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2. Adobe Technical Communication Suite
First of all, a quick word on
Adobe’s solution in the
technical communication
space….
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3. Adobe offers a complete solution including authoring, collaboration, multi device
publishing and community collaboration to technical writers
Jill is a technical writer at Acme manufacturing’s technical writing division
Jill needs to author the user manual for a new gadget produced by Acme
• Jill starts authoring in Jill can collaborate with other Jill sends out the document for Jill imports all
FrameMaker authors through the CMS review to experts, who need comments from pdf into
• DITA/XML, structured, connectors built into FM10 just the free Adobe pdf the source FM document
unstructured authoring reader to review automatically
support
SERVER SERVER SERVER
Content curation and • Jill can refine content through the user Jill can host the Jill can publish to multiple
continuous refinement feedback via the AIR Help viewer content on the RH devices and formats incl.
process • RH server reports let her analyze content server for end users mobile and online formats
usage (e.g. frequently viewed content) using FM server
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4. Agenda
What’s new in FrameMaker 10? 5 mins
Deep dive into the major enhancements 20 mins
Q&A and Next Steps 5 mins
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5. Overview of major enhancements in FrameMaker 10
What’s new? Details DETAILS TO FOLLOW
DITA/ XML and structured • Standards support (DITA 1.2, S1000D)
authoring enhancements • Usability enhancements (e.g. enhanced attribute editor, filter by attribute compare structured
documents etc.)
• Easily create structured applications and DITA specializations
• Enhanced performance when working with XML files
Native CMS connectors • Native connectivity to Documentum and Sharepoint
• Use CMS features without leaving FrameMaker interface (e.g. add files, Check-in/out, versioning,
dependency management, search etc.)
FrameMaker 10 Server: True • Generate 9 different outputs (including webhelp, ePub, Flash, AIR help) from a single source
multi channel publishing • Schedule and publish tasks in a batch mode on FM server
solution
Productivity enhancements • Enhanced PDF review and import of comments
• Track changes enhancements (e.g. track changes at book level, user name included)
• Auto spell check
• Repeat last operation
• Find formatting overrides in a document -
• Table catalog has been added to ease table management
• Access time improvement for EPS and DCS images
• Poster for multimedia support
Scripting support • ExtendScript support to automate repetitive tasks, create plug-ins (e.g. S1000D support in FrameMaker
10 has been built using ExtendScript)
• Provides ability to communicate across adobe products
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6. Agenda
What’s new in FrameMaker 10? 5 mins
Deep dive into the major enhancements 20 mins
Q&A and Next Steps 5 mins
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7. What’s new in FM10 on the DITA/XML and structured authoring
front?
What’s new? Details
Full support for standards • DITA 1.2 support (in addition to DITA 1.1)
• S1000D (standard popular in aerospace and defense industries)
Enhanced tools • Create DITA specializations easily through a UI based approach
• Wizard to easily create structured applications
Usability enhancements • Enhanced attribute editor
• Filter by attribute and Ditaval support
• Enhanced tag view
• View XML source in Notepad (or any editor of your choice)
• Find all references
• Smart Insert i.e. auto-insert child and their sibling elements
• Compare structured documents
• Drag and drop capability to easily move content across DITA maps
• Insert multiple “topicrefs” in one go
• Easily switch back and forth between RM and document view
• Easily round-trip equations in XML files
Performance improvements • Performance improvement of 50-100% (varies by operation) when working with XML files
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8. Now, authors can collaborate with other authors and do more single-
sourcing, reuse of content through the CMS connectors in FM10
Key takeaways
• In FM10, we have provided native
connector provided to Documentum and
Sharepoint CMS
• Users can access from Framemaker
interface all the core CMS functions
such as upload, check-in/out,
versioning and labeling
• Extensive dependency management
capabilities for DITA as well FM book
formats
– Identify and upload dependencies
– Show dependencies in the
repository view
• Enables collaboration among authors,
single sourcing and reuse of content
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9. In addition, we do provide integration with several of the leading
CCMS in the DITA space
Leading DITA CMS Integration with FM *
xDocs
•We are working to add more names to this list
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10. FrameMaker server is now a comprehensive publishing solution with
multi device and batch publishing capabilities
Single sourcing, multi device publishing Schedule and automate publishing
Web help
PDF
ePub
Flash help
Adobe AIR
Java Help
Oracle Help
Eclipse Help
Microsoft HTML (.chm)
Key takeaways Key takeaways
• Publish to 9 different formats and multiple device from a • Schedule publishing tasks to run at specific time/days
single FrameMaker document • Batch publishing enables an admin to schedule multiple
• Publish to the popular ePub format for publishing to mobile tasks at the same time
devices • Log generation to aid the admin in viewing results/errors
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11. Automate repetitive tasks and communicate across Adobe products
with the power of ExtendScript
ExtendScript support in FrameMaker 10 Representative examples of power of scripting
• Sample scripts involving FM objects
In FM10, we have provided a new interface
– Opening and saving a file
called ExtendScript to do scripting in Java
– Accessing basic objects and their
properties
Some key points on this new interface • Scripts involving events
– Registering for events using scripts
New class (script UI) to create dialogs and – Suppressing alerts
the associated controls very easily
• Creating dialogs using ScriptUI
Based on Adobe standards. Can be used to
– Creating FrameMaker dialogs
communicate across Adobe products
Leverages the existing FDK capabilities • Communicating between TCS products
– Modifying an image in PhotoShop from
FM
S1000D support in FrameMaker10 has been
• Utility script
implemented using ExtendScript
– A script to flatten all conrefs in a ditamap
file
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12. We have also made several enhancements which will help boost
user productivity
NOT EXHAUSTIVE
Authoring
1. Auto spell check
2. Repeat last operation
3. Find formatting overrides in a document
4. Table catalog has been added to ease table management
5. Poster for multimedia support
6. Set background colors to text
7. Easily manage para, character, table tags
8. Access time improvement for EPS and DCS images
Community collaboration
1. Community content collaboration through the enhanced PDF workflow and
automatic import of contributions
2. Track changes enhancements (e.g. track changes at book level, user
name information included )
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13. Agenda
What’s new in FrameMaker 10? 5 mins
Deep dive into the major enhancements 20 mins
Q&A and Next Steps 5 mins
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14. Next Steps
Keep up to date on product news
Read Adobe Tech Comm. Blog at blogs.adobe.com/techcomm and watch video
snippets of the new features in FM10
Follow me on twitter at @KapilVermaAdobe
Watch videos on http://tv.adobe.com/channel/technical-communication/
Visit our product home page to learn more about FM10 and FM10 server and
download reviewer’s guide http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker.html
Product evaluation
Download a trial version or try the product (without download) at the product
home page at http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker.html
One more session today:
Key trends in Tech Comm
3:30 – 4:00 PM
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16. DITA/ XML workflows
DITA authoring
Create DITA topics and maps
Add content
Insert multiple “topicrefs” in one go
Setting attributes
Structure view, Element catalog and attribute editor
Drag and drop capability to easily move content across DITA maps
Filter by attribute
Enhanced tag view
Publish to pdf/FM book
Community collaboration and content curation (through PDF review)
DITA specialization
Structured application creation wizard
Find all references
Smart Insert i.e. auto-insert child and their sibling elements
Compare structured documents
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