Re: FrameMaker Lists

[Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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