Reviews

“A colleague and I recently ran into two situations where the FDK did not create the results we expected. We needed immediate assistance, and reported both situations through the FrameMaker Bugs & Wish List. In each case, we were contacted by FrameMaker engineering within 24 hours. We were very happy with both the responsiveness of the support team, and the quality of technical support. This kind of agile customer support will greatly enhance Adobe FrameMaker's already-strong reputation in the industry.”

"Adobe FrameMaker 10 provides content management integration out of the box—simply use existing Documentum or SharePoint solutions to manage FrameMaker source files, both binary and XML, and graphics. The Adobe FrameMaker 10 CMS connectors also help to ensure that complex, multicomponent documents are properly handled on check out, edit, and check in. These new enhancements can significantly streamline workgroup and enterprise workflows.”

“Adobe FrameMaker 10 allows us to deliver advanced desktop to departmental and enterprise dynamic content publishing and information delivery solutions to our customers.”

"Adobe Systems' announcements of FrameMaker 8 should put to rest, once and for all, the rumours of its demise. The ongoing development to include full support for DITA, to update the application to support Unicode and the integration with other key technologies such as Acrobat 3D, show the world that new life has been given to this industry-leading software tool. Initial response from people who have seen it demonstrated (at the STC conference in Minneapolis where hundreds broke out in applause or at small gatherings where grins stretched from ear to ear) has been overwhelmingly positive and Adobe is to be thanked for the ongoing support of such a leader in the technical publishing field."

“The new ExtendScript support in Adobe FrameMaker 10 has already proven itself in two complex XML publishing projects. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the performance of my ExtendScript plug-ins and so have my clients. One of the features that I really like is the chance to build a much more engaging user interface using ScriptUI. I now prefer to develop plug-ins using ExtendScript rather than the FDK—it really suits the way I work.”

“The structured documents in Adobe FrameMaker make it easy for writers to meet organizational requirements for document content. Automatic formatting helps ensure consistency throughout an individual document as well as across a document set. Numerous everyday editing tasks are performed more efficiently in the structured environment than in a typical word processor. Since the underlying document model is consistent with that of XML, structured documents can easily be expressed as XML—and XML documents can be brought into FrameMaker. At the same time, writers need not see or even learn XML syntax. In fact, many publication groups benefit from structured documents even when they have no XML requirement.”

“There are many new features in Adobe FrameMaker 10 that we take advantage of, including the new scripting to perform repetitive tasks—which enhances productivity considerably for on-demand production of manuals and training materials. Also, our customers have noted that, with the integration in the Adobe Technical Communications Suite for multichannel output, that single source publishing to different output forms is very important.”

“I take advantage of the many out-of-the-box Adobe FrameMaker 10 capabilities almost daily, including enhanced and easier features for XML, DITA, ATA iSpec2200, S1000D authoring and publishing workflows, CMS integration support, and scripting language for automation. My favorite new feature is the Adobe FrameMaker 10 Server for cost-effective and powerful automated enterprise publishing. The server offers advanced scheduling, shareable publishing tasks, and multiple format and multi-channel output such as PDF, HTML, WebHelp, Adobe AIR, JavaHelp, and ePub.”

“Adobe FrameMaker 10 was one of the first authoring tools to support DITA 1.2. Conref ranges automatically insert a series of elements; keyrefs provide greater and easier control over referenced text and graphics.”

“Adobe FrameMaker is a flexible and powerful editing and publishing tool that takes advantage of the ideas of XML to improve those processes. In contrast, competing software is often designed specifically for editing the syntax of XML with publishing capability provided as a secondary feature.”

“Adobe FrameMaker provides an authoring experience that is similar to working in word processing software, so it feels more intuitive for our authors and allows them to focus on creating the best content they can, a lot of the actual structure is transparent, so they don’t have to worry about managing all the little details that typical unstructured processes require.”

“Structured templates in FrameMaker automate all of the page layout and look-and-feel elements, this lets our writers create, edit, and publish technical content quickly and easily”

“We have a number of new people come on board with every expansion of our business and many are not familiar with structured authoring. Adobe FrameMaker is so intuitive, they’re usually up and running after just one or two training sessions.”

“The real benefit is that all the tools and features a writer needs to complete a project are already built in and available in a single authoring environment. We save a lot of valuable time and costs because writers don’t have to worry about searching for the functions they need. It’s all right there so they can complete a project and continue working uninterrupted.”

“With Adobe FrameMaker, we can update a guide at any point during production. If we see something that needs correcting, we can go in, make changes, and republish it within hours”

“Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3 and Adobe FrameMaker 10 give me an easy way to create, deliver and maintain all of the print and online formats I need. Because my projects store all the details needed to produce them, I can easily update and publish ePUB and WebHelp versions as soon as the content changes—saving me valuable time in my workflow.”

“Adobe FrameMaker 10 enhances the structured environment. In addition to new features such as a wizard for creating structured applications, simplified DITA specialization, and support of DITA 1.2 and S1000D, existing features have been expanded to improve the editing experience. For example, the Element Catalog window can now display element descriptions next to the tags of available elements. And elements can be collapsed and expanded in a document window as well as the Structure View.”

“FrameMaker is an amazing tool that has adapted to the changing needs of document publishers, in terms of both media for compatibility with the formats used by other editors, and channels of distribution. FrameMaker gives us peace of mind: it has always provided the answer to the publishing challenges we face.”

“We found Adobe FrameMaker 9 to be the most accessible tool for allowing ‘mere mortals’ to create good DITA content, with consistent structure and identical formatting. The new model forces writers to follow approved formatting and stop doing their own thing in terms of formatting…FrameMaker 9 is remarkably intuitive to use considering the sophistication of the EDD and complexity of the DITA elements and attributes. With simple cross training, we can get other divisions to also use our structured FrameMaker DITA solution, obtain consistent branding and formatting, and we will increase our pool of tech writers who can help other divisions when they have a slow spell.”

“We evaluated a number of offerings, and only Adobe FrameMaker gave us complete support for automating and delivering large-scale documents, quickly and efficiently. We are confident that Adobe FrameMaker is the most powerful technical documentation tool on the market….Our customers expect relevant, readable materials. It was imperative that we bring consistency to our documentation so that our literature reflected a high standard of quality, and Adobe FrameMaker enabled us to do exactly that…Our clients have congratulated us on the quality of our publications. We have made real progress and have control over our documentation, in both content and style.”

“Adobe FrameMaker allowed us to gain more precise access to the information through cross-referencing, like in a book. Of course, the table of contents is still there, but now there are hyperlinks pointing to different sections of a manual to give readers more complete access to information….With the Adobe solution, we were able to enhance the information available while maintaining the same volume of 6,000 pages….Previously, for each amendment—no matter how simple—we needed a minimum of three days for editing and verifying the revision and formatting. This is now reduced to only a half-day. Our engineers can focus on their work modifying the content; the rest is handled by FrameMaker.”

“Adobe FrameMaker mapped nicely to our demands for an enterprise publishing solution. Its ability to manage long documents is outstanding. Plus, its structured environment and support for standards give us the control and access we need… With FrameMaker, we have better control over the layout and overall look of manuals. There’s also a boost in employee productivity because our content specialists are free to focus on writing and editing text, not on learning how to be page-layout experts…. Now, we can revise and reuse content easily across manuals, and then automatically insert it everywhere it needs to appear. The efficiencies could accelerate creating manuals by as much as 25%.”

“Our publication department is also working on offering new products and services, and our goal is to simplify the establishment of an innovative publication policy by transforming our content in FrameMaker into XML data.”

“FrameMaker is not just a great XML editor for us, but it is a very cost effective XML publishing solution as well.”

"At last, an XML editor with 100 percent DITA support out of the box that's easily customizable and is also a complete publishing solution. Any other major DITA editor requires a costly additional print server purchase."

"Adobe FrameMaker 8 is poised to be the best release of FrameMaker that Adobe has produced. By incorporating features that users have asker for (year after year), Adobe has finally jumped ahead in showing us that this is a robust, viable and fully supported product. Full support for DITA and enhanced XML support in general makes the product one of the best XML publishing tools on the market. Add to that new features such as change tracking, dramatically enhanced support for conditional content, proper support of Unicode and the integration with technology like Acrobat 3D puts it into a league of its own."

"Adobe Systems' announcements of FrameMaker 8 should put to rest, once and for all, the rumours of its demise. The ongoing development to include full support for DITA, to update the application to support Unicode and the integration with other key technologies such as Acrobat 3D, show the world that new life has been given to this industry-leading software tool. Initial response from people who have seen it demonstrated (at the STC conference in Minneapolis where hundreds broke out in applause or at small gatherings where grins stretched from ear to ear) has been overwhelmingly positive and Adobe is to be thanked for the ongoing support of such a leader in the technical publishing field."