[Framers] How do you identify an advanced Framemaker user?

[Shmuel Wolfson]

I don't know if the suite is the best choice if you are trying to save 
money. First of all, if you get TCS, every time you upgrade it will 
probably cost more. (I doubt there is an option to only upgrade FM when 
you own TCS.) And since you don't really need to upgrade Acrobat, it 
should be much cheaper to upgrade just FM.

Since I have the ARTS Link Checker, which works with Acrobat 7, and a 
new version of ARTS Link Checker is only available as part of a very 
expensive suite, I decided to stick with Acrobat 7. It works OK, and I 
can do the standard replacing pages, etc. I can't do a Save As PDF in 
FM, since I have to uninstall the PDF creation add-in that comes with FM 
in order to install Acrobat 7. So I print to PS then distill. That's OK 
for me.

Also, you might be able to do what you need with Nitro PDF.

I'd like to know why people feel it's so imperative to have Acrobat 
now-a-days, since both Word and FM have Save As PDF options that convert 
headings to bookmarks. When Word didn't have that feature, it was 
imperative to have Acrobat. But now I'm not sure if it's that important, 
especially the latest version of Acrobat.

Is there something I'm missing?

Just my $0.02.

--
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
058-763-7133

On 16-Apr-18 6:29 PM, Art Campbell wrote:
> Advanced FM users usually have kind of a 1000 yard stare...
> And may have little square marks on their faces from banging their heads on
> the keyboard.
>
>
> Art Campbell
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>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> wrote:
>
>> If I had a badly maintained FrameMaker book with a lot of cruft on the
>> reference pages, inconsistent styles, and so on, I'd ask them to
>> identify problems and say how they'd clean them up.
>>
>> I'd ask to see one or more templates they'd created and have them
>> detail the process of creating a new book from them.
>>
>> Actually, the first thing I'd suggest would be to consider whether
>> it's time to move on from FrameMaker.
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Carol J. Elkins
>> <celkins at awrittenword.com> wrote:
>>> Over the next couple of years, I need to help my major client find and
>> train
>>> an in-house replacement for me as I wind down my freelance practice. They
>>> will not consider an independent contractor next time, so it may be
>> harder
>>> to recruit and identify someone with the required skills. I've built 20
>>> years of documentation for this client in unstructured Framemaker, and
>>> managing these thousands of documents and books depends less on someone
>>> being a good technical writer than being an excellent Framemaker user.
>>>
>>> For those of you who are corporate employers, I'd like to know how you
>>> screen candidates to identify those who truly are advanced Framemaker
>> users.
>>> Is there a test you employ? Do you ask them to build a template from
>>> scratch? Are there certifications that you require? Do you use a
>> recruiting
>>> service? How would you locate qualified candidates (in addition to
>> posting
>>> to Frameusers)?
>>>
>>> Note that I am NOT recruiting; that is still a few years down the road
>> 8-).
>>> I just need to start thinking about the best way to replace myself. My
>>> long-time designated backup is also planning to retire in the next
>> couple of
>>> years, so I have to start again to find the best person for my job. I am
>>> willing to train them how to do my job, but it requires their already
>> being
>>> a master of Framemaker.
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