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BIBIN K.
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Technical Illustrator
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

*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.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

*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.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Templates- The best thing an writer/author would ask for. You can define your documents attributes before creating your documents. No last minute layout failure at last minute stress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adobe FrameMaker Overview

What is Adobe FrameMaker?

FrameMaker is one of Adobe's desktop publishing offering and a piece of Adobe's Creative Suite of design products.

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Product Description

FrameMaker is one of Adobe's desktop publishing offering and a piece of Adobe's Creative Suite of design products.


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Adobe
Year Founded
1982
HQ Location
San Jose, CA
Twitter
@Adobe
973,885 Twitter followers
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42,285 employees on LinkedIn®
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NASDAQ:ADBE
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+1 (888) 649-2990
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$19,410
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Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations — customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive business growth, and build remarkable experiences.


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Recent Adobe FrameMaker Reviews

Jacqueline L.
JL
Jacqueline L.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
2.5 out of 5
"Best tool for complex document publication, i.e. text books and PDF documents"
Control over layout and design, TOC and beautiful PDF files
BIBIN K.
BK
BIBIN K.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Great for multi- platform writings"
*Reliable & scaleable- can handle large size document without crashing the application. *Can be used for both structured and non structured docume...
Sandra B.
SB
Sandra B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"XML to target or map content to SCORM"
Conditional text, table editor, book building, etc. and XML to target or map content.
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Jacqueline L.
JL
Technical Documentation Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

Control over layout and design, TOC and beautiful PDF files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

None, sorry

I'm no longer using FrameMaker for work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Todd J.
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe FrameMaker:

Definitely recommend this platform for all users of Adobe Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Adobe FrameMaker Developer Kit (FDK) is a set of C libraries and header files that allow you to write Application Programming Interface (API). My buisness has increased dramatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sandra B.
SB
Instructional Design/Learning Management System Admin.
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

Conditional text, table editor, book building, etc. and XML to target or map content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe FrameMaker:

Training is required if you do not already know this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've trained many companies in it. Also, I've been trying to figure out the best way to have one source of truth for content, then distribute to many formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JAGANATH N.
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Associate Engineer
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe FrameMaker:

It is a better choice when compared to traditional text editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Framemaker is helping in authoring structured documents with good navigability and content reusability. The benefits of using Adobe Framemaker are; time saving, ease of adjusting the image size, and ease of editing/creating internal reference links. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sanjiv B.
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Lead Technical Communications Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using extended scripts to modify large-size documents is the benefiting the most. I am using scripts to change add markers and create log files of markers from FrameMaker documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hannah O.
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Promotional Representative
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

No dislikes on my end, I have had nothing but a great experience using FrameMaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main benefit is being able to use it in web and mobile design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Graphic Design
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

really easy to access also user friendly for a fresh people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

Not easy to buy and use. Also not available in some areas Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Whenever the graphics is filled with vector and gradient. Its slow to access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Barani D.
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Process Trainer
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

FrameMaker is a very good application that serves it purpose for creating heavy documents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating User Guides, user Manuals Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

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.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Writing large documents with multiple targets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Claire B.
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Technical Editor
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What do you like best about Adobe FrameMaker?

Adobe Framemaker is a staple tool for many document developers. Framemaker is a versatile solution for many different authoring and publishing needs. Framemaker allows users to create documentation with a tight structure and template-based approach to create uniform documents. Once documentation is written, it is ready to be reviewed with its collaboration capabilities that allow teams to address and review comments on documentation. When the editing process is finished and the team is done collaborating, the file can be tied to Adobe Experience Manager, opentext Documentum, SharePoint, DitaExchange, and many other content management systems. Lastly, there are many different publishing options to deliver content to multiple devices and platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe FrameMaker?

Sometimes confused how to link with CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe FrameMaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Out of Box Sharepoint 2016 Support

Adobe FrameMaker enables integration with content management systems like EMC Documentum 7.2, Microsoft Sharepoint, and DitaExchange. Once the content is transferred, FrameMaker has features that allow the user to perform search, read, write, delete and update operations on the configured content management repository. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.