[Framers] FrameMaker install without Distiller?

[Heiko Haida]

Well, I never had problems to deselect the Distiller plugin, this sounds
strange. Do you have all the necessary admin rights? 

It is not advisable to install the Distiller plugin together with an
existing regular Acrobat, which will be efficiently removed or
deactivated -- very annoying esp. when further plugins are installed
with it (like PitStop etc.).
I made this mistake only once. 

Of course, maybe you are more the Adobe Reader type, but I like the
option to "work" with PDF files. 

Best regards -- Tino H.Haida, Berlin 

Art Campbell:

> Unless you want to mess with the innards, it's easiest and best just to
> install FM with the defaults. You're more likely to F* up something trying
> to second guess the installer and not install the Distiller than you are
> following the KISS principle.
> 
> If Acrobat is set as your default printer, as it should be, it will be
> used.
> 
> Just get in the habit of using the Print command.
> 
> Art Campbell
> art.campbell at gmail.com
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> 
> On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> My employer has purchased a Frame license for me (yay!), but the
>> installation program won't let me install FrameMaker without the Adobe
>> Acrobat Distiller. Which is to say that Distiller is a component underneath
>> FrameMaker, and if I deselect it, the installer also deselects FM, and if I
>> then select FM, it selects Distiller with no input from me.
>> 
>> I already have Acrobat Pro on here, I don't want to mess that up as I know
>> can happen when you install the headless version that comes with Frame.
>> 
>> What magic do I perform to NOT install Distiller while installing FM?
>> 
>> --
>> Lin Sims
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