Re: FrameMaker Lists

["Adam Korman" <adamk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is available via the shareware utility CopyPaste (works with any 
application). I have no vested interest in this utility but it is FANTASTIC
and has saved me countless hours of repetitive work. Just a couple of its
wonderful features:

10 clipboards available from the keyboard at any time
100 clipboards available via an optional floating palette
Clipboard contents saved after quitting, rebooting, etc.

Check it out at <http://www.scriptsoftware.com/>.

I'm familiar only with the Mac version, but there's apparently a Win95/NT
version as well.

Adam Korman

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>From: Jay Smith <jay@jaysmith.com>
>To: FrameUsers List <Framers@FrameUsers.com>, Frame List <Framers@omsys.com>
>Subject: Re: FrameMaker Lists
>Date: Mon, Jan 11, 1999, 6:32 PM
>

> I add only one item to the WISH LIST:
>
>   Multiple keyboard-addressable cut/copy - paste buffers
>
> Jay Smith
>
>
> Eric Forrest wrote:
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> My sentiments exactly and more power to your elbow. Your list of plug-ins
>> are interesting.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> eric
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Rick Quatro wrote
>>
>> >I originally posted this on comp.text.frame at the end of an answer to a
>> >question about K2. I didn't get any feedback, so either nobody saw it, or
>> >nobody cares! Even if nobody cares, here are some thoughts on FrameMaker.
>> >
>> >Here are my top 10 FrameMaker features:
>> >
>> >1) Tables. They were what sold me on FrameMaker, especially after years of
>> >making "tables" in PageMaker and QuarkXPress.
>> >2) MIF and MML.
>> >3) Character Formats.
>> >4) Anchored Frames. Especially the ability to put multiple items in frames.
>> >5) Sideheads and straddles.
>> >6) Customizable commands and shortcuts.
>> >7) Markers.
>> >8) Postscript text frames.
>> >9) Cross-references.
>> >10) Acrobat integration.
>> >
>> >Here is my FrameMaker wish list (in no particular order):
>> >
>> >1) QuarkXPress style drop caps.
>> >2) User-defined baseline shift as a character format.
>> >3) A pasteboard to show bleeds, etc.
>> >3) Ruler guides (custom guides that can be dragged from the rulers).
>> >4) Tiling for printing oversized pages.
>> >5) Quark and PageMaker style paragraph rules. Make these a paragraph format
>> >property for reverse heads.
>> >6) The ability to position reference frames NEXT to a paragraph.
>> >7) Integrated scripting language (for all platforms) like PageMaker, with
>> the
>> >ability to create dialog boxes for user input.
>> >
>> >My favorite FrameMaker plug-ins:
>> >
>> >1) FrameToAcrobat TimeSavers by MicroType (www.microtype.com). Technically
>> not
>> >a plug-in, but really helps integrate Acrobat features in your Frame
>> >documents.
>> >Shlomo Peret's knowledge of FrameMaker and Acrobat is scary!
>> >
>> >2) FrameScript by Finite Matters (www.FrameTools.com). This "poor man's
>> >developers kit" has saved me hours of production time. It takes time and
>> >effort
>> >to master, but it helps you add "features" that Adobe left out. Kudos to
>> Frank
>> >Elmore for a great program.
>> >
>> >3) IXGen by Frank Stearns (www.pacifier.com/~franks). This program extracts
>> >marker text from a document or book and puts it in a table for easy
>> editing.
>> >After editing, choose a command, and IXGen puts the text back into the
>> >markers!
>> >If that was all it did, it would pay for itself quickly, but it does much
>> >more,
>> >including automatically inserting markers from keyword lists. On top of
>> >IXGen's
>> >features, Frank Stearns is a real gentleman.
>> >
>> >Most promising plug-in:
>> >
>> >Patternstream by Finite Matters (www.FrameTools.com). I've always been
>> >fascinated by the potential of database publishing, but frustrated by the
>> lack
>> >of off-the-shelf tools (remember BrioPublish?). This is an incredible
>> >programming effort that exploits FrameMaker's power, but allows data to be
>> >maintained where it belongs: in a database. You might get sticker-shock
>> when
>> >you see the price (starts at $12K), but when you see hundreds of complex
>> >catalog pages published with the push of a button, you're looking at
>> >reasonable
>> >payback times. This program is a must-see form my clients in 1999.
>> >
>> >Thank you for letting me share my thoughts.
>> >
>> >Rick Quatro
>> >Carmen Publishing
>> >716 234-2028
>> >
>> >
>
>
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