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Version Comparison Chart
Explore the new features & enhancements in Adobe Framemaker compared to the previous versions.
✓ Available | ● Enhanced | * New features
Features
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Latest release | 2019 release | 2017 release | 2015 release |
XML authoring
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| All-new Tree/Structure view* | ✓ | |||
| Simplified view merged with WYSIWYG view* | ✓ | |||
| Out-of-the-box LwDITA support (beta)* | ✓ | |||
| Smoother import of Word documents to DITA map* | ✓ | |||
| Import of Markdown to structured DITA content* | ✓ | |||
| Simultaneous Document and Tree view for DITA maps* | ✓ | |||
| XSLT 3.0 support | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| SAXON 9.8.3 support | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DITA-OT 3.X support | ● |
✓ | ||
| DITA-OT 2.3 support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DITA 1.3 support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DITA authoring templates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DITA cross-references | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Keyspace Manager | ● |
✓ | ✓ | |
| XML authoring workspace | ✓ | ● |
✓ | ✓ |
| Customised environments for simplified XML authoring | ● |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Out-of-the-box support for MathML equations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ● |
| Out-of-the-box support for publishing content with DITA-OT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| XML code view | ● |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smart Paste | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comprehensive S1000D support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ● |
| DITA key-based referencing | ● |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content filtering using attributes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| EDD enhancements: import of CSS | ● |
● |
✓ | ✓ |
General authoring or non-XML based authoring
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| Language specific smart quotes* | ✓ | |||
| Navigation view* | ✓ | |||
| Support for Sentence Case* | ✓ | |||
| FM Document splitter* | ✓ | |||
| Out-of-the-box Translation support* | ✓ | |||
| Pre-segemented XLIFF for translation* | ✓ | |||
| Duden support | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi support (RTL) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conditional text at book level | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hunspell dictionary | ● |
● |
✓ | ✓ |
| Configurable dictionary support | ● |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image handling | ● |
● |
✓ | ✓ |
| Smoother import of Microsoft Word files | ✓ | ● |
✓ | ✓ |
Rich media support
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| Support for Online Videos* | ✓ | |||
| Insert rich media with DITA1.3 & LwDITA* | ✓ | |||
| Pixel (px) support for images | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| WebP image support | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Coloured icons | ✓ | ● |
✓ | |
| Embed interactive 3D graphics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for audio and video formats (WMV, MPG, AVI and others) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Object styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Review and collaboration
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| Online Review (with Adobe Technical Communication Suite)* | ✓ | |||
| On-the-go content review using mobile devices | ● |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Simultaneous PDF-based reviews and authoring | ● |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Out-of-the-box Dropbox integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| End-user collaboration: community-generated content, comments, feedback | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Content management
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| Seamless integration with Adobe Experience Manager | ● |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Out-of-the-box Microsoft SharePoint and Sharepoint Online integration | ✓ | ● |
✓ | ● |
| Out-of-the-box EMC Documentum integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Publishing
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| PDF/A & PDF/X compliant PDF* | ✓ | |||
| Well tagged PDF (508 compliance)* | ✓ | |||
| Embed PDF within a PDF* | ✓ | |||
| Greater content accessibility for PDFs* | ✓ | |||
| Control over Marks, Bleeds and print settings | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Support for image transparency in PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| WebHelp skin gallery | ✓ | ✓ | ● | |
| Next-generation Responsive HTML5 layouts | ✓ | ✓ | ● |
✓ |
| Search autocomplete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Customisable Basic HTML5 output | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Text search within SVG images | ✓ | ● |
✓ | |
| Content personalisation for DITA content | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Add favourites within new Responsive HTML5 layout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Content accessibility | ✓ | ● |
✓ | |
| Personalisation with Dynamic Content Filters | ✓ | ✓ | ● |
✓ |
| Publishing Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi content | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import/Export layouts/CSS/HTML page template | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ● |
| Out-of-the-box multichannel, multi-device publishing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Native Responsive HTML5 output support | ✓ | ✓ | ● |
● |
| HTML page template support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native CHM support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native PDF support | ✓ | ● | ✓ | ✓ |
| DITA publishing: composite docs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DITA PDF publishing : Output templates & Granular settings | ● | ● | ✓ | ✓ |
Productivity
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| Powerful 64-bit architecture | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Interactive real-time progress bar | ✓ |
✓ | ||
| Support for high-resolution displays | ✓ | ● | ✓ | |
| Search for menu commands | ✓ | ● | ✓ | |
| Project Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Font selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Miniature Table of Contents (mini TOC) | ✓ | ● | ● | ✓ |
| Automatic insertion of table continuation variables | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conditional table columns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manage used and unused styles: paragraph, character, table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Developer Support
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| Interactive HTML5 dialogues for plug-ins | ✓ |
✓ |
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| 64-bit FDK | ✓ |
✓ |
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| DITA: FDK client in core product | ✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| API for CMS integration | ✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| ExtendScript for automation | ✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |