[Framers] Frame vs InDesign

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

Thanks for the link, David!

I know this is a bit of an older comparison, and I could not see if you mentioned this: ligatures. 

Not just for the obvious "ff" and "fl" types, but also unusual ones like "OE" and "ffi" ...

In books and some fonts, using these adds [perhaps traditional] visibility for people reading them. 

InDesign has support for ligatures. Nothing in FrameMaker (up to version 12) that does this (not easily anyway). I do not know about QuarkXPress.

Z

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I haven't updated this info in ages, but take a look at this PDF:
<https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/0bd7ce80-968b-415b-50a9-baf51e88ba33>.
Some of the info may be out of date, but a lot of the features are basically the same.

I specialize in training on both programs, so here is my 2 cents...

  *   Most importantly: Can InDesign generate good PDF files, with working
links?
Yes

  *   Is InDesign good for large documents (100-160 pages), with TOCs, and
lots of internal and external cross-references?
Yes (100-160 is not really considered a large document by either program)

  *   Can I transfer my existing paragraph and character styles from Frame
to InDesign?
Frame to RTF/Word to InDesign
Or DTPtools.com conversion service

  *   Can I import a Frame book into InDesign?
No. (ID's book feature is functional but not match for Frame's; however, I've created 1000-page books in ID).

Other notes
Excellent HTML5 output can be had in ID with the In5 plugin (extra cost).
ID's XML features are weak when compared to Frame.

Dave Creamer
IDEAS Training