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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Anthony:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>What encouraging news! I asked Adobe for a “FrameMaker Light” back in 2005 or so. I entered the suggestion on their website, as well as emailed it to one of the guys in charge of FrameMaker 8, but I hadn’t heard anything since.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We currently have seven licenses of FrameMaker 7.2. I’m the lone writer, so if there were a light version, we could switch to one full version and six light ones. But with a reduced cost and an easier interface, I think we could expand that to twenty. Even now, we’re on the verge of buying more licenses (and moving to FrameMaker 10) because it’s kind of popular with the SMEs around here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m using structured except for the legacy stuff, so I would want the Light version to let users set attribute values as well as use the list of elements. They also have to be able to import XML files into FrameMaker.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes, we use shared text right now, but I tend to manage it. I could see the SMEs getting involved in making changes to it, though, so that would be a good feature to include in the Light version.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Of course, they have to be able to create tables and cross-references. They don’t do this often, but they should be able to change variable values, too. And updating the book is essential.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We’d like to see the price down around $200 for individual licenses, or an appropriate deal on a site license. Floating licenses wouldn’t be good because we have lots of SMEs who travel and couldn’t be connected to the network. Please don’t go to a dongle (sad story there).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sarah O’Keefe had a good idea back when I was asking for FrameMaker Light, and that was to make a FrameMaker XML editor version, but of course that would only apply to structured users.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I just read Alan’s response and I realize that FrameMaker Light isn’t needed by everyone, but for some of us, it would be perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fei Min<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anthony Davey<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 22, 2011 5:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Frame Light, what's the potential market?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Cross posted to dita-frameusers, so ignore as needed ...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I had an interesting discussion with the Frame Product Manager a few days ago at<br>the London launch event for TCS3. It seems there is the motivation to develop a<br>business case for 'Frame Light' which could be used by SMEs to create and review<br>content, but little else.<br> <br>I work in an environment where I am the only Frame user (experimenting with 10<br>at the moment) in an organisation with over 100 SMEs producing content in Word.<br>Most do their own thing, or come to me to 'fix' or standardise stuff once it is<br>collected together.<br> <br>So, I would want 'Frame Light' to allow content creation in structured or<br>unstructured format (including DITA one day), but that requires the content<br>provider to use only the pre-determined paragraph formats and a few text styles<br>(emphasis, bold, sub- and superscript); and insert images by reference. I can<br>get around a need to define conditional text by using different paragraph format<br>names. All this in templates that can only be developed or altered by full<br>license holders.<br> <br>To support the development of a business case can you post what (other)<br>functionality you would want Frame Light to have, how many licenses you would<br>(ideally) want in your organisation, how many full Frame licenses you currently<br>have (for comparison purposes), how you would want FL delivered (local install,<br>web-based, floating licenses), and what you would want/need to pay for it to get<br>it accepted as an alternative to Whatever word processing your SMEs currently<br>use?<br> <br>Creating more disciplined (structured), reusable, content which can be output<br>with a similar look and feel, and doesn't reinvent a wheel each time an SME puts<br>fingers to keyboard, is a concept which has almost reached its time in my<br>organisation. Others may be close, or even ahead, so there must be demand for<br>this. 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