Buying Guide
Use role–based views, such as XML Code View, Author View, and WYSIWYG View. Power up your XML workflow with rapid authoring, XSLT, XPath, and comprehensive DITA 1.2 support. Enrich content with Hotspots, and enhanced 3D and video support. Publish HTML5 content virtually anywhere.
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| Structured Authoring | |||||
| Native XML editing view |
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| Define XSL transformations |
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| Define XPath queries |
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| DITA: Key based referencing |
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| DITA: APIs for common DITA constructs |
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| DITA: Custom metadata tagging |
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| Smart Paste |
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| Quick Catalogs |
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| DITA: Comprehensive support for DITA 1.2 |
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| DITA: RM View for DITA map |
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| DITA: DITAVal support |
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| DITA: Relationship tables |
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| DITA: DITA specialization |
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| DITA: Inserting Multiple Topicref simultaneously |
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| S1000D support out-of-the-box |
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| Wizard to create structured applications |
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| Application creation: support for creation of FrameMaker application files for DITA specialization |
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| Content filtering using attributes |
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| Comparing structured documents |
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| Attribute editor |
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| Attribute config file |
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| XML Tags: View tags |
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| XML Tags View: Expandable and collapsible tags |
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| XML Tags View: Drag-and-drop elements and text |
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| EDD Enhancements: Import of CSS |
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| EDD Enhancements: Auto insertions |
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| EDD Enhancements: Descriptive tags |
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| Authoring | |||||
| Line number display |
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| Add and delete workspace menu and toolbars |
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| Hunspell dictionary |
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| Configurable dictionary support |
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| Unicode support |
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| Single-sourcing content and customizing output using conditional expressions |
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| Text background color |
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| Book: Tree View |
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| Book: Support for XML/DITA documents |
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| Book: Support for ChildBook |
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| Book: Support for folders and groups |
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| Book: Chapter exclusion |
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| Multimedia and Rich Media support | |||||
| MP4 support |
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| Links to play, pause, jump videos |
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| Hotspots |
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| 3D links |
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| Poster frames for FLV, SWF videos |
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| Object Styles |
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| FLV, SWF support |
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| 3D support |
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| Other audio and video formats (WMV, MPG, AVI, and others) |
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| Poster for rich media |
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| Productivity | |||||
| Role-based views |
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| Inline attribute editor |
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| Automated tracking of errors in XML code |
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| Intelliprompt of attributes, element and attribute names |
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| Scope settings for XSL transformations |
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| Quick code search via XPath |
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| Automated insert of linear tree hierarchy |
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| Banner text |
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| Workspaces to support custom layouts |
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| Pods to list objects (markers, insets, x-Refs, Ctags, fonts, variables) |
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| Auto Spell check |
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| Repeat last operation |
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| Table catalog |
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| Find and Remove overrides |
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| Manage used and unused styles: paragraph, character, table |
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| Suppressed alerts |
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| Custom APIs for CMS |
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| Third-party connectors to other best-of-breed CMS products |
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| Out-of-the-box CMS integration: Microsoft SharePoint |
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| Out-of-the-box CMS integration: EMC Documentum |
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| Track changes: Track text edits |
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| Track changes: Track user name and time of change |
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| Track changes: Track text edit operations at book level |
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| Track changes: Configurable colors for added and deleted text |
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| PDF-based review workflow: Import PDF comments |
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| End-user collaboration: community-generated content, comments, feedback∆ |
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| WEBDAV support: Basic |
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| WEBDAV support: In File dialogs |
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| WEBDAV support: For XML files |
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| Publishing | |||||
| Multiscreen HTML5 output support∆ |
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| EPUB 3 support∆ |
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| DITA: Composite docs |
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| DITA: Flat books |
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| Publish∆ to multiple channels (mobile, print, web and desktop), formats [like HTML5, PDF, WebHelp, CHM, eBook (EPUB 3, Kindle Format 8), and native mobile apps (iOS, Android, Blackberry etc.)], and screens (tablets, smartphones, iPad#, PCs etc.) |
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| Developer Support | |||||
| DITA: FDK client in core product |
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| ExtendScript for automation |
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∆This feature requires Adobe® FrameMaker® Publishing Server 11 or Adobe® Technical Communication Suite 4. Adobe® FrameMaker® Publishing Server 11 is a separate product from Adobe FrameMaker 11, and must be purchased separately. Adobe® Technical Communication Suite 4 is a separate product from Adobe FrameMaker 11 and includes Adobe FrameMaker 11 as one of the components of the suite.
#Subject to Apple's current requirements and approval.
