Fwd: Absence of FrameMaker from your skill set -- what does it say?

[Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I prefer MadCap Flare for DITA, actually. It's a much better tool than
XMetal for writing, and has more features. But we won't go there :-) XMetal
is what my employer has, so I use that.  In spite of the drawbacks of
XMetal, it is one tool that outputs in many formats, not two. That in itself
is a good value.

PT


On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>wrote:

> FrameMaker paired with MIF2Go is a great tool for single-sourcing
> online help and PDF, though if I were starting from scratch I'd
> probably use XMetal.
>
> XMetal felt like a step backwards to me, since the tag-display UI was
> scavenged from WordPerfect, and I never expected to see that again.
>
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Pro TechWriter<pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
> > ... honestly, most of the documentation I have
> > done in the last 10 years has been for online help. So, online help tools
> > have been what I used, from RoboHelp to MadCap Flare to AuthorIT. Now, my
> > tools are used to create XML output, so I am using XMetal. So, for me,
> Frame
> > would seem like a step backwards for online use. ...
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“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love....Pursue the
things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their
eyes off you.”

- Dr. Maya Angelou
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Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers developing Table of
Contents, Context IDs, and Index, as well as Doc-To-Help  
2009 tips, tricks, and best practices.
http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

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