[Framers] FrameMaker 2020

[Mike Wickham]

New versions of FrameMaker always seem to concentrate on adding features 
for the structured community. I get it. That's the strenght of the 
program. But the new features I'd like to see involve handling of 
graphics and type. For example, it would be nice to be able to make a 
graphic float in the middle of a two-column page, and have both columns 
wrap around it. Or how about taking advantage of the various OpenType 
features that InDesign can handle with ease, but Frame is clueless 
about-- like easy, true small caps, or oldstyle numerals? Or optical 
margins and hanging indents, for a more modern, refined look in printed 
docs? Or a separate offset setting for numerators and denominators? 
Right now, you can set superscript and subscript offsets to work for 
either super/subscripts or numerators/denominators, but not both.

Mike

On 1/15/2020 2:54 PM, TW Smith wrote:
> Over the years, I've beta tested a few FrameMaker versions. I always test
> on live projects, which I know isn't the best idea, but it gives me
> information about how the beta works in the real world. Before the beta
> concludes, I save my project files as MIF, so I can continue documenting in
> the non-beta, current FM version. Not sure what I need in a new version of
> FM. Probably stronger Word filters, a better way to round-trip MIF, and a
> more robust and straightforward way of finding missing fonts in the actual
> files. Cheers.
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 2:58 PM Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> wrote:
>