TAG | PDF
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PDFs from DITA with FMx-Auto, oXygen, and Ant
1 Comment · Posted by saprentice in DITA, DITA-FMx, FrameMaker, XML
If you’re not satisfied with your current DITA to PDF workflow, you might consider FMx-Auto. FMx-Auto enables automated (scripted) publishing of a DITA map through FrameMaker and DITA-FMx. This can be integrated into most publishing workflows on the desktop or server. If you’re interested in getting high-quality PDFs from your DITA content, like you used [...]
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Automated DITA to PDF Publishing with FMx-Auto
No comments · Posted by saprentice in DITA, DITA-FMx, FrameMaker, XML
If you’re publishing PDFs from DITA and want high quality with minimal effort, you should consider using DITA-FMx and FMx-Auto. If you’re already using FrameMaker and DITA-FMx, FMx-Auto will enable you to create the same PDFs you’re getting through manually saving the FMx-generated book to a PDF, using scripting or batch processing.
If you’re currently generating [...]
AutoFM · DITA · DITA-FMx · FMx-Auto · FrameMaker · PDF · video
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FrameMaker: EDD, template, rules – what is all that and how does it benefit me?
No comments · Posted by saprentice in FrameMaker, XML
People often complain that it’s too hard to edit XML files in FrameMaker. Before you can effectively edit files you need to set up a structure application for that XML model. A structure application is a set of special files and instructions that tell FrameMaker how to apply formatting to the XML tags and content [...]
FrameMaker · PDF · XML editor · XSL · XSL-FO
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Myth #2: FrameMaker is only appropriate for printed books
1 Comment · Posted by saprentice in DITA, FrameMaker, FrameMaker-XML Myths
While it is true that FrameMaker excels at the creation of printed content and PDF files, there is absolutely no reason that it should be limited to the creation of chapter-based and book-centric content. FrameMaker works with files, you get to decide what those files represent .. books, chapters, sections, topics, or snippets. For years, [...]
DITA · DITA-FMx · DITA-OT · FrameMaker · Mif2Go · myth · PDF · WebWorks · XML
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PDF Publishing with DITA-FMx 1.1
No comments · Posted by saprentice in DITA, DITA-FMx, FrameMaker
FrameMaker and DITA-FMx provide the easiest and least expensive way to get the highest quality PDF output from your DITA content. In addition to the numerous authoring features in DITA-FMx, it also provides many useful publishing options. Some of the more popular are listed below:
Add related links from relationship tables
Flatten conrefs and ensure that links [...]
DITA · DITA-FMx · FrameMaker · PDF · video
