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Adobe keeps trying to kill this product, but it’s the only thing out there and it does what it does as well as it does. If you’re writing a book, you can easily set up an automatically generated Table of Contents, easy cross-links, and whatever kind of pagination you want. If you need to write about several similar products, want to hide text describing a feature that hasn’t yet been implemented but will be, need to support multiple versions of the same product, or want to use different paragraphs for printed docs vs online help, FM has conditional text. FM also has support for variables, enabling you to change values ranging from copyright dates to product names to headings in page headers and footers.
You can create graphics using its built-in drawing mode, import graphics (by reference or directly inserted), or a combination of the two. With the latest version of FM, you can also save your output in a variety of formats.
FM also works great for editing XML and DITA books. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It costs $1k per license, and Adobe keeps trying to push its online subscription service, which is cheaper in the short run but pricier in the long run. FrameMaker also only runs on Windows these days. It used to work on several flavors of UNIX and with Mac OS. A lot of us wish Adobe would support Linus and Mac OS X. We writers are stuck using Windows because of Adobe while most of the rest of the company runs either Mac OS X or Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Control over layout and design, TOC and beautiful PDF files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
PDF content delivery no longer applies to the work I do now
If I could easily export FrameMaker MIF to Markdown/MkDocs/Material format, that would be the jackpot solution for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
*Reliable & scaleable- can handle large size document without crashing the application.
*Can be used for both structured and non structured documents.
*Can create multiple chapters, section, page, figure, table numbering and multi-level lists
* Ease in creating graphics and linking pdf files within the document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
*Not user friendly (complex for fresher)
*Revise documents need to be manually updated into CMS.
*Unstable CMS, whereas other similar tool like PTC Arbortext editor has a solid CMS, which helps in keeping an history of all revisions made so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Designed for writing and editing large or complex documents, including structured documents. Love this framemaker out of any other. It blows competitors out of the water. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
You can avoid other styles as well; just don't use them. Instead of using constant-width fonts or boldface for commands, use roman type and the word "command," as in "shell command Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Conditional text, table editor, book building, etc. and XML to target or map content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Not as sexy, less graphic-like than InDesign. Also, curious about using it for e-learning to export a SCORM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The most helpful feature of the Adobe Framemaker is book feature. It helps in printing the document with auto generated TOC, texts and links. It is also good for Topic based authoring. IP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The part which I dislike in Adobe Framemaker is that the structured authoring is not very much user friendly. Also after using the find and replace feature, auto save option is not available, each file need to be manually saved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
You can:
- Save a document as XML or HTML formats.
- Use ExtendedScripts to modify your document that has a number of pages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The options to add images would have made this tool a bit better.
Options to edit graphics like lines, a square, etc should be changed. For example, changing and filling colors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
This is the easiest program for publishing content across different websites. I appreciate the ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
No dislikes on my end, I have had nothing but a great experience using FrameMaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
FrameMaker is a very good application that serves it purpose for creating heavy documents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing Much, I may include UI is not that friendly as MS-word/ Adobe Acrobat. but it is negligible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
FrameMaker is one of the better dynamic tech writing and authoring tools available. There is a steep earning curve in the beginning, but it becomes more intuitive over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some of the features around using images used to annoy me, but it's become easier to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
