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Adobe FrameMaker Workshop TC Camp 2015

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Maxwell Hoffmann
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A brief overview of features and benefits of Adobe Technical Communication Suite, including FrameMaker 12 and RoboHelp 11, presented by Maxwell Hoffmann at TC Camp 2015, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA

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© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Maxwell Hoffmann | Tech Comm Product Evangelist Introduction to Adobe TCS and FrameMaker
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. What is usually created using FrameMaker?  User guides  Maintenance handbooks  Reference manuals  Product manuals  Training materials  Policies and Procedures  Catalogs 2
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. There are 2 ways to use FRAMEMAKER 3 Structured: DITA & XML “Unstructured” but with sturdy, format-driven (implied) structure
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. There are 2 ways to use FRAMEMAKER 4 “Unstructured” but with sturdy, format-driven (implied) structure
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. There are 2 ways to use FRAMEMAKER 5 Structured: DITA & XML author and edit in native XML format DITA 1.2 compliant
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. FrameMaker 12 has been transformed into a standalone multi channel, multi device publishing solution FRAMEMAKER 11 FRAMEMAKER 12 ONLY… MULTIPLE OUTPUTS FOR MULTIPLE DEVICE
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. What can you create in FrameMaker?  PDF  ePub  Kindle books  Responsive HTML5  WebHelp  Microsoft HTML Help 7
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Why FrameMaker vs. InDesign?  InDesign  Multi-flow documents such as magazines  Marketing materials  Flyers  FrameMaker  Long documents (can be 1,000’s of pages)  Single flow  Automatic generation of Table of Contents, Index, Glossary, etc.  XML content creation 8
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Why FrameMaker vs. Word?  Stability when working with long documents  Graphics can be referenced rather than imported, which keeps the source document smaller  Document can be saved as separate files (Table of Contents, Chapter files, Glossary, Index)  XML content creation that separates content creation from formatting 9
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Cleaner and more consistent user interface 10 Colored icons Large icons Large + Colored icons
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. There is a brand new pod now to enable you to work easily with multiple files 11 Shows all open files in one easy to use pod (incl. full file path) Save and Close multiple files in one go Navigate to any file you want Easily see which are the unsaved files *
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Introducing regular expression based searching in FM12 12 •Support 3 flavors ��� PERL, EGREP and GREP •WYSIWYG and Author view •Searches body text, footnotes, markers, variables, etc. •Find and replace
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. New authoring capabilities like generating QR codes 13 Easily work with QR codes • Seamlessly insert and manage QR codes • Create various types of QR code (e.g. URL, SMS, call phone) Background color enhancements • Uniform height background color • Option to specify paragraph box
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. One click to restore your last session 14 Opens all files from last session Workspace, pods, panels and palettes Last document and pages in focus Restore view and structured application read
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Introducing MathML support in FM12 15  Work with MathML equations  Import, create, edit and publish MathML Equations  Seamless integration with Design Science MathFlowTM Editor (Structure and Style) *  30-day trial license of MathFlow included with FM12**Requires separate purchase
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Now, you can easily resolve your topicrefs and preview your DITAMAP content without leaving doc view or generating any files 16 •Quickly preview your DITAMAP content •Resolve and collapse one or all topicrefs in one go •Open, modify and update topics easily from this view
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Introducing structured element toolbar to ease the authoring for casual authors and SMEs 17 Lists Table Inline elements (bold/italic Para SectionImage QUICK ELMENT INSERTION TOOLBAR • DITA toolbar provided out-of-the-box • BYOT (Build your own toolbar ) for your own custom application • Can assign different elements to the same icon e.g. different handling for DITA topic and tasks
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Lastly, making FM a more powerful XML editor! Enhanced XML support  FM12 honors the xml:space setting when the user does pretty printing  E.g. FM12 won’t pretty print <codeblock> element xml:space to be preserved, unlike FM11  Enhanced XSLT support  Upgrade processor of pre and post XSLT to XSL 2.0. 18
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Introducing FrameMaker XML Author 19 FrameMaker XML Author FrameMaker XML Author is a fully standards-compliant XML editor which lets you author XML content based on a standard such as DITA or any custom structure with an easy-to-use and a familiar interface
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. FM XML Author will be targeted at the structured XML market only and FM “Full” will continue to serve the needs of the other segments 20 FM XML Author FrameMaker .XML .FM FrameMaker Authoring Unstructured Structured FM XML Author is a subset of FrameMake r
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. New and improved PDF based review 21 PDF Reader PDF Based commenting and import into the FM source *Enhanced • Change your FM source while the review is ongoing and still import comments (removes an earlier constraint) • Can change the relative position of the paragraph OR change the text around the commented portion
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. SMEs will be able to do reviews on the go 22 REVIEW CONTENT ON-THE-GO!
© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Resources  Help = http://adobe.ly/1CNNJQB  Productopedia = http://adobe.ly/1ciokQm  Tech Comm Channel on Adobe TV = http://adobe.ly/1CBDlOn  On-demand eSeminars = http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J  Upcoming eSeminars = http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xI 23
© 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Contact Information 24 Information Maxwell Hoffmann Adobe Systems, Inc. Product Evangelist Blog blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Twitter @maxwellhoffmann @AdobeTCS Email mhoffman@adobe.com Web: www.adobe.com LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann Facebook As Maxwell Hoffmann Facebook As Adobe Technical Communication Professionals Group Previously recorded eSeminars: http://adobe.ly/qo3pzc Calendar of upcoming eSeminars: http://adobe.ly/xdzOYa

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Adobe FrameMaker Workshop TC Camp 2015

  • 1. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Maxwell Hoffmann | Tech Comm Product Evangelist Introduction to Adobe TCS and FrameMaker
  • 2. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. What is usually created using FrameMaker?  User guides  Maintenance handbooks  Reference manuals  Product manuals  Training materials  Policies and Procedures  Catalogs 2
  • 3. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. There are 2 ways to use FRAMEMAKER 3 Structured: DITA & XML “Unstructured” but with sturdy, format-driven (implied) structure
  • 4. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. There are 2 ways to use FRAMEMAKER 4 “Unstructured” but with sturdy, format-driven (implied) structure
  • 5. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. There are 2 ways to use FRAMEMAKER 5 Structured: DITA & XML author and edit in native XML format DITA 1.2 compliant
  • 6. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. FrameMaker 12 has been transformed into a standalone multi channel, multi device publishing solution FRAMEMAKER 11 FRAMEMAKER 12 ONLY… MULTIPLE OUTPUTS FOR MULTIPLE DEVICE
  • 7. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. What can you create in FrameMaker?  PDF  ePub  Kindle books  Responsive HTML5  WebHelp  Microsoft HTML Help 7
  • 8. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Why FrameMaker vs. InDesign?  InDesign  Multi-flow documents such as magazines  Marketing materials  Flyers  FrameMaker  Long documents (can be 1,000’s of pages)  Single flow  Automatic generation of Table of Contents, Index, Glossary, etc.  XML content creation 8
  • 9. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Why FrameMaker vs. Word?  Stability when working with long documents  Graphics can be referenced rather than imported, which keeps the source document smaller  Document can be saved as separate files (Table of Contents, Chapter files, Glossary, Index)  XML content creation that separates content creation from formatting 9
  • 10. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Cleaner and more consistent user interface 10 Colored icons Large icons Large + Colored icons
  • 11. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. There is a brand new pod now to enable you to work easily with multiple files 11 Shows all open files in one easy to use pod (incl. full file path) Save and Close multiple files in one go Navigate to any file you want Easily see which are the unsaved files *
  • 12. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Introducing regular expression based searching in FM12 12 •Support 3 flavors – PERL, EGREP and GREP •WYSIWYG and Author view •Searches body text, footnotes, markers, variables, etc. •Find and replace
  • 13. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. New authoring capabilities like generating QR codes 13 Easily work with QR codes • Seamlessly insert and manage QR codes • Create various types of QR code (e.g. URL, SMS, call phone) Background color enhancements • Uniform height background color • Option to specify paragraph box
  • 14. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. One click to restore your last session 14 Opens all files from last session Workspace, pods, panels and palettes Last document and pages in focus Restore view and structured application read
  • 15. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Introducing MathML support in FM12 15  Work with MathML equations  Import, create, edit and publish MathML Equations  Seamless integration with Design Science MathFlowTM Editor (Structure and Style) *  30-day trial license of MathFlow included with FM12**Requires separate purchase
  • 16. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Now, you can easily resolve your topicrefs and preview your DITAMAP content without leaving doc view or generating any files 16 •Quickly preview your DITAMAP content •Resolve and collapse one or all topicrefs in one go •Open, modify and update topics easily from this view
  • 17. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Introducing structured element toolbar to ease the authoring for casual authors and SMEs 17 Lists Table Inline elements (bold/italic Para SectionImage QUICK ELMENT INSERTION TOOLBAR • DITA toolbar provided out-of-the-box • BYOT (Build your own toolbar ) for your own custom application • Can assign different elements to the same icon e.g. different handling for DITA topic and tasks
  • 18. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Lastly, making FM a more powerful XML editor! Enhanced XML support  FM12 honors the xml:space setting when the user does pretty printing  E.g. FM12 won’t pretty print <codeblock> element xml:space to be preserved, unlike FM11  Enhanced XSLT support  Upgrade processor of pre and post XSLT to XSL 2.0. 18
  • 19. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Introducing FrameMaker XML Author 19 FrameMaker XML Author FrameMaker XML Author is a fully standards-compliant XML editor which lets you author XML content based on a standard such as DITA or any custom structure with an easy-to-use and a familiar interface
  • 20. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. FM XML Author will be targeted at the structured XML market only and FM “Full” will continue to serve the needs of the other segments 20 FM XML Author FrameMaker .XML .FM FrameMaker Authoring Unstructured Structured FM XML Author is a subset of FrameMake r
  • 21. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. New and improved PDF based review 21 PDF Reader PDF Based commenting and import into the FM source *Enhanced • Change your FM source while the review is ongoing and still import comments (removes an earlier constraint) • Can change the relative position of the paragraph OR change the text around the commented portion
  • 22. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. SMEs will be able to do reviews on the go 22 REVIEW CONTENT ON-THE-GO!
  • 23. © 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Resources  Help = http://adobe.ly/1CNNJQB  Productopedia = http://adobe.ly/1ciokQm  Tech Comm Channel on Adobe TV = http://adobe.ly/1CBDlOn  On-demand eSeminars = http://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J  Upcoming eSeminars = http://adobe.ly/Pbz6xI 23
  • 24. © 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. Contact Information 24 Information Maxwell Hoffmann Adobe Systems, Inc. Product Evangelist Blog blogs.adobe.com/techcomm Twitter @maxwellhoffmann @AdobeTCS Email mhoffman@adobe.com Web: www.adobe.com LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellhoffmann Facebook As Maxwell Hoffmann Facebook As Adobe Technical Communication Professionals Group Previously recorded eSeminars: http://adobe.ly/qo3pzc Calendar of upcoming eSeminars: http://adobe.ly/xdzOYa

Editor's Notes

  1. Very happy to note that we will have colored icons in FM12. We got a lot of feedback from our customers and partners about difficultities in finding icons in the feature rich and busy interface. We hope that providing colored icons will help solve this problem But we didn’t stop there. We knew the demograhics of our users and that many users are using FM on a high resolution screen. So, we are also providing the ability to switch icons to larger size. And lastly, you can have your cake and eat it too. We are providing large colored icons as well
  2. See full file path Easily navigate across files See unsaved files and close them with or without saving
  3. For those heavy users, this is something that I think you are really going to like. I’m sure I’m not the only one who dreads Windows Updates because it means closing all of the files I have open in FrameMaker and then having to open them all up again after the updates are installed.