[Framers] Any feedback on FM Publish Tools in 19?

[Art Campbell]

Thanks, Doug. Your #4 was a big issue... had to make copies of it
constantly to have a backup.

Art Campbell
          art.campbell at gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 11:36 AM Doug <dbailey4117 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The HTML5 results looks great, but it my experience it takes a LOT of
> massaging to get it looking how you want it.  My gripes:
>
> 1. Too often bordered images in the FM will display in the HTML without
> borders.
> 2. *.AI files with borders in the FM cannot have borders in the HTML unless
> you also place a non-AI image in the same AF (hidden, behind the AI).
> 3. If you use the HTML5 settings to put borders around images (instead of
> using Object Styles) then even equations will have borders.  (Fine if
> that's what you want, but...)
> 4. On seeming random occasions the STS file will become corrupted and,
> unless you have a backup of it, all of your customizations will be lost to
> you.
> 5. Some fonts used in the FM files don't play nice in the HTML, forcing you
> to make changes to your font choices.
> 6. Table column widths aren't always reproduced faithfully.  Often I've had
> to use non-breaking spaces to force columns to be as wide in the HTML as
> they are in the FM.
> 7. There is no side head in HTML, so anything you place there in the FM
> will be moved to the main column, usually with poor results.
>
> One good thing:  you can republish your HTML without having to close the
> original in your browser tab.  This is different from the PDF, where it
> complains if the original PDF is still open in Acrobat.
>
> Doug
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 10:55 AM Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Was underwhelmed in 15, and haven't had to use them in 17. Particularly
> > using the odd styling tool, which sometimes worked.
> >
> > But looking at HTML5 output and HTML help output just over the horizon.
> >
> > Art Campbell
> >           art.campbell at gmail.com
> >   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
> and
> > a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
> >                                                       No disclaimers
> apply.
> >                                                                DoD 358
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