static site generators and working for
   startups that don't want to tie themselves to an expensive authoring
   toolset).
   2. If I need a Tech Comm Suite 2015 Update, where can I find that?
   (Yes, I could use the updater, but I far prefer to have the actual
   downloaded file where I know it is, and to do the install via
   RevoUninstallerPro.)
   3. If I need the individual FrameMaker update instead, do I need to
   install updates 2, 3.1, 4, and 5, in turn, or can I just skip to Update
   5?
   4. Any other advice?
   Thanks,
   -Monique

References

   1. https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/product.jsp?product=22&platform=Windows
   2. https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/product.jsp?product=22&platform=Windows


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