Posts by Matt Sullivan
FrameMaker 2017: Mobile publishing improvements
There are a number of significant improvements in mobile/online publishing in FrameMaker 2017. Here’s a list of the more significant changes: You now have the option to merge all CSS into a single file, simplifying the process of formatting unmapped styles. Inline styles can now be excluded from output, giving better control over published content…
Read MoreFrameMaker 2017 NEW FEATURE: New publishing options for FrameMaker 2017
New HTML5 layouts FrameMaker 2017 comes with two new HTML5 frameless layouts, adding some pretty cool features: Predictive search Icons optimized for high resolution displays New Basic HTML output If your content will be merged with other organizational output, you may benefit from producing lean code that leverages the CSS and other investments made in web delivery.…
Read MoreInserting non-equation characters into FrameMaker equations
One of the students in my FrameMaker course discovered she couldn’t type character strings containing spaces (like volume in cubic feet) into equations. It turns out there’s more than one easy way around this problem. While investigating the issue I discovered there are other characters that don’t easily fit into FrameMaker equations, including the underbar (_) character.…
Read MoreFrameMaker 2017+ Wishlist: Scope of Find/Change and Spell Check
One of my favorite things about the Tech Comm Tools community is the conversations I get to have with members. Click here to join my free Tech Comm Tools community Rushina P. emailed me with this suggestion: Hi Matt, I [have] one small suggestion for future FM releases. Can we have a feature in FM to use…
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