[Framers] Question about FrameMaker subscription less than a full year

[Peter Gold]

What would you recommend instead of FM, Robert?

Hcexres, other than your past experience and familiarity, why FM? Is there
employment demand in your area?


On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 5:57 PM Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:

> Academic discount aside, FrameMaker's pretty far down on the list of
> things I'd recommend a tech writing student study today.
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 1:37 PM <hcexres at prismnet.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello! This is my first post to this list. I teach tech writers at Austin
> > Community College (Texas). For years I taught a course featuring
> FrameMaker;
> > Frame 11 was the last version I taught with--Adobe got too strict about
> > student access.
> >
> > I tried to download the 30-day free trial but screwed up not seeing the
> > second setup.exe. And so I downloaded again (that was wrong), installed.
> But
> > when I open Frame, I get an expired message.
> >
> > My main concern is helping students around the expense of learning
> Frame: a
> > 4-month subscription at $39 US would be right in there with current
> textbook
> > costs.
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